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by lightnin
Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:08 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: Disassembly of SS Base and Base Arm
Replies: 12
Views: 2786

I may be a newbe but I know this one 'cause I learned the hard way. Drive the roll pin all the way through. I thought there was no place for it to go WRONG I thought it must go inside the bar until it was removed WRONG I am now able to provide a cut away (broke) picture. the roll pin is longer than ...
by lightnin
Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:59 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: motor speed labels
Replies: 33
Views: 6764

single T double T repeated looks good on that one
by lightnin
Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:22 am
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: motor speed labels
Replies: 33
Views: 6764

Microsoft word, wordpad, and notepad
all had problemd with the tabs I think.
I finally used notepad++ and took a screenshot and
touched it up some then convert to pdf.
by lightnin
Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:43 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: Nickel plating
Replies: 5
Views: 1394

Yea, why I'm thinking plating or clear coating is to stop oxidation in the future.
So whatever I end up doing, it will start with the best polish job I can do.
And thanks because I have never polished aluminum before and am not sure
exactly what is the best way.
by lightnin
Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:32 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: motor speed labels
Replies: 33
Views: 6764

The text file gave me fits because the coulombs would not line up properly
I made a pdf file if anyone else had this trouble here you go
by lightnin
Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:28 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: motor speed labels
Replies: 33
Views: 6764

The text gave me fits not lining up in columns properly
if anyone else had that problem here is a pdf file made from it
by lightnin
Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:45 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: Nickel plating
Replies: 5
Views: 1394

I've found these on youtube it's what got me thinking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=YVkFMJeotcg http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=Lcz8Py7bjzQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=Rdsl-JHb9Tg The expensive kit stuff http...
by lightnin
Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:56 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: Nickel plating
Replies: 5
Views: 1394

Nickel plating

In my Mark V restoration I'm considering nickel plating the dials knobs etc. Any tips, comments pros, cons, do's, dont's... should I just forget it? I prefer cheap easy instead of expensive kits. I would prefer buying nickel sulfate and a Nickel anode over expensive kits. But good results is my prio...
by lightnin
Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:44 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Today in the Shop
Replies: 135
Views: 32990

mbcabinetmaker I got shop envy I couldn't even afford the slab that shop sits on...... nice
by lightnin
Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:56 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: I'm very new and have a question
Replies: 5
Views: 1721

Thank you for the responses. I'm still in the process restoring of my new (1956) Shopsmith. I used it about 15 minuets before the motor started poppin' the breaker. After watching lots of videos I took it apart and found lots of work to do. So with 15 minutes of experience I'm addicted to wood turni...