Last weekend I borrowed my buddies blast cabinet and cleaned up most of the drill press castings. Wednesday it was warm enough here to paint what I had blasted.
The biggest pain was cleaning the support column, the rust on it was fairly thick but fortunately it didn't pit the metal.
I got about 70% of it put back together today.
I still have some details to figure out. It didn't have any quill feed
handles or a depth stop, I think I can make both. The thing that has me a
bit baffled right now is the motor mounts. It has a Marathon 1/2 horse
motor with resilient ring mounts, the mounts are shot and I have no idea
how to remove them from the end plates on the motor or what to buy to
replace them. I have had zero luck matching the data plate to anything I
can find online. I did find a major supplier for Marathon motors, I'm
going to call them next week and see if I can get more information or
what replacement rings to buy.
Saturday, April 11, 2020
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