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I have spent the last several days down with a nasty bug as did most in our house, so the work slacked off a lot. Anyway - so on to more stripping and starting the cleaning.

Here is the inside of the headstock with a bucket of bits.

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I have found that the speed control sheave assembly needs to be replaced - the wire loop is supposed to be fixed in the end of the shaft with a bearing. Bearing is gone and the wire is near worn through.

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Headstock completely dismantled and brushed off - original colour still shows in some areas.

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I pressed out the nameplate rivets from behind, and can reuse them.

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I had to use a lot of penetrating oil to remove stuck items and there were some areas of old gummy grease, so I needed to degrease all the parts for a decent clean up (except the bearings)
Check out the oils on this casting

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and the grease in the quill gears in the previous post.

How to degrease?

Find some plastic baskets and place small parts in them. Then place basket and larger parts in bucket and smother with degreaser

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*Before*

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Brush them and rinse thoroughly. The baskets help them dry out.
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*After*

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I am using a new (to me) paint stripper that is much gentler to the skin that those I have used before, and it has no unpleasant vapours.
Just paint it on and leave it for a few hours. The scrape and hose off.


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See the original Goldie's colour exposed during initial stripping.

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*Here is the first part painted*

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Note the red patch on the thumb knuckle? Skin does NOT beat wire wheel in drill !!
There are lots more pictures, but that's enough for now.

PG-Zac, what kind of stripper are you using? Looks like it is doing a good job for you. The red badge of injury! I am real certain that we have all had something similiar to this......Only hurts for a little while....Or....It always feels good when it quits hurting.....

Can't wait to see the whole machine painted like that. Nice job. However, take your time or it won't.

baysidebob wrote:PG-Zac, what kind of stripper are you using? Looks like it is doing a good job for you. The red badge of injury! I am real certain that we have all had something similiar to this......Only hurts for a little while....Or....It always feels good when it quits hurting.....

Might it be 'citrusstrip'?

Keep the wire clip from the control sheave(button and all). Store it away for possible future need.

Looking good! Like Dusty said, take yer time! You will be glad you did later!

Good work! I sure like that Verde Green. I would have repainted my Mark 5 in "Greenie" colors using Verde Green if I hadn't come up with something a little more unique and to my liking.

Maybe my next one will be a "Greenie."

PG-Zac wrote: Note the red patch on the thumb knuckle? Skin does NOT beat wire wheel in drill !!
There are lots more pictures, but that's enough for now.

Yeah, that was what I learned yesterday myself. Next time I'll make sure that sucker is firmly clamped to the workbench!

It was an interesting experience watching the wheel climb up my arm with the drill still at full speed. And it was almost comical trying to catch it while it was spinning around on the floor. Dumb, I know, but a lesson learned without too much blood spillled.
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Great progress PG. Since you mentioned in a different thread that Rustoleum brand paint isn't available in your area, what is the paint brand and color you used? It looks real nice.