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I am wondering if any one has made a power drive for their Z axis?

Very sorry to here of this.

I have used degreaser and scourer, nylon bush, repeatedly, tried a wire brush but that was to aggressive.

How would you remove it?

Had a few attempts with the the car bog never used it before, finally got it right

There was a few holes in the name so started to scrap it out eventually removed the lot.

Raped up ready to paint

Note the name

Edited By Mark Eisen on 08/04/2020 10:25:52

Now that I am in gaol I have be getting back into my Hercus, before I came home Bunnings and car accessories places had mobs of empty shelves, managed to get the last two tins of spray putty and the last tin of car putty.

After giving the cabinet and tray a citric bath, went over them with a wire brush on my angle grinder.

Asked some one to get me a tin of Killrust Etch Primer.

I made a box up so that I could put the bed in a citric bath, I am a convert to citric acid now.

Before I had to go down south we had our first rain in two years, which made every thing go a funny colour.Had to buy a trap to cover the patient.

Most impressive Celso, will have to make one when I get back in to the shed.

You done a great job there Celso.

G"Day Celso, that is a great job you done on that hand shaper, Well done.

Now that I have the big parts of the bead and head stock cleaned up with citric acid, what would you do with cracks and holes in the bog?

I have a can if spray bog the will cover the small crazing cracks in the third photo, should I get a can of car panel bog to fix the damage?

The joys of Aust postal system the counter shaft and bearings ordered on 02/02/2020 arrived in the P.O. on the 03/03/2020, lucky it wasn't urgent medical supplies.

The place has gone down hill, when we got here in the 80s there was 2 meat works operating, at lest 5 big gold mines, Warrego mine had its own township there, including a copshop. More people there than in Tennant.

A lot of interesting characters, in the mid 80s federal copper turned up and took 22 blokes away, never came back again.

DJ Engineering, my mate in Katherine talked about them, think they are still going.

I Know but I was trying to make the most of the cooler weather.

I have been blowing them off with my air compressor, then let them sit in the sun. 15 or 20 miniutes in the mid afternoon sun picked up on part of the vice and burnt my hands, the other bit I left till after dark.

On an Aussie forum, I ask a couple questions about electrolysis, a couple of the bloke recommended citric acid.

As I had run out of washing soda, and non available in Tennant CK, I thought I would give citric acid ago, ordered some on epay, 5 days later it was here, unbelievably fast in this part of the world.

I have an old vice I want to restore, that I had put in the electrolysis a couple of days before, the difference is unbelievable 150 percent better, Now on the second lot of Hercus parts.

Thanks for your replies, lot of good information there.

I ordered a window washer kit from epay comes with a roll of hose etc.

I my box of power packs ( 2 boxes to be honest) I found this one.

I will keep the on I found for my lathe.

I like Mikes set up in his website.

Jon, I found new counter shaft and bearing, ordered on 02/02/2020 still waiting joys of Aust post.

Been removing the rust using electrosis, this pulley was in the electrosis bath for over 24 hrs , the brown is baked on dirt and grease, tried cleaning up the parts using degreaser, it would touch it.

Finally remembered I had some very strong detergent cleaner call vantage, put the parts in a tub of water left it 24hrs, gave them a scrub with a green scouerer the crud came pretty easy.

I was having a clean up I came across a new 12V windscreen washer pump.

I was wondering if this would be too small for BS5s bandsaw as long as I have very good filtration?

Edited By Mark Eisen on 19/02/2020 08:50:02

I opened in edge, I still get the same message.