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| dawesy:
So following on from my other thread I've decided to do a project log on the Ajax mill I purchased recently. This is a pic from the advert As you can see its a horizontal mill with a slotting attachment. It was won for the princely sum of £127. On collection I found that all the pulley system from the rear was missing but other than that and a poor paint job it looked ok. Once home it's been stripped down and all the ways and leadscrews look to be in good condition. So onto the paint. It had the thickest coat of red oxide I've ever seen. It's about 1.5mm thick in places. Chunks are missing in others. Normally I use a wire zip wheel on my angle grinder to remove paint ( horrible things but do the job). Not on this though. It wouldn't touch it. So plan b The needle scaler made short work of it. A quick blast over with the wire zip wheel and it's ready for priming and painting A couple of hours has seen all the parts cleaned up. I've decided to paint it the same green as the lathe as I have plenty of paint left over. The bigger plan is to manufacture the parts to get it working as a horizontal mill again but for now just up and running will do. Ajax seem to think its the AJ9 model but are yet to confirm. More updates to come. Thanks for looking :) |
| Swarfing:
Nice one Lee will be good to see this one resurrected from the hybrid dead |
| awemawson:
:thumbup: Looks like you're making good progress - I'll enjoy following your thread. |
| mattinker:
Looking forward to this! Regards, Matthew |
| John Rudd:
--- Quote from: awemawson on November 08, 2014, 04:06:20 AM --- :thumbup: Looks like you're making good progress - I'll enjoy following your thread. --- End quote --- I have an AJ7/8 model that needs refurbishing....this might be the push I need to get it done :coffee: |
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