Dear All
I am hoping some of you more experienced machine restorers can help me because I am really scratching my head here. Let me start at the beginning.
I bought a very sorry Smart and Brown 1024 Lathe at an auction. This lathe for those who don't know them is a precision tool room lathe. Most who have used them think they are the Mutts nuts.
Here she is at auction
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And coming home
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I got it home and I stripped it down to its constituent parts. Bagged, labeled and photographed.....Done. Flikr photo album here https://flic.kr/s/aHsjRtmUL8
Next the bed, head, tail stock, saddle and Cross slide went for re-grinding and I got her back over last weekend. So now I am really stuck as to what my next step is and I am hoping people can help me with sorting out the sequence here.....I think I may have already got it wrong.... I have a relatively basic garage/workshop no big compressors for painting etc so would need to buy those in if I did the work my self. I love the learning opportunity and would like to end up with a lathe that is a pleasure to use, aesthetically pleasing and will last me the rest of my days.
Here is my thinking and what I am planning to do but I have never done this before so I might be completely off the reservation here.
- Clean off the oil and grease protecting the new surfaces. What should I use to keep the bare surfaces from rusting?
- Mask up all the precision surfaces with masking tape then a layer or two of duct tape.
- Sandblast (or glass bead) all the outer painted surfaces, Stand, Bed, Head, apron, gear box. tail stock castings. Is this something I can do at home or should I farm it out?
- Prime... What Primer should I use & for that matter what paint type Epoxy, polyurethane etc or should I hand brush.
- Primer surfacer/ body filler, sand etc. repeat until a good finish is achieved
- Paint.... Should I send this to a shop esp if I go for two pack epoxy? I don't have an oven or respiratory equipment
- Re assemble polish etc.
I am beginning to think that I should have done this before sending it for regrinding....well at least got it to the primed stage before sending it for grinding.
Guidance on a tried and tested paint type would help and help with what I can and cant use with that paint type, the theoretical order for doing all of this, what to be care full of and what can go wrong would be invaluable.
Alastair