Hey Guys - This is the last part of the apron repair. After this repair, the last majors issues to address (that I currently know about) are the compound and tailstock. I've already made all the parts for the compound, I just need to reassemble it.
Ok, so on this 1945 Pacemaker, the oil plunger was stuck in the "depressed" posistion. Here is a picture of the buggered up oil plunger:
Here is the oil plunger and the arrow highlights the begining of the oil passage that feeds the carriage. The other plunger supplies the apron. In this passage, there is a .2500 check ball. Don't loose it if you decide to blow out the oil passage with an air gun ... ;-)
The only difficulty in this repair was the apron dissassembly. I already described most of the process in my other posts, but the last major component that needs to be dissassembled is the half-nut.
It took me a little while to figure out how to get this apart. I decided to try taking a little video of how it came apart. I have to applogize now for the extremely shoddy camera work. I was trying to film with one hand and disassemble the half-nut with the other...
I will post the video here in 20 minutes or so.
Ok, so on this 1945 Pacemaker, the oil plunger was stuck in the "depressed" posistion. Here is a picture of the buggered up oil plunger:
Here is the oil plunger and the arrow highlights the begining of the oil passage that feeds the carriage. The other plunger supplies the apron. In this passage, there is a .2500 check ball. Don't loose it if you decide to blow out the oil passage with an air gun ... ;-)
The only difficulty in this repair was the apron dissassembly. I already described most of the process in my other posts, but the last major component that needs to be dissassembled is the half-nut.
It took me a little while to figure out how to get this apart. I decided to try taking a little video of how it came apart. I have to applogize now for the extremely shoddy camera work. I was trying to film with one hand and disassemble the half-nut with the other...
I will post the video here in 20 minutes or so.
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