Craftsman Drill Press

[FrankLee]

Packard Craftsman Motor 115.6963 - Part 3, Cleaning Painted Parts

1. Vacuum any sawdust still on any parts.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Scrub all painted parts with Grez-Off and small brushes.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Use Barkeepers Friend if lightly rusted.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Rinse and dry.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Apply paste wax to all painted parts and buff.
   The end frame on the left is waxed, the frame on the right is not.
   
   
   
   
   
6. Drill through and continue to tap the female threads through the end frame for the centrifugal machine screws.
   This will aid in reassembly later.
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. Run a tap through all threaded holes to clean out any dirt and swarf.
   
   

 

[FrankLee]

Packard Craftsman Motor 115.6963 - Part 4, Cleaning the Stator Cover Band

This stator cover band has some light to moderate rust.

1. Scrub the band with Grez-Off and a small brush, rinse and dry.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Bump out any dents.
   This band has a small dent near the switch.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Mark the dent and draw cross-hairs.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Set-up the band and hammers.
   I used an old mouse pad because it has some give underneath the band. I use a convex-faced body hammer on the dent centered on the cross-hairs. Another hammer is used to strike the body hammer.
   
   
   
   
   A couple whacks worked well.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Bend open the four folds on ends and loosely connect the ends together.
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. Insert the band in a bucket, mix-up some citric acid, fill a gallon jug with hot water and pour in the citric acid.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. After an hour or so, pull the band out and lightly scrub with #0000 steel wool and the citric acid.
   
   
   
   
   
   
8. Rinse, dry and wax.
   Far from perfect, but more than acceptable to me.
   
   

 

[Outlawmws]

Once again, very nice documentation work Frank.

One comment on the hammers; never strike two hardened steel hammers together. For the striking hammer a lead or brass hammer plastic face or even a hardwood hammer should be used.,

 

[FrankLee]

Packard Craftsman Motor 115.6963 - Part 5, Cleaning the Small Parts

There are a variety of small parts in this motor. Most will get sonic cleaned.

1. Place all small parts in a jar and run them in the sonic cleaner for a couple rounds. Bearings will get cleaned separately
   
   
   
   
   
2. After sonic cleaning, wire wheel the screw heads and bearing plates.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Wire wheel the acorn nuts and threads of the thru-bolts. Clean the rods with steel wool.
   These were not rusted enough to warrant an acid bath.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Flatten any dents in the motor badge.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Clean the motor badge, the thermal switch badge and the ON/OFF plate with cleaner wax.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. Clean bearings separately with several cycles in the sonic cleaner.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. When the bearings look clean, use fresh lacquer thinner for a couple more rounds.
   
   

Beautiful! Zero axial play, zero radial play. These are going back in.