03-11-2013, 06:19 PM
Hi,
Thanks Colin, yes the cat has landed on its paws and is now pampered by our next door neighbour who has adopted it.
Nice one Refugee; I hope the heat bulb was taken out in summer or poor fried cat.
Just a quick update on the Graduate lathe restoration. Over the past couple of weeks or so I've put in a lot of time happily working on this lathe. It's now just about completed and has been very heavily modified with new motor and VFD; the new head-stock bearings have transformed it and now it purrs.
The original Hammerite paint was power sanded then given two undercoats and two top coats of top quality machinery enamel applied using a new Purdy 1.5" brush. The weather was dire throughout this restoration making owning spraying equipment a waste of time; it's a good job I've had a bit of practice using a brush because although the undercoat went on well the top coats were more difficult but it sure looks better for the effort.
The center height was rather too low for me so I made a pair of wooden risers lifting the lathe 3" hopefully this will save some backache?
I don't now know if I dare use the Graduate in case I scratch or dirty it.
The garage is slowly being transformed into my new workshop and I put the car out to sleep on the drive about three weeks ago; I've only seen the car dry once since then.
Kind regards, Col.
Thanks Colin, yes the cat has landed on its paws and is now pampered by our next door neighbour who has adopted it.
Nice one Refugee; I hope the heat bulb was taken out in summer or poor fried cat.
Just a quick update on the Graduate lathe restoration. Over the past couple of weeks or so I've put in a lot of time happily working on this lathe. It's now just about completed and has been very heavily modified with new motor and VFD; the new head-stock bearings have transformed it and now it purrs.
The original Hammerite paint was power sanded then given two undercoats and two top coats of top quality machinery enamel applied using a new Purdy 1.5" brush. The weather was dire throughout this restoration making owning spraying equipment a waste of time; it's a good job I've had a bit of practice using a brush because although the undercoat went on well the top coats were more difficult but it sure looks better for the effort.
The center height was rather too low for me so I made a pair of wooden risers lifting the lathe 3" hopefully this will save some backache?
I don't now know if I dare use the Graduate in case I scratch or dirty it.
The garage is slowly being transformed into my new workshop and I put the car out to sleep on the drive about three weeks ago; I've only seen the car dry once since then.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
