Milkybars
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Many moons ago (can't find the thread) I acquired one of these in a very sorry state.
It transpired that the plate on the top was 'Very Worn' to the point of no return.
So I decided to seek out a fresh piece of U channel and to rebuild it. The issue was that the original channel is no longer produced and furtive requests on here for scrap bits of old channel drew a blank. I can’t remember who directed me to a fabricators in East London and a modern equivalent piece was purchased.
@pressbrake1 kindly assisted by machining a flat top to the replacement channel, using his shaper from memory and some initial cuts across the top.
I had fettled and painted the base and put it in a corner with a sheet over it
So although the “Grand Tidy” is yet to be completed. I decided it was high time that the project got back on the road, also the possibility to purchase a belt or two when I get some grinding wheels for another project. Thus saving some postage may have been another reason J
It’s a big old piece of channel and one of the problems is the old channel has tapered sides, the modern stuff doesn’t.
Please see attached images of how it started off, updates to follow.
Also I’d be interested to hear from anyone that’s got one ..I need help with the guard that is missing !!
It transpired that the plate on the top was 'Very Worn' to the point of no return.
So I decided to seek out a fresh piece of U channel and to rebuild it. The issue was that the original channel is no longer produced and furtive requests on here for scrap bits of old channel drew a blank. I can’t remember who directed me to a fabricators in East London and a modern equivalent piece was purchased.
@pressbrake1 kindly assisted by machining a flat top to the replacement channel, using his shaper from memory and some initial cuts across the top.
I had fettled and painted the base and put it in a corner with a sheet over it
So although the “Grand Tidy” is yet to be completed. I decided it was high time that the project got back on the road, also the possibility to purchase a belt or two when I get some grinding wheels for another project. Thus saving some postage may have been another reason J
It’s a big old piece of channel and one of the problems is the old channel has tapered sides, the modern stuff doesn’t.
Please see attached images of how it started off, updates to follow.
Also I’d be interested to hear from anyone that’s got one ..I need help with the guard that is missing !!