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More progress made today. The quill pinion shaft is done along with the motor and head stock pulleys.

The wedge locks had been cranked down so tight that the handles could not be removed. One was so crimped that the handle would not turn inside the wedge. I used Skip's procedure on the first two and it worked. The third one was a different story. I used a large cold chisel to open the slot. Then a 3/16" pin punch (ala Skip). Still not open enough to use the 1/4" punch. I used two large screw drivers side by side to pry the slot open enough to use Skips technique with the 1/4" pin punch. then I filed the sides of the slot to be able to remove the handles.

I bead blasted them then used the strip sander to restore the angle that presses against the tubes and quill and cleaned up other dings. The lock handles were polished on a cotton wheel and compound on my shorty.

The speed changer sheaves were glass blasted and then polished with 600 grit wet/dry and #0000 steel wool.

Here are a couple of pictures of all the restored parts so far. As can be seen there are extra parts. They are from my dedicated 10ER drill press that are not being used. I am going to restore the drill press but it works fine as it is.

Looking good and I know from experience that it will feel even better when it is up and running!

greasemonkey2275 wrote:Looking good and I know from experience that it will feel even better when it is up and running!

John, you KNOW you're just going to get it dirty, don't you?
To avoid all that heartache, just send it to me, prepaid!
(You need my address?)

Seriously, that will be one DAMFINE looking ER, when you're
finished. (Still need my address? You wanna do 2 or 3 of mine?)

steve

Looking AWESOME!!!! I know the feeling of exhiliration when i was starting to reassemble after what seemed like endless hours of stripping, painting, cleaning and buffing and polishing. Now that mine is going back together, i am anxious to see it run again. Again Great Job!!

Best Regards

Eric

skou wrote:John, you KNOW you're just going to get it dirty, don't you?
To avoid all that heartache, just send it to me, prepaid!
(You need my address?)

Seriously, that will be one DAMFINE looking ER, when you're
finished. (Still need my address? You wanna do 2 or 3 of mine?)

steve

I wouldn't mind doing yours but I have 4 more here to do first.

Thanks guys for the complements. It is probably going to be a while before it is fully reassembled. I am waiting on bearings. The quill bearings are available but the drive sleeve bearings are on back order. Fafnir says they will be available around 24 July.

I got the head stock finished today. The only things left to blast and paint are the bench legs and the main table trunnion.

Looking AWESOME!!!! I know the feeling of exhiliration when i was starting to reassemble after what seemed like endless hours of stripping, painting, cleaning and buffing and polishing. Now that mine is going back together, i am anxious to see it run again.canamsteelbuilding