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    Wilton 300 and powrarm 301 restore

    Update! Have had some time the past couple days! She has 3 coats of the green ended up mixing the gloss hunter green with rusty metal primer slowly to achieve the color I wanted I tried the prescribed 2-1 ratio I found online but it was a little too olive drab. I wanted it greener than that...
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    Vintage craftsman drill press- paint question

    Wow what an end result though! That thing is beautiful Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    A Vintage Polish Vise Restoration: The Journey

    Very nice job the paint job looks stellar Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Vintage craftsman drill press- paint question

    First off I think we need a full picture of this beauty! 2nd the acetone is a pretty effective overspray remover. But I agree it looks like it's tarnished and needs some polishing. I use the tiny buffing wheels for a Dremel tool and some compound Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Wilton 300 and powrarm 301 restore

    Got alittle color on her!! Used penetrol as suggest by another GJ contributed and it really leveled the paint out nice. I might have used a little too much but that's ok was only the first coat didn't go too heavy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    VISE REPAIR 101 all vise repairs, lubricants, sources for parts and the tricks to fix

    Thank you for the help! I'm going to give it a try Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    VISE REPAIR 101 all vise repairs, lubricants, sources for parts and the tricks to fix

    Rustoleum products?? I'll have to give it a try looks great! Beautiful job on the drill press too btw Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    VISE REPAIR 101 all vise repairs, lubricants, sources for parts and the tricks to fix

    Hey guys am in the middle of restoring a Wilton bullet 300 and a power arm. Some of you may be following my tread. I'm am looking for advice on mixing paint I want to use rustoleum brush on oil base. I'm trying to get better looking green than the deep forest green that is offered I have tried...
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    Wilton 300 and powrarm 301 restore

    No problem! Yea I came up with zero results also. Then I called up Wilton and they were great shot me an email with the assembly drawings. As for the handle with the ball on it measures right at 3.567" and without the ball the stud measures 2.888" hope that helps. Now if I could just mix my...
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    Wilton 300 and powrarm 301 restore

    Used rustoleum clean metal primer Oil base rustoleum cust service said I didn't need it but if I wanted to then go ahead. So I figured what the heck Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Wilton 300 and powrarm 301 restore

    Also I blended down the anvil so now it's smooth it's masked off so I couldn't show it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Wilton 300 and powrarm 301 restore

    Feel like I'm finally getting somewhere! With everyone asleep I snuck away into the garage and got the wire wheel out and buzzed off that surface rust and slapped a coat of primer on all the major components. I'd like some opinions for when I got to paint I was thinking of assembling everything...
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    Wilton 300 and powrarm 301 restore

    catching alittle surface rust it's been pretty muggy past week or two Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Wilton 300 and powrarm 301 restore

    Haha that's not an bad idea! I think I will when they are painted. It was so much easier when they were young they would sleep so much longer, I was able to rebuild a snowblower engine that my neighbor that breaks everything had ran out of oil and threw a rod. All while they were napping. But I...
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    Wilton 300 and powrarm 301 restore

    Hey thanks brother! That means more than you know. I'm going to try to finish up stripping the power arm on Sunday. I hit it once with the chemical and it got the bulk of the white paint off but need to be hit one more time. Other than that i just want to clean up the "anvil" surface alittle bit...
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    Little Piece of History - Craftsman Bench Vise

    Very nice shelf find!! Thingnis beautiful Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Wilton 300 and powrarm 301 restore

    Ok so this sacker has a small up date after messing with the wire wheel on this paint and not being able to get in the nooks and crannies I bought a can of klean strip paint stripper and in about 2 seconds I had crackled peeling paint so the vise itself is paint free now to work on the powerarm...
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    Show us your VFD conversions/installations

    Very cool! You can barely hear it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    The Museum

    Wow. That is one heck of a collection you have. Must feel great to have it displayed instead of in a box some where [emoji106][emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Wilton 300 and powrarm 301 restore

    Thanks for the tip [emoji106] I've been slacking life has gotten busy lately there arnt enough hours in the day. But thinking about brushing on some paint remover and letting it do its thing to get off the paint left between the letters Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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