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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.

Amazing difference - great job. Now, what are ya building?

I think the new paint looks great! I need to revitalize my Shorty sometime and i hope it turns out as nice.

I forgot to mention the tools that helped me along the way.

The harbor freight square electric sander. This allowed me to put scotchbrite green and red pads in it and scrub away.

Bead blast cabinet. Work has a really nice one.

Fliz buff and polish ball. I used this on the table top to wax and bring back the smoothness.

Break free and ez out for all the screws that wouldn't come out.

Plastic dead blow the help with some of the more stubborn parts.

I have no clue on what I am going to build with it. I think the first project might be a new mailbox inspired by Norm. I guess we will see how it goes. I dont have a whole lot of experience with wood. I think my father and I will be signing up at wood craft for a few lessons. He is a lot more experienced (restores antique clocks pretty much to original condition) but will come along to make it a father/son adventure. I work with a metal lathe just about every day but holding the chisel in my hand scares me to death. I like the fact that the cutting tool is locked down on a metal lathe.

Looks good to me! Must be nice to have a way of bead blasting... not that I could even have room for yet another cabinet.

Now that it looks good how does it run?

If at some point you do want to get the colors to match shopsmith sells the 12 oz cans of spray paint, pre 10/01/01 part number is 505706. I think when I got my last cans they were in the $11 range so it is not cheap.

Ed

Your experience as a Helo Mechanic has really paid off... All thoes lessions of corrossion control and preservation.

Did a darn good job on the machine! Looks better then mine!

BTW did you prime with zinc chromate or something else on the aluminum..

It looks real good regnar!

Thanks everyone for your comments. Doug, I alodined most of the parts. I didnt do any of the parts that I would hope to have a polish on someday. Reason being is that it turns everything yellow. I was considering Anodizing but with the amount of surface area I would have need a larger power supply. I am still considering some of the smaller parts like speed changer.