$75 Shopsmith - let the fun begin...

[beeg]

I go back and forth about how to post pics. If ya post the link, people have to click on it to see it. If ya post the pic so it shows, the page takes longer to come up. So do what YOU want, knot some one else's choice.

[rstl99]

Hi Bob,
I hadn't thought of that: people on low-speed internet have to wait for the pictures to load, whereas with the links they just look at the pictures they want. Well, I suppose most people are on some kind of high-speed internet server these days...
Cheers.

[mickyd]

I go back and forth about how to post pics. If ya post the link, people have to click on it to see it. If ya post the pic so it shows, the page takes longer to come up. So do what YOU want, knot some one else's choice.

I'm sure only a few % of forum users have a slow internet connection. Most of us I'd bet are either cable, DSL, or fiber which doesn't present a problem at all with slow loading pages. For those with a slow connection like a dial up modem, you can reduce the number of posts that appear when a page loads by clicking the "Quick Links" option in the red toolbar toward the top of this page and then select the "Edit Options" feature and toward the bottom, set the options to a lower number. I have mine set at the max of 40 posts per page and with my fiber connection, it loads quicker than I can read even when the page if loaded with pictures.

Personally, I LOVE the photos (as you can obviously tell by my posts). I am VERY visual. Describing stuff vs. posting a photo can be not only monotonous but not very precise.

[iclark]

For those with a slow connection like a dial up modem, you can reduce the number of posts that appear when a page loads by clicking the "Quick Links" option in the red toolbar toward the top of this page and then select the "Edit Options" feature and toward the bottom, set the options to a lower number. I have mine set at the max of 40 posts per page and with my fiber connection, it loads quicker than I can read even when the page if loaded with pictures.

thank you. I never noticed the capability to increase the number of articles per page.

for those on a slow link, a nearby choice in Quick Links / Edit Options is:
Thread Display Options
- Visible Post Elements
-- Show Images (including attached images and images in [IMG] code)

seems like that would be even more useful for dial-up as long as it still shows the links to click on when one wants.

Ivan

[JPG]

thank you. I never noticed the capability to increase the number of articles per page.

for those on a slow link, a nearby choice in Quick Links / Edit Options is:
Thread Display Options
- Visible Post Elements
-- Show Images (including attached images and images in [IMG] code)

seems like that would be even more useful for dial-up as long as it still shows the links to click on when one wants.

Ivan

YES! It does work! Uncheck the img box and the links replace the pix. That way the guys on the slow connections can choose when the obtain the pix and not slow down the whole show!

[rstl99]

After some days and more than a few hours of elbow grease, my 4 tubes are de-rusted, sanded, polished and waxed. I didn't have a drill or lathe setup to let the motor do the spinning and sandpaper block do the polishing, so what you are seeing is the result of:

1. leaving each tube in evaporust solution for a day (in hindsight, one gallon wasn't sufficient as the solution was getting weak by the third one, and not as efficient at removing rust, which meant more elbow grease - you can tell that the lower tubes didn't come out as polished as the top ones, as they were done last)

2. setting up each tube in a vise and going at it with 60, 80, 120, 220, 400 grit paper (using a technique similar to buffing a shoe with a rag, sliding the length of sandpaper up and down and moving down the tube, going around the sides, flipping each tube and doing the bottom portion the same way - tedious, great forearm exercice, and reasonably good results)

3. applying car wax at the end, when done with the 400 grit wet-dry paper.

Before picture:

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After pictures:

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The ones on the left are the way (top) tubes, which came out better than the ones on the right (bottom tubes), in part because they weren't as badly rusted at the start. Not as good looking at what some of you have accomplished with a lathe setup, but I'm still quite pleased with how this turned out, the rust is gone and with proper attention (waxing etc.) it should never get to the sad state it was in when I purchased it (sitting outside in the rain )

Whew, hope I don't have to do THAT again soon (at least, not without motorized assistance! )

That done, I can start working on cleaning up and painting the aluminum pieces that hold the tubes at each end (have already painted the "legs"). Then the main carriage can be put together and I'll feel like I'm getting somewhere.

I am waiting on some information on rebuilt parts for the headstock, and once I've acquired them, can finish putting the headstock back together.

Well, at least the dirtiest part of the job is behind me (I hope )

Cheers, all.

[mickyd]

Good job rstl99. Your tubes are just as functional as the pretty ones. Glad you got the tough work out of the way. It's downhill from here!

Hey I just noticed that you haven't filled in you location on the ShopSmith world map that we're creating here:

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=44784&postcount=1

We need some of our Canadian neighbors to populate it too, ey.

Also, there's a thread that lets you explain what your forum user name represents. Thats here:

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=3464

Couldn't begin to figure yours out!:D

[beeg]

AH about #3. I hope ya clean that wax off and appy Johnson's before ya use it.

[Len]

Nicely done. More photos as time goes on. I know it feels great!

[rstl99]

AH about #3. I hope ya clean that wax off and appy Johnson's before ya use it.

Yeah, the car wax was the only thing I had on hand, and I wanted to put something on to seal things up, after all the effort scrubbing them. I was at a couple of large stores and couldn't find any paste wax. Doesn't anybody wax their floors anymore?...