Under all that rust!

shydragon · Post by **shydragon** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:33 am

Wow, Beautiful job on the restoration.

gnuse · Post by **gnuse** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:32 am

Seems we are going down the same path, what with rusty SS's. Your's looks great!

johnmccrossen · Post by **johnmccrossen** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:24 am

Regnar, Congratulations on a great looking restoration. Bringing an older used machine tool back to life is rewarding. Now you will have much fun and satisfaction in getting your accessories restored and getting your system set up and functioning well. Good luck with your future projects. Keep us posted. Thanks, John McCrossen

nuhobby · Post by **nuhobby** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 3:43 pm

Thanks for the Eye Candy! I just love these before & afters.

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:57 pm

regnar wrote:Well after a few months I went from not being able to get the saw blade off to a nice and clean machine. I pulled everything apart and bead blasted it. I mean everything. Well except for the motor and wiring. I wont lie I am not happy with the paint job. I used the hammered paint from Rustolem (sp) I could never get the paint texture to match another part. You dont really notice it until you get to the head stock and motor pan and back cover. Not really a big deal seeing this isnt going into a museum. Here are some photos.

Link to what it use to look like http://www.flickr.com/photos/30519006@N ... 250588159/

and the photos below are of what it looks like now.

The only thing new from shopsmith is the casters and quill. I bought the tubes of ebay for a steal. The potato method didnt work for me. I just made a nice smelly mess.

Wondering if you could talk a little more about your paint job wows. I am gettng close to doing mine and would like to avoid any pitfalls that prevent me from getting a superb paint job. You mentioned that you weren 't really happy with yours yet is seems like you did everything correct on your prepping. Are you saying that you had variation from piece to piece but each piece to itself came out OK?

After you reply, I will probably have a ton of other questions.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:16 pm

regnar wrote:Well after a few months I went from not being able to get the saw blade off to a nice and clean machine. I pulled everything apart and bead blasted it. I mean everything. Well except for the motor and wiring. I wont lie I am not happy with the paint job. I used the hammered paint from Rustolem (sp) I could never get the paint texture to match another part. You dont really notice it until you get to the head stock and motor pan and back cover. Not really a big deal seeing this isnt going into a museum. Here are some photos.

Link to what it use to look like http://www.flickr.com/photos/30519006@N08/sets/72157607250588159/

and the photos below are of what it looks like now.

The only thing new from shopsmith is the casters and quill. I bought the tubes of ebay for a steal. The potato method didnt work for me. I just made a nice smelly mess.

That sure looks like my garage door but there is no neatly refurbished Mark V sitting right inside of mine so it must not be.

Congratulations on a job well done.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:03 pm

Looks like you are ready for whatever woodworking you want to do! Beautiful job! Thanks for sharing. I got so taken up with all the beautiful photos, I got lost for a while. Thanks again for all your efforts to post the "Day 1 until present.

regnar · Post by **regnar** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:59 pm

Mickyd,

Prepping was done right and painting was done right. What happened to me was I needed to use about 4 rattle cans. I would shake up the rattle can for 5 minutes to get everything mixed up. We have a machine at work that does a great job at this. From can to can the texture would end up different. The color is the same but the texture is what I am not happy with. If I was going to make a show piece I would have bondo all the small holes and ruff areas and then sprayed a solid color. If I didnt want to bondo I would have still used the texture paint but only bought it in larger size and sprayed it with air.

Thanks everyone for the comments, I haven't let the cat out of the bag yet but you should see how the band saw and belt sander are turning out.

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:35 pm

I think I might shoot an email out to rustoleum and ask them for thier comments on the can to can texture difference you experienced. I am real picky when it comes to cosmetics and maybe they have some advise. (i.e. ensure same lot #, warm cans slightly etc.) I'll keep you posted.

Update. Just called them. The gal I spoke to didn't have a lot to offer other than try to use the same batch # (on bottom of can). All other variables, within reason, shouldn't have any effect.

Maybe I'll call back again before I paint to get application specialist #2's opinion.

judaspre1982 · Post by **judaspre1982** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:28 pm

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