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Powder Keg:
Nice job on the restorations!!!
usn ret:
Nice restoration Mike, Mr. Atlas would be proud!!!! The lathe probably looks better than it did when new. :thumbup: Welcome aboard.
Cliff :coffee:
MikeA:
Hello to all,
Thanks for the warm welcome! And thanks for the kind comments on my little clean-up jobs. It seems (and SWMBO regularly comments on) I spend most of my time working on the machines and don't make anything else. Have to admit, I really enjoy taking a tired, abused, clapped-out machine and getting it back to it's original state (or better!) Very satisfying and these old machines deserve better than ending up as scrap being sold to the Chinese. One other thing, often they are better machines than many that are available today!
My current project is an Emco Maximat V 10 P and it qualifies as being tired, abused and clapped-out. It served as a 'job-lathe' for many years and as one might imagine, the workers on-site weren't 'overly careful' with this unit. It's my newest machine, (March 1974) and in some ways presents more problems than the others due to unavailability of parts - either new or used. Many things will need to be fabricated but that shouldn't be much of a problem. The first major effort will be to get the grunge of 35 years cleaned off. One of the fellows on the Maximat forum stated, very appropriately, 'oily dirt is better than dry rust'.
I'll keep you posted as the restoration goes forward.
Once again, thanks for the warm welcome.
Best,
Mike
Bernd:
Welcome to the collective Mike. :borg:
Nice work on those machines. I see you like to "bling" things a bit. There are a few "bling artists" on the forum. :thumbup:
Regards,
Bernd
MikeA:
Hello Bernd,
Guilty as charged! A long, long time ago when I was a young 'motor-head' we had a saying, "if it doesn't move, chrome it!" and to some extent I still subscribe to that philosophy.
Actually, it's just my preference to have my tools look good as well as operate well. I'm big on keeping everything clean and orderly.
Best,
Mike
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