No pics to share yet unless you want to see a massive pile-o-parts? I can certainly post those for ya!
Perhaps we convert this thread to 2 Clausing Drill Press Restorations!
It's great to see another member restoring pretty much the exact same DP I'm restoring...I'm really looking forward to seeing how yours turns out.
I plan on using 70 grit Aluminum Oxide to blast the parts...same stuff I use on all my gun parts...you think that's too aggressive?
Also, how did you clean up the quill, bearings, and all the other inner components? Same wire wheel?
Zak
if your using it to do gun parts,it might not be aggressive enough,all depends on what shape your starting with.i don't know the grit of the starblast,but it's fine,the black stuff today was almost like crushed glass,it will hurt your fingers to push your hand in the bag.
as for the wire wheel,yeah,i used it for everything shiny,it's a little old and i'm due for a new one,but sometimes that's good depending on what your cleaning. i did end up going and getting a set of new bearings,they felt good together,then when i pulled them,one was rough.plus i used a long piece of 1/2 round stock to punch them out.and i wasn't exactly babying them when i did it.new ones were 10 bucks and change for the pair,and there pre greased/sealed.
i'll take a pic of the wire wheel set up and show ya what i'm using.
also,tomorrow i'm going to get the pulley apart and cleaned,then i'll check those bearings as well,i say i won't,but i know i will go get a fresh set regardless of how they feel and put them in before putting it all back together.
couple other things i'm doing,
as for the column that connects the head to the base,and the table rides on,for cleaning i could of just sanded it,but i have a friend with a machine shop with a 10 ft lathe,i dropped off the tube to him toady and he's gonna chuck it up for me and sand it out smooth with some emery cloth,picking it up sat morning.
and i don't know what kind of shape all your tags are in but,what i'm doing is this.i have a friend who owns a graphic design place,they do alot of sign's and stickers and what not,today i brought him the black gauge on the front for the variable speed,the ruler,and both the tags that say clausing from the front of the dp and the side.all the tags on mine were really bad,so he's making me stickers that are exact replica's and they are gonna go over the exsisting etchings,won't be original,but will look as good,if not better than the day it left the factory
