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This side of the pond perhaps.....bit of a long wet drive to get it there....
Quote from: steamer on September 17, 2014, 06:03:07 PMThis side of the pond perhaps.....bit of a long wet drive to get it there.... Well if you're potentially interested I could always leak that it was involved in an Afgan training camp, and then your chappies would probably send an executive jet and delta-force escort to transport it back to the yewsay (and they'd kit it out with a nice orange protective cover as well!). AS
What do you think - is it a complete gonner, or is it recoverable?AS
Im with the electrolytic conversion, very little work and surface rust will disappear maybe a nice surprise in there afterall
Quote from: kev on September 21, 2014, 09:30:56 AMIm with the electrolytic conversion, very little work and surface rust will disappear maybe a nice surprise in there afterallYes, a battery charger and some washing soda has worked well for me.
Maybe something like this would be worth a tryhttp://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-s-gel-rust-dissolver.html
Or even thishttp://www.syrupmakers.com/rust/
Quote from: pgp001 on September 21, 2014, 10:19:45 AMMaybe something like this would be worth a tryhttp://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-s-gel-rust-dissolver.htmlInteresting - anyone know of an equivalent pruduct that's available in the UK?QuoteOr even thishttp://www.syrupmakers.com/rust/Even more interesting - is that REALLY suggesting a sugar syrup solution, or is that a trade-name?AS
The headstock is integral to the bed.
Pete, before you do anything with it try advertising it (for free ) on Homeworkshop (http://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/) to see if there is some strange person who collects Myfords who would like to give it a new home. There were only 20 of these lathes ever built, if you scrap it that is 5% of the entire production run gone Jo
I've advertised it on HWS to see if anyone wants to take it on, otherwise it's gettiong a visit from Mr Angle Grinder...AS
Quote from: Allen Smithee on September 30, 2014, 11:23:42 AMI've advertised it on HWS to see if anyone wants to take it on, otherwise it's gettiong a visit from Mr Angle Grinder...ASHave you got a link, I can't see it?
How much would it cost to have the bed reground and are any others spares required easily available and/or expensive?
Have you got a link, I can't see it?
Well now Allen, you may have more redneck in you that I thought .