Junkman
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Today, an old friend returned my drill press to me that I loaned him back in September 1973. He had been using it in his shop until he retired back in 1978. I had all but given up on ever seeing it again. Today, he called and said that it was in the back of his garage and he had just uncovered it from being buried with other junk that he had been saving.
Now comes the question of how to restore this monster. I sprayed the moving parts with PB Blaster and now almost everything moves, but the column and table are full of surface rust. The base is even rustier with lots of scale rust. What are your suggestions ???
I looked up the model number in the Sears parts on-line, and couldn't believe that it was still listed. Model 103.24510. I purchased this at auction back in 1970 and have no idea as to how old it is. When I plugged it in, the motor came to life. I will get a belt tomorrow and see if the rest works. After spraying the column and chuck, they turn smoothly. It isn't up to the current OSHA standards for safety, but I doubt that they will be checking my garage.
Next week, I will be picking up my old metal work bench, Alamite air powered grease gun, and the Rusty Jones rustproofing machine. It has been so long, that I don't remember all that I had loaned him. I didn't have any place to store these things, so it was better to let him use them than just scrap them.
Now comes the question of how to restore this monster. I sprayed the moving parts with PB Blaster and now almost everything moves, but the column and table are full of surface rust. The base is even rustier with lots of scale rust. What are your suggestions ???
I looked up the model number in the Sears parts on-line, and couldn't believe that it was still listed. Model 103.24510. I purchased this at auction back in 1970 and have no idea as to how old it is. When I plugged it in, the motor came to life. I will get a belt tomorrow and see if the rest works. After spraying the column and chuck, they turn smoothly. It isn't up to the current OSHA standards for safety, but I doubt that they will be checking my garage.
Next week, I will be picking up my old metal work bench, Alamite air powered grease gun, and the Rusty Jones rustproofing machine. It has been so long, that I don't remember all that I had loaned him. I didn't have any place to store these things, so it was better to let him use them than just scrap them.
