Next step in the SV13 overhauling path has been to end the horizontal spindle head and mount it into its ways definitively. Some works remain to be done: finish the fitting of the slideways, clean and relube the feed screw assembly, do the cosmetic work and finally inspect and relube if needed the spindle bearings.

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Joan’s advices Final steps on paint works. I last post I wrote about the problems with the table lack: final layers suffered of cracking. After a talk with a Joan, who has a large experience as professional car painter and always has time to help a friend, he diagnosed the problem: layers incompatibility. He gave me a kinda of principles to follow when painting machines. I want to share then here:

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Painting works are coming to the end. Last days I finally got some lack cans to do the final coating. Not an easy task due to COVID'19 lock down. I sprayed most the prepared parts and this is the result: Overall, the finish quality is really good. The enamel used is of semi-gloss sheen and gives a really silky touch to the surface. As I mentioned in the previous post, the base suffered of cracking defects that worsened as the layers become drier (it lasts about three days to fully dry).

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During the COVID'19 lockdown I spent part of my time disassembling the drilling press. In this post I will show the cosmetic works. The machine arrived with a nasty layer of lack over the original one. I decided to spend time recovering its original aspect. This required to strip off all the paint in bad condition and tp prepare the surface to be lackered again. In some parts, like the pulleys cover, I go until the bare metal.

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The first work we do is a specific cabinet to support the drill press, to protect the electrical wiring and, to store the drill tooling. The cabinet structure is maid from steel L profile of 50mm conveniently welded. It is mounted on machine feet ans designed to be moved by using the palet jack. Below you will find some pictures of the structure and the drill press being moved on its top.

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The work on the power hacksaw is slowly advancing. The saw was completely disassembled and cleaned. It was really dirty, full of chips and old grease. Just to show the state, look at the cutting fluid tank absolutely full of chips. The last owner shouldn’t be very proud of it… After disassembling the general state observed is good enough for a maybe 50 or 60 years old saw. Most of sliding parts are well fitted.

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An unusual computer engineer working on dirty and greasy machines

Catalonia