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How do I get the old oil out of the headstock?
Davo J:
I have seen plenty of drain plugs with the magnet attached to them on the inside They are usually either glued in or a sitting in a machined pocket and the magnetic force holds them there. That way when you remove the plug the bits come with it.
Dave
AdeV:
I've just had a quick hunt around the bottom of the headstock, and there's a couple of bolts there that look like they could be drains... I will investigate a little later, when the day job isn't interfering...
Thanks for all the suggestions! I may still need some of them; I don't know how well it'll drain out yet. I can't use the turkey baster idea - ever since I watched "A Thing Called Love", turkey basters have been on my phobia list :lol: (Unfortunately, the series appears to have disappeared into obscurity, which is a shame as it was a great watch. And had the lovely Liz White in it, plus the aforementioned turkey baster....)
Magnets: I have a couple of Neo magnets salvaged from an old hard disk. I'll find somewhere suitable for it.
John - I like the Venturi idea! But I'm in a catch-22 here: Can't really turn anything until I can run the machine for a decent length of time, which I can't do until I put new oil in, which I don't want to do until I've got the oil out...
AdeV:
Update: Well, I found the drain plug, and the oil was already below that level. Couldn't find a bicycle pump, so I mopped the old stuff out as best I could with some rags. I pulled 2 grub screws out with a magnet. No idea where they came from; one seems to only be half a grub screw, the other looks quite complete. Refilled with fresh oil to the line, job's a good 'un. She runs as smooth as you like now. The spindle brake doesn't work terribly well, probably out of friction material. The clutch works well, however.
I'm having trouble getting a nice surface finish; for today's effort I turned a "mystery steel" bar as well as I could with the indexable carbide tool that's in the holder already (and, thus, is at the correct height); then used some 240 grit wet & dry + cutting oil, followed by 800 grit; first with oil then without. It came out shiny :) except for some rings which were either really deep machining marks, or maybe I got a bit of swarf in the sandpaper.
I still have much to learn.... the education (hopefully!) continues over the weekend :thumbup:
Darren:
Some steel, most unless it's a free cutting type, is hard to get a good finish with.
Stainless, brass & alloy are nice to use :thumbup:
trevoratxtal:
Hello AdeV
Quote ""I still have much to learn.... the education (hopefully!) continues over the weekend .""
From what I have seen you do over the last few days, are well impressive.
I will be following your postings for some time.
I have answered this posting for future reference as I see you have sorted the oil problem for now.
Most Chandlers stock a Oil suction syringe of a large size with various attachments to clean out engine sumps on boats.
such as
http://www.pufferparts.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=273
But then again one can be made from a washing up bottle and a length of plastic pipe. Not quite as powerful but for light oils works a treat.
Trev
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