That needed a little clean up. Picked this Millers Falls No. 900 last week..
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Decided to try and clean it up last night..just something to do.....
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Took it apart, bolts for the handles gave me a little problem....had to use a pair of visegrips, to remove the shafts....cleaned all the bolts and the adjuster wheel on the wire wheel
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And sanded the face of the frog. It was flat, the paint on it wasn't, either on the face, or the seats. plating was flaking off the lateral lever, was removed. Lever was frozen in place, a bit of 3in1 oil, and just moving it back and forth, freed it up.
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Sides: palm sander to clean the rust off..
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Beltsander to polish the sides. Not the least bit worried about being 90 degrees to the sole....this is never going to be a "shooter" anyway, just a smoother
I did check the sole for flat ( two finger method, to see IF it rocks on a flat surface) then the beltsander to fix,
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It had a slight hollow right behind the mouth. I also used a large mill file to further polish the sole...
Wire cup brush in the drill press, to clean the inside of the base..
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And remove the gray paint frog the frog's seats. I also polished the underside of the lever cap, had rust and crud holding it off the chipbreaker...
Hmm, will need a "Part 2"....BRB....Stay tuned