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    Quote Originally Posted by StrayAlien View Post
    Thanks for replies all

    JC - "good from far, far form good"

    eskimo - okay!! It looks 'wrong', and as you say, seems best horizontally. okay - that is the death nell for that motor in this application. Thanks for the insight. Joe, sounds like eskimo is right there.

    Baronj - I didn't really look much into silk screening. I did read a few pages but moved on figuring the way I was doing it was 'easier'. I might have another look at it. Maybe, if anything, once you get a good toner transfer and make a silk screen then you have a template to keep making tags. Sounds like you need a dark room. Thanks.

    Greg.
    Hi Greg,

    I never used a dark room as such ! No windows or light bulb in the room. That resist is not very sensitive any way, though it was more sensitive after it had dried. But you did need the sun or a lot of bright light to expose the image. I used to make up three or four screens at a time and used layers of brown paper between them to keep the light out until they were needed.
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StrayAlien View Post
    That is a _very_ impressive fix on the table Bob. Inspiring stuff! Well done.

    Re the badge reproductions, thanks. I'll outline my process in detail here in the coming days. I might not have it perfect as yet, but the basic principle is there and anybody with a laser printer could do it after a trip to bunnings, coles and the newsagent. The front 'art deco' badge on the top box is going to be a challenge. It don't have any good pics of one and, as it is curved, it isn't going to make life easy - either gettings pics or making.

    Re Tom Hutley. Funny thing is, he got his urge to try to recreate the tags when doing a south bend 16" restore. I was doing my south bend 10" at the time - we bounced a few things off each other at the time if I recall. His resto thread: https://www.practicalmachinist.com/v...ection-299300/. Here is his start: https://www.practicalmachinist.com/v...ml#post3088617. It is such a cool thing he used that knowledge to become a recognised name is machine tags/plates/badges - whatever people call them! Seems he is now the go to guy for the youtube machining glitterati.

    In other news, I got a motor today that fits and I think may possibly be off a waldown. 3/4hp which will be nice.



    So, yet to scrounge:

    * good quality pics of the 'art deco' waldown badge from a few angles in good light
    * good quality pic of the power switch plate
    * an actual power switch that will fit said plate!

    Yet to make:
    * power switch plate (etched)
    * top box plate (etched)
    * pulleys and gubbins
    * spring latch for side of top box
    * front drill chuck holder clip
    * maybe one of those clamp 'ring' things for the column to tuck up under the table.

    Greg.
    Greg,

    I may be able to help you with a couple of items on your 'yet to make list'.

    I can photograph and measure both the belt guard spring latch and the 'just about essential to have' table support ring clamp. The Workmax came with the clamp and I kept it for the Tough which shares the same 2 1/2" column diameter.

    Bob.

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    That would be fantastic thanks Bob. Thank you.

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    Greg,

    The latch is 1.0mm thick. Print the first photo to scale and off you go.

    4.JPG 1.JPG 2.JPG IMG_20200706_101456313.jpg IMG_20200706_102447293.jpg IMG_20200706_102238870.jpg

    Bob.


    PS. the 5/32" bit is a good fit in both internal bends. A 64th either side didn't fit.
    Last edited by Anorak Bob; 6th Jul 2020 at 02:33 PM. Reason: Bit about the bit added.

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    Legend. Thank you.

    EDIT: I am figuring if I anneal some band saw blade, bend it, then re-harden it, that should get it back to springy.

    EDIT 2: Or butcher an el-cheapo paint scraper ....

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    Again, thank you sir. Much appreciated.

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    My pleasure Greg.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StrayAlien View Post
    So, yet to scrounge:

    * good quality pics of the 'art deco' waldown badge from a few angles in good light
    Hope these help

    IMG_20200706_153446.jpgIMG_20200706_153450.jpgIMG_20200706_153455.jpgIMG_20200706_155619.jpg

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    You sir, also qualify for "legend" status! Very nice. I can use those for sure. Excellent. And the resolution will be fine I reckon. Thank you very much!

    I had no idea it was straight across the top. The pics I have seen make it look like it slopes down from the top - similar, but not as slope-ish as the bottom. Obviously not eh.

    Looks like I'll have a few more things to learn in the 'the gimp' image editor, but that is terrific.

    Thank you Elan and Bob. Very very kind of you to go through the effort to take the pics. Nice.

    Greg.

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    No worries, I'm very interested to see how the reproduction works out

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    So am I. . But one thing is for sure .. it'll be better because of your efforts. Thank you again.

    Greg.

    EDIT: and the pencil rubbing is (excuse the pun) a stroke of utter genius my friend. Awesome - that might actually be the starting point.

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    I'll see if I can get a better rubbing with a different technique to only catch the high spots, it will make processing the image much easier (dad has a degree in photography and image manipulation is one of his things)

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    Take 2, hopefully between the 2 rubbings you can get something decent

    IMG_20200707_160602.jpg

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    Sweet, thank you Sir. I've a few thing to learn in gimp to get this one done I think! But thanks - I reckon I should be able to muster up something decent with those rubbings and the pics. Ace.


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