MattF
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This is not going to be one of those quickly finished or updated threads, but thought I'd start it off. Finally got around to getting the rusted solid drive shaft out of the drill yesterday. It's only taken me around three years to get around to it. 
When it eventually did come out, there was surprisingly little rust to account for its stubborn insistence on remaining put. The rear oil reservoir had been subject to water ingress at some point though, so it had rusted up in just about the tightest and most awkward spot possible. Been having a shift around in the shed, which is what prompted me to work on it. It ain't an easy thing to store laid down, and it was too heavy for me to stand upright alone until it was completely stripped, so out came the shaft, pulley, gear and, finally, the quill spindle counterweight. That one surprised me. I'd expected it being about a foot or so long. It just never seemed to end when I finally started pulling it out though.
26" long excluding chain. That's been stuck in the column as I could never tilt the column up far enough to get it to slide to the bottom where I could reach it, before yesterday.
The column stood upright for the first time in its residence here.
I'm in two minds as to which way to go with this one. Things like the table were pure rust, so needed repainting after derusting, but the main column is obviously rusty but generally okay, so trying to decide whether to just derust as subtly as possible and clean up the paintwork, or whether to go the full hog and start from scratch. I could always restrip the table and finish it in a less bright manner if I decide to keep the column original, to save it sticking out like a sore thumb.
The balance on that column is impressive. Absolutely no tendency for it to tip in any direction even when stood like that, without the base. It's pretty much perfectly balanced when stripped down.
When it eventually did come out, there was surprisingly little rust to account for its stubborn insistence on remaining put. The rear oil reservoir had been subject to water ingress at some point though, so it had rusted up in just about the tightest and most awkward spot possible. Been having a shift around in the shed, which is what prompted me to work on it. It ain't an easy thing to store laid down, and it was too heavy for me to stand upright alone until it was completely stripped, so out came the shaft, pulley, gear and, finally, the quill spindle counterweight. That one surprised me. I'd expected it being about a foot or so long. It just never seemed to end when I finally started pulling it out though.
26" long excluding chain. That's been stuck in the column as I could never tilt the column up far enough to get it to slide to the bottom where I could reach it, before yesterday.
The column stood upright for the first time in its residence here.
I'm in two minds as to which way to go with this one. Things like the table were pure rust, so needed repainting after derusting, but the main column is obviously rusty but generally okay, so trying to decide whether to just derust as subtly as possible and clean up the paintwork, or whether to go the full hog and start from scratch. I could always restrip the table and finish it in a less bright manner if I decide to keep the column original, to save it sticking out like a sore thumb.
The balance on that column is impressive. Absolutely no tendency for it to tip in any direction even when stood like that, without the base. It's pretty much perfectly balanced when stripped down.
