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| Will_D:
A Myford is a working lathe and is not a precious antique [unless it's the first ML7 or Super 7 made - then it is] There is no reason to repaint it unless you want to I personally think the green is just vomit coloured! Give me the early grey! Dealers who repaint to take a few years off are just charlatans! There is NO way a paint job can improve the accuracy of a lathe! |
| tom osselton:
I like the grey although my Clausing is red. |
| ieezitin:
Paint it what colour you like, it dont matter in my opinion, I have been in the machinery world for thirty five years, buying and selling plus using for my own persona use, its not the paint but the quality and manufacturer of the unit that is most important. you could have for sale a Shaublin 13 mill painted in canary yellow and have two guys look at it with two different philosophies, the practical guy will see what the quality is and dont care about the colour, the second will see the quality and ignore the colour and just re-paint it because he is a purist. Either way you wont lose. There is a German fella on you-tube that has his entire machine shop machinery painted in German army green, i personally dont like the colour but i see the continuity effect of having a shop with one colour scheme and in my opinion makes a difference to the shop environment. Anthony. |
| Fergus OMore:
--- Quote from: mexican jon on August 24, 2016, 08:17:14 PM --- I'm about to give the myford a good service and whilst the grey paint isn't to bad it has seen better days --- End quote --- What is the 'filler' that builds up the body of the lathe prior to putting on the finishing coats, please? The question has been posed many times- without anyone getting a proper answer. FWIW My experience is that once the top coatings are removed, oil and other fluids are absorbed into the cream coloured filler- and prevents proper re-coating. Thanks Norman |
| awemawson:
Norman, I'm sure originally it would have been a form of putty based on 'whiting', but now a days people seem to use one of the many car body fillers based on polyester resin |
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