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The biggest challenges (challenges not hurdles) i foresee is getting replacement snap 5/8" rings, V belt, and mounting the motor.

they are not even challenges in your capacity, please keep us up to date...

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Thanks for the vote of confidence but i really just learn as i go. Had i digested fully the blow up diagram in the manual i should have finished this months ago >_<. I've mushroomed the arbor ends from using the hammer ( i should have put a wooden caul in the first place.) Good thing it cleaned up nicely and wouldn't matter.

The snap ringed bearing is easy to remove- just some water pipe that matches the inner race of the bearing and using the metal workbench vise (jaws support the race ala press). The other end has a tighter fit and simply wouldn't budge. I even had to use a 1 foot cheater pipe on the bearing puller handle. (Bought that at hans.) I remember those were the tolerance i had to deal with when restoring the spanish drill press.

Destroyed two of the snap rings (see i could still improve =) ) so off i go to hunt some...

The variac (another looong one) is on the back burner. (No problems there, just some issues with fit and finish but it works great. Kinda concerned with the inrush current tho being a 3KVA "transformer". I think it would be better if i put a soft start.)

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Owyn is that the CM jointer you purchased from the Craigs ad sometime ago? All the while I thought refurb was done already. Glad that you're posting the rebuild.

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^yep this is the CL find. (Thanks again =). ) On purchase it had a ratty v-belt, no motor mount, and came with the wrong motor, which is fine by me considering the price.

Using a level with a .5mm/1meter flatness i could insert a .15mm feeler gauge underneath. Just read up on acceptable bed flatness and some say .25mm is acceptable while others say it shouldn't be more than .10mm (Oliver factory spec.) http://wiki.owwm.com/%28S%28bfdfie55namjaa55f55zihvi%29%29/JointerTuning.ashx

Using scotchbrite and WD40, i haven't cleaned it up. It is my hope that it'll be flatter when black oxide areas are removed.

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I don't feel that i've made great strides today, but i did make a few steps further into the journey.

Instead of razor blades, i used plane irons to remove surface rust. And then scotchbrite pad with the beds lubricated with WD40. Wiped it all clean with lacquer thinner. And then Turco rust converter.

Those are brush marks. The rust on the deep parts (the machining marks are still very evident) will be neutralized into harmless iron phosphate. Gonna wait this to dry overnight.

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Eh... cutterhead assembly's got rust. I thought they were just grime. The wedge, blades, cutterhead.. that was revealed after brushing it with diesel. (Thank goodness for 3m respirator. The latex gloves disintegrated.) Thinking of subjecting it into electrolysis tomorrow.

The outfeed table's within the .007" (.18mm) spec of flatness as stated on owwm.com. But just barely.

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the cutter head seems massive, how about some closer pictures... you're doing great progress, but lately your becoming a toolhead more than a woodworker... lol

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This rehab is quite interesting..

I think nitrile gloves would be better suited for you since your working with chemicals. They should withstand them better than latex gloves..

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Weird but I saw some cutterhead for sale in t. alonzo before (shop where moji and i bought bandsaw blades.) I guess it's for pinoy homemade jointers where the beds are made of molave (i've seen 2 examples.)

It's 'just' a craftsman. Prolly better than lowend taiwanese ones but it's no makita, powermatic, Oliver. Due to the 2 set screws, it's inherently unbalanced so the cutterhead should be run at a conservative pace, which translates to a conservative feed. Just admitting it for what it is, not exactly complaining for the price i got it for =).

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Is nitrile the glove that u use for bathrooms/ available in groceries? *makes mental note* I'm so far away from grocery, girlfriend, malls, tools on weekdays. (I enjoyed a fog passing by while working on the veranda though.) Totally different from Timb where the neighborhood is ground zero.

Btw sir Timb, it's out of the budget but i'll ask anyway: have you seen this in mayon?

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Nitrile gloves can be found at the mall hardwares..or at wilcon..

how do you deal with rust for your tools? Im in almost the same position as you (no fog though) as i work in a veranda too.

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Could have done so much more had i went to the shop earlier. Rust on the cutterhead assembly is dealt with electrolysis. It's thorough and doesn't remove steel.

All the pieces are to be electrically connected.

It's a bit of a line-of-sight thing so it's covered by the sacrificial steel which is hooked up to the positive. Goes under the bench to avoid being knocked over accidentally. (Not that i'd recommend it but i've put my hand on the solution before and i didn't get zapped.)

The battery charger is on the other side of the bench. Only draws 3 amps- must be because the sacrificial steel is too rusted and or too diluted baking soda solution, too big an area etc... but as long as i get the bubblies i know it's working.

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that is something I have always wanted to learn...please start a thread about electrolysis when you have the time...

pm sent bro...

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^ Some say that 6 amps is pretty wimpy. But i had to ease the amps to around 4 amps because the water's getting warm and the hydrogen bubbles are too much. Since i couldn't remove baking soda anymore, i added water. The important thing is to AVOID shortages and put the negative on the parts to be cleaned (it's so thorough the paint gets removed too.)

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/andyspatch/rust.htm#achieved

Nothing done yesterday, turns out the knives were %^@$# hard.

Today i lubricated the dovetail ways of the infeed and installed it all back. (Haven't made it co-planar to the outfeed yet.) Think i'll use the door spring for the "pork chop." Good thing it was in my "useful stash of trash." I got a stash of nut and bolts too- ordinary, stainless, and grade 5.

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bakit, wala na yung spring ng pork chop?