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Thread: How to strip a Centec 2A Vertical Milling Head
22/04/2023 17:12:50
Posted by not done it yet on 17/05/2020 19:59:16:

Avon,

Use a couple of wedges to part the holder from the quill. I do it a lot of the time, on mine, if the taper is tighter than a tap (with a softer-than-steel) mallet to free it. I very much doubt that soaking it, with anything, is likely to loosen it.

Absolutely brilliant! I made a couple of hardened steel wedges grading from 0.13" to 0.17" and started tapping. I had to grind bits off the business ends as I went along and re-harden. Took about 2 hours. Over the last 4/5 years I have probably spent at least 100 hours on trying to sort this.

Thread: Painting boiler cladding
09/02/2023 13:50:37

Thanks all. A bit to think about. Luckily there is no rush!

08/02/2023 20:44:45

Thanks Paul. That sounds ideal. Anything to make life a bit simpler!

08/02/2023 17:54:20

I have made a composite Hercules/Wenceslas based on Tubal Cain's books. The boiler is well insulated and clad in thin steel sheet.

After a bit of research...I intend to paint the cladding with red oxide as a primer and then Halford's Very High Temp spray paints, which are described as good up to 500 deg C.

I'm hoping this is a good plan?

Thanks in anticipation.

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