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Hercus Number 1 Tool and Cutter Grinder - with a side order of brick dust!
Hi all
I have just bought off Gumtree a Hercus number 1 tool and cutter grinder and have a few questions. The previous owner bought it from a brickworks where, after it was decommissioned, it was apparently stored in a shed where it was liberally coated with brick dust! It has some rust on it but any surface that was oiled has a thick layer of brick dust. It came with a box of accessories which as it it is now dark and raining I haven't yet unpacked.
This thing will need a total strip and clean up which I hope to get to later in the year. I imagine that this will involve some sort of dipping/electrolysis of major components to remove the rust. I need to stabilize it for some months before I work on it. My first thought was to brush as much dust off it as I could and then paint it over with diesel - what do people think? Will the diesel interfere with later dipping?
It seems like a fairly late machine, does anyone know where the serial number is or how to date it?
Does anyone have a manual for this machine or know where I might be able to get one?
In buying this machine my ambitions certainly exceed my skills - is there a book on T&C grinding that would be a good place to start?
Thanks
Ian
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