So I had some more time to dedicate to this project and I am so close I can smell it. Maybe that is just the fumes from the degreaser but I digress.
I had a moment to take apart the motor and only one bearing is bad. Apparently a bunch of grit had gotten in there and caused the terrible noise...
Well I had a productive weekend. I got a bunch of honey-do's complete and got to assemble the drill press.
I installed the spring incorrectly and need to make the necessary adjustment. It wants to stay fully extended instead of fully retracted. Should be an easy fix.
I still need to clean...
Regarding the paperwork I don't have any. If I remember correctly I was around 6 when he got it so that would put it at about 1981 so it was 20 some odd years old by then. I think he got it from a fellow worker at the steel mill.
The motor is a Craftsman 113.12130 and I am going to try to...
Thanks! I am excited that this weekend I should be able to put her back together again! Hopefully not another Humpty Dumpty occurrence. I have recorded a quick video before I broke it down of the noise coming from the motor. I was able to isolate it to the motor itself as the rest is extremely...
Sorry for the delay as I have been out of town working. I initially intended to just clean up everything and reassemble it but it appears that the base and main housing was not going to be sufficient to just clean it so I painted the main parts with the ever-popular hammered rustoleum black...
Well success! I got the pinion assembly apart. Crazy thing is I couldn't see the other side of the pin (where you knock it out) because it was so caked on with crud.
I have started cleaning the parts so do you just use a scotch brite pad for the main housing? I am not wanting to repaint just...
I noticed that the attachements didn't come through. For some reason they are not able to attach more than one. This is the inside where I cut the screw off.
Thanks for the reply. The screw was bent after getting the spindle out. I had to cut the bent threaded end off so I could try to back it out again to no avail. At this time I just need to be able to remove the screw head and partial threaded section so it can be replaced later.
In regards...
I could use some help please. I have (almost) disassembled the whole thing. It was quite easy except for the spindle pulley. Which leads to my first question:
1. I have sheared one of the 2 screws that you must remove to get out the spindle. I have the head soaking in some PB Blaster but...
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I do have a couple of quick questions:
1. Is the feed return handles supposed to return back to the original position? If so I guess my return spring is shot or the like.
2. Is there a parts sourcing list to find the replacement parts?
Thanks!