Refurbishing post

[tdacon]

Somewhere back in the earlier posts, I remember a post or series of posts from someone who tore down and completely refurbished a Supergrind 2000 and posted pictures of the whole process. I can't find it now, and my searches on terms like refurbish and restore and repaint didn't turn it up again. Can anyone point me to it? I'm going to be doing the same to mine this winter and I'd like to see what sort of issues he mentioned.

Thanks,
Tom

[Ken S]

Tom,

It is a clumsy way to search, however, it should work. i vaguely recall the topic your reference. If you look at the top of the section on the forum, you will see pages listed from one to sixty four. One is the most recent; sixty four is the original posts in 200. I joined the forum in 2009, which is page forty seven. You can skim the topic subjects rather quickly. If you start with page twenty and work to forty seven you should find it. If not, try from one to nineteen.

On further thought, the poster may have been Herman. Hopefully he will chime in.

Good luck and do keep us posted.

Ken

[Elden]

Herman has been through it as well as others.

http://forum.tormek.com/index.php?topic=1886.msg9734#msg9734

In other threads, if they initially had pictures, the pictures have been removed.

http://forum.tormek.com/index.php?topic=178.msg519#msg519

http://forum.tormek.com/index.php?topic=534.msg1250#msg1250

Electrolysis might be a possible means of getting it cleaned up in preparation for the painting. It would do a good job of rust removal.

http://forum.tormek.com/index.php?topic=2227.msg10640#msg10640

In regard to paint:

http://forum.tormek.com/index.php?topic=2521.msg12926#msg12926

[Ken S]

Excellent reference work, Elden. First-rate restoration work, Herman.

Ken

[Rob]

I recall Hermans restoration well. I wonder what it is about restoration WIP's but I find them absolutely required reading. They're just fabulous, the rebirth of something gorgeous from something tired and wearing out is one of my favourite things. I know...... I should get out more :-)

[Ken S]

Herman's restorations shows the best of both worlds. I fine tool given a second chance, and in the hands of an intelligent craftsman who has the skill to use it well. Bravo, Herman.

Ken

[Elden]

   Herman's and Mark's (grepper) posts cause me to want to restore my old square frame Tormek. I think that electrolysis unit would come in handy for a lot of things beside the T restoration.

[tdacon]

This was the one I was looking for!  http://forum.tormek.com/index.php?topic=1886.msg9734#msg9734

As Ken suggested, I had patiently paged through the whole history of posts, skimming the subject lines, but somehow missed that one and further missed the search terms that would have caught it. So thanks everyone for finding it, and the others, for me.

I love doing projects like these. Last year, or was it the year before, I tore down and resurrected one of those ancient Craftsman tube-style wood lathes, and turned it into a pretty good little old spindle lathe. Built a bench for it, too.

It's in my bones, I guess. I spent almost forty years owning and restoring an old classic wooden sailboat of 41 feet, from a shabby fixer-upper to practically museum quality. Then, with my body pretty well worn out from a lifetime of wooden boat work, I sold it to someone younger a few months ago. So I've been looking around for another project for this winter, much smaller and simpler and easier on my old body, now that I have some unaccustomed free time. This Supergrind 2000 that I bought used in 2005 has been a real work horse around here for my woodworking hand tools and more recently for turning tools, but has been patiently waiting for some love. I'll post my own work-in-progress pictures and some of the finished product as time goes on.

Tom

[grepper]

I too find great pleasure in restoring old tools to useable condition.  Many times you get a much better tool for your efforts than today's, specially imported from the Orient, disposable crap.

Electrolysis is a great way to remove rust!  The setup needed is easy and cheap to make.  A container, a couple of pieces of steel like some old mower blades or carbon gouging rods, a battery charger and some washing soda is all you need.

Of course it won't repair pitting due to extensive rusting, but it does remove rust from every nook and cranny and won't further damage the surface like a wire wheel will.  A little cleaning afterwards with a steel or brass brush and some soap and water and the part will be as good as it can be.

[Rob]

Yes that electrolysis is as close to real magic as it gets :-)