Alexander Deckel SO Clone

[gerritv]

That would work as well, stil need to use the correct angle of course. GH Thomas lists that as one of the methods in his books.

 

[Susquatch]

The original colour is so much nicer than that ugly dull olive green.



Also notice the shaft scoring where the adapter was originally stuck to the shaft - right side of shaft in photo. I'll have to polish that out lest it seize again in the future.

 

[canuck750]

POR 15 make great products, the closest thing I have found to powder coating for durability, The drawbacks to POR 15 are the smell, time to cure and the stuff will not clean off your skin!
Powder is still the toughest coating I have ever used, mostly for vintage motorcycle frame and related components. I have restored one motorcycle frame using POR 15 but it does not turn out as nice as powder coating.

I have an old wall oven in a home made square steel tube frame, I am limited to what fits in the cabinet, larger parts I farm out to the pros.
DIY powder is very easy, no smells, most powder cures in 20 minutes between 350 ~ 400 F, once the part cools down its good to go and powder only comes off with a razor blade or a very special powder coat solvent. I have used the same Eastwood Automotive powder gun for over ten years, you only need to run about 3 ~ 5 psi air pressure and find an old oven. I have keep about 20 colors / finishes in my little inventory. Last year I completely stripped down my Atlas 7B shaper and powder coated every part in my wall oven.

I have a vapour blast cabinet but any dry blast cabinet will suffice, use fine glass bead, wash and then wipe down with Acetone before spraying the powder on.
It takes me less than hour to clean, blast, wash, spray the powder, bake the part and clean up the small amount of dry powder overspray. The part is fully cured after twenty minutes in the oven and then as soon as it cools down its finished, no smell, no runs or drips, and its many times stronger than any other form of paint. I will never go back to rattle cans or even automotive spray products.

 

[gerritv]

Test buttress threading worked well: next up in steel for the real thing.

 

[gerritv]

Done, a replacement for the missing locking collar. New on the left, my original on the right. The new one has straight knurling, I think it is grippier, tempted to give you my original 🙂
@Susquatch Question, do you want it blackened or left natural? I suspect this is W1 given how it cut. End of material was painted yellow.

 

[Ian Moss]

Do I see an ELS?

 

[Susquatch]

The new one has straight knurling, I think it is grippier, tempted to give you my original 🙂

You keep whichever one you like best. I'm just happy to have something that works!

@Susquatch Question, do you want it blackened or left natural?

Blackened is best for my needs. But if it makes your life easier I am happy with left natural.

I'm making very very slow progress with sanding the main body. I don't need much excuse at all to get distracted. I HATE PAINTING and EVERYTHING to do with painting.

Question for you @gerritv, there are two fittings on the main body feeding the spindle. A grease fitting and some kind of lock-nut assembly. The drawings and manuals only show one. Why do think that there are two on mine?

The picture is an old one before I started sanding. But that's all I had on my phone.



I've removed and plugged them to sand around them. But I'd like to know what you think they are for. The zirc seems to have relatively heavy grease in the hole. The screw cap is empty under it. Thoughts?

 

[Janger]

Do I see an ELS?

Rocketronics ELS! project 43 for me sigh...Let's see more @gerritv ! 😎

 

[gerritv]

Do I see an ELS?

yes, Rocketronics ELS Pro

 

[gerritv]

Rocketronics ELS! project 43 for me sigh...Let's see more @gerritv ! 😎

this thread has a bunch of info, https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/king-kc1022-rocketronics-els-pro-installation.14990
If you want videos of it in use let me know.

 

[gerritv]

Question for you @gerritv, there are two fittings on the main body feeding the spindle. A grease fitting and some kind of lock-nut assembly. The drawings and manuals only show one. Why do think that there are two on mine?

I've removed and plugged them to sand around them. But I'd like to know what you think they are for. The zirc seems to have relatively heavy grease in the hole. The screw cap is empty under it. Thoughts?

The screw holds the spindle cartridge in place.

 

[Susquatch]

The screw holds the spindle cartridge in place.

Thanks Gerrit. Seems rather odd that it isn't shown on the parts diagrams. But stranger things happen all the time!

 

[PeterT]

If you want videos of it in use let me know.

Letting you know. YES!

 

[Susquatch]

Guess what arrived today?

The collet nut and indexer @gerritv made for me that my grinder was missing. They are drop dead beautiful! LOVE the cut knurling on the collet nut! I need to move that tooling up the project priority list.

Gerrit is a total trouble making enabler though! He also included a collet holder he made for me on his 3D printer....... Oh my...... That little gem is gunna cost me big time....... Totally infectious! I think I'm running a 3D Fever already.....

Yup, I gotta up my Fusion 360 game and buy a nice 3D Printer so I can do that too! It just got moved waaaay up my priority list!

Big thank you to @gerritv! Didn't have to make that stuff for me. I didn't even ask him. He just did it out of the goodness of his heart. I'm VERY GRATEFUL!

 

[gerritv]

I hope the locking handle was there as well?
IMO I did have to make those items for you given that I got you to buy the grinder. Without those items it wouldn't be much use and you have enough to do just getting it painted. 🙂

 

[Susquatch]

I hope the locking handle was there as well?

I didn't see it. I still have the box and packing. Let me look, again.

Edit - Yup! It was buried in the bubble pack! Now that is a gem! I will have to try that method for sure! Nice touch with the brass tip on the screw! I think there is one in the bottom of the hole too cuz the dimension doesn't add up.

IMO I did have to make those items for you given that I got you to buy the grinder. Without those items it wouldn't be much use and you have enough to do just getting it painted. 🙂

You and I share common ethics. But I didn't hold you responsible for that. I just REALLY APPRECIATE what you did for me with no strings.

And yes, I really do hate painting...... It's a painful slow process but should be nice when done.

 

[Tom O]

Hmmm no pics? I’m calling BS!

 

[Susquatch]

Hmmm no pics? I’m calling BS!

Wow. Tough crowd!

Here is the main body being sanded. I'm just taking it down enough to make it smooth and get rid of the paint sags and damage.



And this is all the tool holder gimbal parts. I stripped them all right down because they had paint where it didn't belong. The parts circled in yellow are the ones @gerritv made for me.



And here is that infectious collet holder......



Are you happy now?

 

[140mower]

Wow. Tough crowd!

Here is the main body being sanded. I'm just taking it down enough to make it smooth and get rid of the paint sags and damage.

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And this is all the tool holder gimbal parts. I stripped them all right down because they had paint where it didn't belong. The parts circled in yellow are the ones @gerritv made for me.

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And here is that infectious collet holder......

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Are you happy now?

You know the rules..... 🙄 😉 😛