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dgreen810 wrote:JPG

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P.S. Gotta ask, are you painting your restoration of you Mark VII gold or did it come that way?

Don G

The disassembly thread shows original color(dirty gray).

dgreen810 wrote:JPG

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P.S. Gotta ask, are you painting your restoration of you Mark VII gold or did it come that way?

Don G

The disassembly thread shows original color(dirty gray).

[quote="JPG40504"]The disassembly thread shows original color(dirty gray).]

There is a post on this site regarding paint. You will find that the Rustoleum grey primmer (get the right one) is an exact match for the expensive SS paint. I'd go with that. If you want you can top it with a matte clear spray. Not necessary in my exulted opinion. (As apoosed to JPG's humble opinion.)

Well, I didn't really feel too bad. She is not a widow. Her husband did most of the heavy lifting to get in the pickup. The garage it came out of looked like a garbage dump. I just know the rest of the accessories are in there some where. I think he should get off his lazy @#$, clean out the junk and kept it for himself. He even threw in a Craftsman belt sander and some grinding stones if I would haul them off.

I hate to be critical, but just don't understand young people??

P.S. The adjustable saw blade turned out to be 7 1/2" adjustable Dado. Not sure of the make. Not a Magna though.

Don G

dgreen810 wrote:Well, I didn't really feel too bad. She is not a widow. Her husband did most of the heavy lifting to get in the pickup. The garage it came out of looked like a garbage dump.
I hate to be critical, but just don't understand xxxx people??

P.S. The adjustable saw blade turned out to be 7 1/2" adjustable Dado. Not sure of the make. Not a Magna though.

Don't blame it on the young. Blame it on the Okies. This is the most "throw away state" I've ever seen. People don't take care of things (good for me and you if you look at what is out there). I have a dozen free rescue projects that were thrown away by these people. Be on the lookout and you will find some in yards.

What's this about:

I think he should get off his lazy @#$, clean out the junk and kept it for himself. He even threw in a Craftsman belt sander and some grinding stones if I would haul them off.

Did he advertise what he wanted to keep for himself? He threw in a belt sander for free? I don't grasp the complaint. But there are a lot of things that I don't grasp. I'd like to understand so please enlighten me - and others.
You really got a deal so exult. I would have driven to Tulsa for it.

db5

I don't share your opinion of your definition of "Okies". Obviously you must be from somewhere else. I have been around a little at age 82 and can't think off hand where you will find a better class of people in general.

Since you where not there, you don't have a clue what the place looked like. We had to cut vegetation on the sides of the driveway to get the pickup to the garage, walk carefully around all the dog poop to a good looking building with an open door that was filled with trash. I don't mean junk, I mean trash. The guy has a pickup parked in front. How much effort does it take to use the pickup and haul the trash away so you can at least see what is in the garage. I am not quite sure of your criticism of my opinion, but it doesn't change anything. I stand by what I said the "younger" generations today are cut from a different bolt of cloth than the generations raised in the 30's, 40's, 50's, & 60's.

By the way, I was born and raised in OKC, there is not a whole lot you can tell me about the city.

Don G

I didn't mean to be disparaging about Okies; but I have never before seen so much trash just thrown into yards, etc. Lots of things I've salvaged that wasn't taken care of. I agree with your assessment. You learned to maintain, fix, repair and keep things working because there wasn't a replacement. I've lived in Tulsa and Broken Arrow and those cities are much cleaner than OKC.

db5

I agree with you that it is amazing what you see sitting by the curb. I too have stopped and picked up a few things that some one had tired of. However it don't believe it is confined to Oklahoma. It seems to be normal for everywhere I have been. The trend today is for the current generation to buy things they don't need on credit of course, use them for a while and then when the new stuff comes out, they just gotta have the new stuff and the older goes to the land fill. I watch my two daughters and the grand kids in total amazement. I am fortune that they don't come to me anymore for the cash to buy the new stuff.

I lived through the 30's, 40's & 50's and do remember quite well how difficult it was to have anything. What we had as youngsters as a general rule was what you had the ability to make with your own hands. I don't recall anything sitting by the curb that wasn't pure "Trash". I shouldn't have said "Curb", we didn't have any curbs, all dirt roads.
I should explain where we lived in OKC there were no paved streets.

Don G

I'll chime in and say I think you paid too much for the Mark VII:)

The VII I bought that was still running cost me $130. I acquired another non running unit for $80. Most of my SS stuff comes from craigs list, and for the good deals you have to be quick. I've missed out on better deals because I don't pay for the fancy searching software with instant email notification.

I haven't lived in Tulsa for a few decades and I understand that your market for tools is probably different from mine;) The trashiest place I've visited was southern California any of the times I've been there, and also a brief walk across the border south of San Diego.

However, East Berlin was a close second. The difference between East and West was huge:D

I'm not as old as some on this forum, but I was sad to learn a few years after high school graduation that I was the last person to make anything substantial in our metal shop before it was removed from the offerings due to budget and lack of interest. That was in the mid eighties.

Good luck with the VII refurbishment, I need to get back to mine but I have other projects to get to first (as usual).

JPG

Bad news. released the headstock from the way bars and moved it by hand. There is a piece of the rack missing.

To your knowledge, is there a solution to replacement? If so where? The cam seems to be in good shape, but looks can be deceiving!

Don G