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The drill press came back from the powder coaters today.

I set about assembling it.

I am very happy with the colour it is less grey and more baby blue then...

This is what all modern makers are using. The Japanese even laminate tool steel to the mild back steel on their cap irons. The reason its more durable and wears more slowly. Over the 10000 miles the...

Hi Bob

Yes you could bend the front, however you would still need to grind a 3 mm flat section at the leading bottom edge. While the bent design is well knob via the old Stanley's it is not...

The blunt edge as you call it compresses the shaving down and forward, you do however need to open the mouth a little more then you would normally have it.

Yes it looks like I am going to have to make the journey. I will source the O1, and make a time to come and see you.

Ray if I send you the correct thickness O1 could you do it?

Thanks Ray - regarding thickness that part is not that critical between 3 to 4.5mm is fine. I am not sure what spring temper means but I guess it means that the steel has give to it like a spring if...

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I have a small project that may interest someone and I am happy to reimburse you for your time, materials & postage both ways.

What I am looking for is for someone to make a replacement cap...

I am not obsessed with matching colours. I have been tempted by fire engine red :o However I am leaning towards a darker Grey / Graphite Blue.



It is hard to match colour printed on paper CMYK...

Colours for powder coating is limited I am tossing up between the following three:

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I am leaning towards Wedgewood.

You can see the complete Dulux powder coating range...

Greg thank you so much for all your hard work. Work done well beyond my expectations.

I will put my name up for a basic intro to scraping.

I am in need about 1 meter of 1/2" Stainless Rod from a Scrap Metal Supplier Melbourne Inner North around Coburg? I tried called a few and came up empty.

Looking good Greg. Keep us updated.

Greg - I am more then happy, the drill press would not have looked as good when it left the factory.

The other reason for scraping is that the fly cutter created a concave surface, also the travel of the milling machine is limited and it creates two half moons on the surface.

Yesterday I went to kwijibo99 (Greg) to repair the cast iron table and the foot of the drill press.

Here is a photoblog - I took over 150 photos but here are 14 to give you a taste.

This is...

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The spindle cost $300 a new upper sleeve would only cost $100 more. It sounds that it would be safer to simple buy a new upper sleeve. Since the spindle is hardened rock hard.
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I needed to purchase a new Spindle for my Waldown Drill Press that I am restoring. I purchased a replacement Spindle from Brobo however it turns out that my Waldown was one of the first 8SN...

Take your tools with you to the afterlife like the Viking's do. Let them build a mighty funeral pyre, then set it on fire and let it rise up into the heavens, they may have to sprinkle the whole lot...

PM's sent to Greg and Kryn.

I will post back in this thread and the Waldown repair thread with updates.

Thanks for everyone help with this metalworking side of my restoration.

Bob I think...

Greg it is a deal.

I will try to get the RI.

Power Coating goes to 220º.

Most glues fail below that temperature.

So that is why I am leaning toward welding the RI in.

Kryn

I have the following holes sizes - one @ 12mm, 6 @ 6mm, one at 28mm. I am happy to pay for time and postage if you are happy to part with some wrought iron.

All my reading says that powder...

Bob thanks for the link. I was leaning toward filling the holes with mild steel rod as it would be easy to get, however cast iron would be nicer. Does Interlloy sell small section of 4E? I might have...

Hi Simon - thanks for the offer. When I said small I sort of meant not many pieces. I did not consider what effect the size of the pieces would have. I am in Coburg and Hastings is a long way for a...

I am in the process of restoring an old Waldown press here. I want to have the table and the flat surface on the foot surface ground and I am wondering if anyone would be interested in taking on the...

According to 13238EN_GreaseSelectionChart.pdf and my limited understanding a vertical shaft like a spindle assemble in a drill press assembly needs LGMT 3. The slightly higher viscosity to resist...

Question: will I need grease gun, or will it suffice to smear grease on all the components and assemble.

There is a store near me that sells...

Thanks Bob. They recommend NLGI 2 extreme pressure grease OR Shell AlvaniaNo.1 grease.Now were do you such things?

Can anyone recommend a suitable grease that can be used in woodworking machines? I need to re grease a spindle and quill assembly for a drill press.

BobL is correct it was left in star winding and yes I am a woodworker.

I hope to have the drill press fully restored in a month.

At that point I will run the drill press through its paces,...

The motor hums along nicely with a soft high pitch whizzing sound. It starts slowly revving up over 6 seconds as the hertz increases on the display. The VFD makes more noise in all honesty.

I have made progress with the VFD and my motor. Thanks allot to NCArcher who helped me via email. The process was relatively simple thanks to plain & simple instruction from NCArcher.

End the end...

Greg - thank you for the offer, if I cannot get it up and running by the end of the week, I will take you up on the offer.

I am not overly concerned with the technicalities. As long as my VFD...

NCArcher - has kindly offered to walk me through the wiring up of the Motor and the VFD via correspondence. I will post back as we progress.

CBA - the manual should just be ignored - it has...

Well this returns us to the beginning.

Powtran is saying that I can just keep the motor in Star and connect the VFD in 400V mode.

Now the question is what is 400V mode?

I assume it is about...

Joy!



If this is true then they manufactured a VFD just for my specification - that would be impressive.

So what is our next move?

I bought it direct from Powtran in China it came to $199 including postage, took 3 days to arrive. They seem very helpful and responsive to my questions even if it is clear that their English is not...

According to Powtran - VFD PI9130A 0R7G3 is a single phase 230V input and 3 phase 400V output - they say the nameplate is a typo.

I have sent a follow up email -

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Got a responce - Less then 1 hour.
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#1:About the rewire issue ,it's depond on which connect mode is used for 400V voltage? we need...

Thanks Stuart - Modified Email with photo of nameplate sent - I should hear back from them in the next few hours.

Okay Stuart - I think its time to send an email to Powtran to get clarification - this is what I am thinking of asking is there anything else I should ask and am I asking the right question/details?...

Hello Stuart the exact model is PI9130A 0R7G3.

I have attached another manual for the PI9130A 0R7G3.

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Attached is a photo of the nameplate. It has a typo on it. It should say Input AC...

Hi - I am restoring an 1962 Waldown Drill Press over in this thread.

I was advised to post in Metalworking as I am in need of some help from a forum member who is willing and able to rewire a 3...

Thanks for the advice, today I took two hours of prodding and pocking (and breaking various small pocking tools) to finally get the bugger out. However it is done, I want to replace the bearings,...

I need to disassemble a spindle for a drill press. However the problem is that the c-clip is broken, I had a look online on how to remove the C-clip and the methods are rather drastic involving...

Just a thanks about Sharpline Stainless in Coburg, sent them an email last night, got a response this morning will cost be $30 plus gst. :2tsup:

Hi Greg

I am in Coburg I sent Sharpline Stainless in North Coburg an email, its good to hear that they are helpful.

Cheers

Thanks for the tip, I will give it a whirl.

Hi - I am in need for three pieces of stainless steel strips. I have contacted a bunch of steel suppliers in Melbourne however they just want to sell me a whole sheets.

I just need the following:...