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Home Base => Introductions => Topic started by: Symon on March 25, 2017, 03:05:52 PM
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Hey all :beer:
I'll try and keep this intro short.
I've just acquired a machine I've always wanted...a tank vertical milling machine. A 60-year-old Archdale.
Rightly or wrongly I love the older stuff and I'm lucky that my workshop is surrounded by old engineers.
I bought it for less than its scrap value! From the guy next door who had bought it from the guy who has an old factory behind me. They're both friends of mine and the factory is pure porn for those who love old machines.
Anyways, I've done a good clean up and rewire and now need to oil and prep it. I've resisted a proper tear down for now...I have other projects to do. But it will be done.
Money for this is tight but I'll be chipping away at all the things I need. Starting with the manuals that cost a fortune for photocopies...but I understand the pricing due to their rarity.
Think that'll do for now? :D
:worthless:
I'll add pics tomorrow if anyone's interested.
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Are old engineers cheaper to run than guard dogs???? :D :D
Welcome and keep the neighbours on board they can probably show you all the ropes with the machine, if correctly bribed with chocolate digestives and coffee at the required intervals :lol:
Pics would be good .
Ian
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The guy who's it was originally was just chuffed I was going to be using it :) He's around 90 and his place is amazing.
Sadly a lot of stuff is so wrecked. He has a cupboard full of Moore and Wright micrometers and Boxford plunge gauges (among other amazing measuring stuff)...but it's all ruined through being in a damp factory for so long :(
But his machines are incredible. Including his gigantic radial drill.
I'm after the manuals simply to keep the machine maintained to the best I can. I don't want to be the guy who wrecks it after 60 years :laugh:
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Hi an welcome .pete from Sunderland
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:wave: :wave: Welcome aboard
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hi and welcome in in Durham a lil village named Bowburn enjoy :proj:
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Welcome, :borg: we are very interested in pictures. :worthless:
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(http://i.imgur.com/PIOBNfw.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/XGgDTXG.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/06XhJnv.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/SQItl6A.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/fgel2YS.jpg)
Took a few before and afters. The crud and old oil/white water was rancid (3-4cm deep in parts). But I've got it spotless and ready to re-oil. Took a week just for this :lol:
This initial clean up will be a proper job later down the line. So much to sort in the meantime :)
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A very handy looking machine - now considerably cleaner :clap:
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Nice ,heavy machine , :drool:
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In order to release the quill dial I've had to fully dismantle the quill gearbox assembly. Lovely set up and I didn't lose any of the ball bearings :lol:
But this thing is really trying to push me into a full dismantle despite promising myself I wouldn't. I really don't have the time to be distracted from stuff I need to be cracking on with :lol:
Must. Resist. Full. Expensive. Strip-down.
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Nice machine looks good. I can see it playing on your mind, if it’s working well then resist. :)
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(https://33.media.tumblr.com/2be0a37240c4d7ef462066748b6c64bb/tumblr_mz1rnu99341s12l2ho1_500.gif)
Me in the workshop :laugh:
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:dremel: :scratch: :update::Doh: :bang:
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now if you feed the old engineers coffee and offer biscuits to help .... :med: :med: :med: Things will go quicker AND YOU'LL HAVE COMPANY TO HELP YOU. :wack: :wack:
There's even the old sofa in the background to sit them on during coffee break!
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Ha! The seat of that sofa that you see is indeed where they sit! :D
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Btw: What's the correct subforum to use for manual machines? There's a CNC section but no manual section. Would it be "Tools"?
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Just thought I'd post a quick pic of my
weak will full strip-down and restoration :dremel:
Why pay £50 for "basic" information, being held to hostage, when you can tear it down yourself and spend more learn more :lol:
(http://i.imgur.com/4xQuqRl.jpg)
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Very nice restoration, soon be ready for another 60 years :thumbup: :thumbup:
Dave
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That's the hope, Dave :thumbup:
It wouldn't have lasted a week seeing as the main oil pipe (inside) had been squashed by the counterweight. Only realised when I saw an oil window had been broken and painted over. So I investigated and descided a tear-down was in order.
It's a design fault that was later corrected by making them with the oil line on the outside. Still, I'll MadMod it and it won't happen again. Luckily the gears and everything are mint. Oil mudded to death...but mint.
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Very nice paint job :thumbup:
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Looking good :thumbup:
Better than the blue it was before... :coffee:
Oh and welcome from me too....( originally from Middlesbrough but now residing in Hull....could be on the move up North.... :D)
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Cheers guys :thumbup:
And yeh...that blue is awful :lol:
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Welcome Symon. Nice acquisition you've got there, certainly looks better with the cream coat ( off white?) than the blue. I'm just down the road from you... well the A19... in Smoggie land, Teesside,
George.
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Cheers George :thumbup:
It's a light grey (goose wing) and I've mixed up some darker shades for various parts. Every part was painted so it's nice to free the shiny steel, copper and brass from being covered up by multiple layers (light green, dark green, brown, light blue and dark blue).
Lots of replacement bodge, too :lol:
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Nice paint job ,what paint are you using?
Pete
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Pete, it's a Quick Drying Enamel (QDE) with a semi-gloss finish. It can be used straight to metal but I still used a primer.
Don't let the "quick" fool anyone...it takes a minimum of a week to truly cure.
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This is taking ages! :lol:
Thought I'd show another sneak preview as proof that I'm still on it...24/7!
Got a lathe, surface grinder, hacksaw and others to do yet :lol:
(http://i.imgur.com/DKBACnn.jpg)
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Very pretty :bow:
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Beauty!
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That does look nice. :drool:
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Very nice paint job :drool:
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Thanks guys :thumbup:
Makes it less of a chore when you get compliments...so thank you :beer: