Keetona slip rolls restoration

Fazerruss · Apr 22, 2020

Good afternoon all, I got this little beauty for not a lot but it's in need of some love so here it is....

Its only a couple if years old too......

Who ever welded the stand forgot to clean up afterwards. Is this possibly the oldest slag in the country?

I couldn't resist.....

Fazerruss · Apr 22, 2020

Fazerruss · Apr 22, 2020

One of the first Jobs is to replace the clamp for the end of the removable roller. It must have broken in the past and someone has made a dogs dinner out of bits to replace it.

Fazerruss · Apr 22, 2020

So time for a bit of CAD....

Fazerruss · Apr 22, 2020

Time to make some sparks

This 10mm steel, my little machine cuts nicely with minimal cleaning.

Fazerruss · Apr 22, 2020

Fazerruss · Apr 22, 2020

Next job is to jump on to a lathe..

Fazerruss · Apr 22, 2020

Then on to the mill...

And check it all fits

stuvy · Apr 22, 2020

That’s a cracking neat cut

Fazerruss · Apr 22, 2020

stuvy said:
That’s a cracking neat cut

Yep it's a nice little machine. Like any tool though you get what you pay for. It's not as much as a Hypertherm but the next one down in price at the time I bought it.

Fazerruss · Apr 22, 2020

Glued it together. The welds would probably have been nicer if I'd bothered to clean the steel first but I doubt it will fall apart

Fazerruss · Apr 22, 2020

Parm · Apr 22, 2020

Great rescue project

Fazerruss · Apr 22, 2020

Next job is to sort out the other dogs dinner on the cranking handle.
The original must have broken off and someone has attempted to replace with a wrong size piece of thread bar and a brook handle drilled on the p155