John Miliunas
01-24-2004, 10:27 PM
Some of you may remember my post last week about being gifted an old W&H molder (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?threadid=6180) .
Well, me thinks it's going to live! In between mini-projects, I spent a little time on it during the week, plus a real healthy day of work on it today. She's starting to shape up, plus I received my info from W&H today, as well. (As a side note, I emailed them requesting a manual, if available, a price list for replacement parts and a catalog of current cutter profiles. I'll be dipped if I didn't get every single thing I asked for! Kudo's out to W&H!)
Anyhow, back to the progress. 1st shot is 1/2 the platten done, before I decided to completely remove it. I wanted to find out if it was even worth removing. It was!
2nd shot is of the completed platten. Some very slight "staining" of the cast iron remains, but pitting is at an absolute minimal and should not affect performance.
3rd shot is zoomed in a bit on the cutterhead area with the infeed roller. That thing was ALL rust, as was the cutterhead. (See previous post.)
Last shot is an overall view of the machine. The ways don't look the best, but they're devoid of rust and any burrs. Some staining remains and there is a bit of pitting, though the bulk of that is on the upper part of the ways and I don't envision myslef doing a whole lot of molding at the 5 or 6" marks! The cutterhead assembly now travels the distance of the ways real smoothly, needing only one finger on the crank to bring it down, with a second finger to assist in the upward motion. All bare metal got hit with Boe after the cleaning process.
Thus far, worth every penny I paid for the unit! :D Hey, I *did* spend a few bucks on cleaning stuff for it and paint for the stand! I'm still working on the stand and want to clean up the motor, as well. I'm actually thinking about leaving the machine's stock paint alone. It's really not in that bad a shape and will probably last longer than any spray bomb stuff I put on. A new switch, belt and some cutter knifes and I believe she'll be ready to rock 'n roll! I'll post more pics as progress happens. Thanks for taking a peek! :cool:
Well, me thinks it's going to live! In between mini-projects, I spent a little time on it during the week, plus a real healthy day of work on it today. She's starting to shape up, plus I received my info from W&H today, as well. (As a side note, I emailed them requesting a manual, if available, a price list for replacement parts and a catalog of current cutter profiles. I'll be dipped if I didn't get every single thing I asked for! Kudo's out to W&H!)
Anyhow, back to the progress. 1st shot is 1/2 the platten done, before I decided to completely remove it. I wanted to find out if it was even worth removing. It was!
2nd shot is of the completed platten. Some very slight "staining" of the cast iron remains, but pitting is at an absolute minimal and should not affect performance.
3rd shot is zoomed in a bit on the cutterhead area with the infeed roller. That thing was ALL rust, as was the cutterhead. (See previous post.)
Last shot is an overall view of the machine. The ways don't look the best, but they're devoid of rust and any burrs. Some staining remains and there is a bit of pitting, though the bulk of that is on the upper part of the ways and I don't envision myslef doing a whole lot of molding at the 5 or 6" marks! The cutterhead assembly now travels the distance of the ways real smoothly, needing only one finger on the crank to bring it down, with a second finger to assist in the upward motion. All bare metal got hit with Boe after the cleaning process.
Thus far, worth every penny I paid for the unit! :D Hey, I *did* spend a few bucks on cleaning stuff for it and paint for the stand! I'm still working on the stand and want to clean up the motor, as well. I'm actually thinking about leaving the machine's stock paint alone. It's really not in that bad a shape and will probably last longer than any spray bomb stuff I put on. A new switch, belt and some cutter knifes and I believe she'll be ready to rock 'n roll! I'll post more pics as progress happens. Thanks for taking a peek! :cool: