Our finally restored greenie

[jcraigie]

After lots of work and fun. Our 1954 Greenie is back in service. The only thing left to do is clean up the tables.

Sorry I didn't take any before pics. The tubes were completely covered in rust, the paint was almost non existent and what little was left either flaked off at a touch or was a real pain to remove. The motor didn't turn, the quill wouldn't come out of his hidey hole, it took a rubber mallet to get the lathe tail stock out of the end casting, you get the picture.

I admit I cheated on the headstock though I stripped it down to nothing and repainted it cleaned everything up and sent it to Bill Mayo for all new bearings (can we say 2 bearing gilmer quill? yep.), he cut an access hole in the headstock for me, and reassembled it. I can't speak highly enough of Bills services.

I replaced the motor bearings in the 3/4 hp Franklin motor.

The thing runs like a top now and to me it sounds as quiet as some of the powerpro videos I've seen. This was a project that my 12 year old son and I took on and he loved it. He has since gotten from craigslist two more SS's to tear down (one for $50 and the other was a freebie) and rebuild or sell, and no mom's not real happy about that The shopsmith stable has taken over half of the garage. Now he can't wait to make sawdust.

Thanks to everyone else on the forums that helped out, who I forgot to mention.

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After lots of work and fun. Our 1954 Greenie is back in service. The only thing left to do is clean up the tables.

Sorry I didn't take any before pics. The tubes were completely covered in rust, the paint was almost non existent and what little was left either flaked off at a touch or was a real pain to remove. The motor didn't turn, the quill wouldn't come out of his hidey hole, it took a rubber mallet to get the lathe tail stock out of the end casting, you get the picture.

I admit I cheated on the headstock though I stripped it down to nothing and repainted it cleaned everything up and sent it to Bill Mayo for all new bearings (can we say 2 bearing gilmer quill? yep.), he cut an access hole in the headstock for me, and reassembled it. I can't speak highly enough of Bills services.

I replaced the motor bearings in the 3/4 hp Franklin motor.

The thing runs like a top now and to me it sounds as quiet as some of the powerpro videos I've seen. This was a project that my 12 year old son and I took on and he loved it. He has since gotten from craigslist two more SS's to tear down (one for $50 and the other was a freebie) and rebuild or sell, and no mom's not real happy about that The shopsmith stable has taken over half of the garage. Now he can't wait to make sawdust.

Thanks to everyone else on the forums that helped out, who I forgot to mention.

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Nicely done!

[SDSSmith]

After lots of work and fun. Our 1954 Greenie is back in service. The only thing left to do is clean up the tables.

Sorry I didn't take any before pics. The tubes were completely covered in rust, the paint was almost non existent and what little was left either flaked off at a touch or was a real pain to remove. The motor didn't turn, the quill wouldn't come out of his hidey hole, it took a rubber mallet to get the lathe tail stock out of the end casting, you get the picture.

I admit I cheated on the headstock though I stripped it down to nothing and repainted it cleaned everything up and sent it to Bill Mayo for all new bearings (can we say 2 bearing gilmer quill? yep.), he cut an access hole in the headstock for me, and reassembled it. I can't speak highly enough of Bills services.

I replaced the motor bearings in the 3/4 hp Franklin motor.

The thing runs like a top now and to me it sounds as quiet as some of the powerpro videos I've seen. This was a project that my 12 year old son and I took on and he loved it. He has since gotten from craigslist two more SS's to tear down (one for $50 and the other was a freebie) and rebuild or sell, and no mom's not real happy about that The shopsmith stable has taken over half of the garage. Now he can't wait to make sawdust.

Thanks to everyone else on the forums that helped out, who I forgot to mention.

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Rather then say finally, I would say a Finely Restored Greenie. Nice work!

[stockew]

WOW!!! Nicely done on the restoration and I'd like to say that it's really good to see folks coaching and mentoring their sons and daughters into craft work.
I am anxiously awaiting the photos of your son's first SS project.

Good job!

[jcraigie]

Thanks he is excited. he picked the color scheme from some that he saw here on the forums. I left it completly up to him, if he would have wanted purple we would have done purple, but he wanted to try to keep it looking "closer to when it was new like when it was new". Then he asked "can we shine our knobs like a mirror too":rolleyes: We decided against it I'm glad someone said how much work it was when they did it.

He says he has a project in mind but he doesn't want to tell me.... it's a secret. First he asked if he could use it by himself so I wouldn't see what he was doing.

After I explained to him how fast you can lose fingers, eyes, etc. (but I'll be careful! he said) and I finally just pulled out the Dad card, (No you cannot and are not to use power tools by yourself!) so we compromised, when I get some time I'll help him out and try not to look or figure out what he's doing.

[wannabewoodworker]

I think you and your son did an awesome job on that restoration. And having Bill do some of the more less than fun work isn't cheating at all.... Great job and tell your son I am duly impressed with his work and look forward to seeing his next attempt. I agree with him though that shining everything up makes it really pop but I don't want to egg him on if you have already pulled the dad card on that idea....... Buffing all of the shiny stuff isn't really difficult but it is pretty time consuming. It isn't one of the more safe processes when doing one of these either as I have had a few incidents with parts wanting to fly in all directions........ I took all of the wheel guards off of my grinder/buffer as they were just too limiting but that adds to the danger factor if doing with a young person I would not do that ever. If you do decide to cave in and let him do some buffing make sure he wears a respirator and of course eye protection and gloves. The stuff that has come out of my nose when I didn't wear the respirator is not pretty and I am sure not good for my respiratory system at all. And I used mostly the green color polishing compound as it seemed to be the best one for the aluminum of the ones i tried.

[peterm]

Beautiful job on the restoration, especially the paint. Perfect!

[robinson46176]

I think paint choices makes a good way to "personalize" things. It is temporary and generally reversible. I must admit to not being a big fan of purple though.
I am kind of anxious to get started on the clean-up and painting of the Frankensmith (dedicated lathe of old Mark VII with Mark V Gilmer headstock). I picked the colors and bought the paint a while back. It is a deep red like darker red plastic SS items and what I would call a deep canary yellow. It shouldn't get lost in the shop.
Right now the unit is pretty dull and dirty and is marked off in chalk as to which parts I want what color.
I have seen a few pictures where old tractor collectors (i r 1) have painted many of their shop tools the same color scheme as their favorite old tractors. If I were to do that I would probably use the scheme I like best but I don't own one of that brand of tractors. That is the Cockshutt red and cream colors.
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I suspect that there is more than one SS in Central Indiana painted "Colts blue". One fan near here painted his house and car both that color. I never met his wife...
Most of my SS's will stay original especially my one nice old Mark VII. My 10-ER on the other hand just could get a little wild.

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[dusty]

I really like the color combination used on the tractors. I even think it would be a good choice for my shop equipment.

If I was going to go to that scheme, however, it would have to be a powder coat. Something that would last better that a Rustoleum spray can paint job.

[mikelst]

Great job on the restoration and it is great that it is a family project. Good on ya.
As for the red shop tools, great for hiding those occasional little blood spots on the tool:eek:.

I am a fan of looking like stock but I am more of a fan of tools that get used.

Have fun and stay involved with the young ones.