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Looking great, Ned! That is some serious care you are putting into it. :rocker: Hope that fire stays in the distance.

Only a small update - my new bearings courtesy of Accurate Bearing (thanks everyone who recommended them!) and the mobile base arrived. I've got one old bearing off and replaced, working on getting the other off. It's in a tight spot so I can't get my pullers behind it - so instead I'm doing...

These are beautiful! I hope you clean them up and give them new life. Some real treasures in that collection, your grandfather had quite a collection.

Hey everyone, thanks for the encouragement and suggestions! Grabbed a little time with my Model 14 lady tonight and got going on the stripes! Here ya go. Some touch ups with cream and then onto the dark pinstripes! Enjoy your evening everyone, its almost Friday! :rocker:

Drives Thanks my friend! I just put a post there, thanks for the suggestion. Seeing them I'd love give them some new life!

Hey all, Drives suggest I post this here. I've come across some beautiful parts shelving that I'm trying to acquire from CL. I cant seem to find any info online, but here are some pics. It's labeled a 'Ray Myers Product' from the Ray Myers Corporation of Endicott, NY. Endicott is in Western NY...

Hey everyone, I've come across some beautiful parts shelving that I'm trying to acquire from CL. I cant seem to find any info online, but here are some pics. It's labeled a 'Ray Myers Product' from the Ray Myers Corporation of Endicott, NY. Endicott is in Western NY just outside Binghamton...

that GREEN! Wow. Really impressed on all counts, including the aesthetic consideration in the stitching pattern on the top vs bottom. Beautiful details - simple and elegant!

Thanks, JZiggy, Bears, Nine, MyOldTools, Yaidunno for your bearing help! So mystery revealed, with the aid of .001 digital calipers I discovered that I indeed have a 6203 Z - 5/8 Special Bore! So, will order them tonight so I can get this motor back together!:bowdown::D This week I have some...

So I measured with my calipers this morning and it's even more confusing. ID of the old bearing is 5/8 but the OD is 1 9/16! The one McMaster Carr offers is 1 3/8 OD. Where do you all get your bearings online? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@Nine Thanks man, I'm realizing now that the motor has a 5/8 shaft. McMaster sells these, which are double shielded ID 5/8 OD 1 3/8, but measuring the old bearings (just with a tape measure at my desk) its giving me 1 1/2... I'll check with my calipers in the morning but isnt that a problem?

Hey everyone - made some progress tonight - got the stand cleaned and sprayed the first coat of paint! But two steps forward, one step back...so I thought I'll tackle replacing the motor bearings tonight too! The originals are Hoover-NSK 6203Z. So I bought replacements on Ebay, 6203 ZZ (means...

Thanks, Bears! I took the tape off to check out how everything came out - pretty good! Have a few small touch ups to do before I do the green stripes. The areas with plastic drafting tape did the best. I think that regular masking tape is good for holding paper but not much else. For clean...

@BearsFan - Thanks! Yeah in my research I've realized just how similar these models are, cant wait to see what you do with yours! @Nine - there are some pretty new Krylon colors too...some beautiful tones that would make for some very unique looking machines. Maybe in my future... So the fun...

Nine - here is a link to the bandsaw thread (you already found it) but for everyone else...Rockwell Model 14 Bandsaw Restoration

@Yaidunno - thanks! thanks for taking a look! I've been following your restorations for a while, and they are very nice. My shop is a carriage house that's attached to our house. We live in a 7,000 sq ft Queen Anne Victorian that we also rent out (6 units all together including ours.) I'm...

Beginning to paint! Cream going on first over automotive primer. I'll give it two coats inside and out, then mask for the green. I also refinished the cast iron table. I used maroon and teal 3M hook and look pads on my orbital sander and buffed it with Flitz Polish. Pretty happy with how it...

Thanks for the warm welcome, Drivesitfar! I have the color picked out - it took 5 different greens to find one that I liked and felt right in the design scheme. I was avoiding having to mix the color myself (but really avoiding having to clean the HVLP gun between coats.):lol: Good to know...

Been reading this pretty regularly since the beginning - I'm really impressed by the workmanship - its inspiring to see that with each step things get better and better.

Been subscribed to this for a while - love to see the progress!