Keller Die Filer

[lazylathe]

Hi All,

As time goes by one tends to gather more and more machinery...
I have been called a "tool whore" before by some jealous individuals and this does not bother me in the least!

On a recent adventure to a wood show, where our small local machinist club had a table i met a guy.
You know the guy i am talking about?
Kind of saunters over and says " You make model engines?" while the table is full of steam, Stirling and lathes...
Then he pops the question "You interested in a die filer?"
Stupid question!!!!!!!!!!!!

So we go out to his van and he shows me the item in question




Money is exchanged for this solid cast iron machine, formerly from a school before they closed the metal shop program.

It was very grimy and dirty from sitting in his woodwork shop for a number of years as well as the associated rust build up...




I was going to strip the paint and redo it but decided against it. This one had some history and i wanted to keep it intact!

So off to the hardware store to find some degreaser that would not strip paint.
Found this amazing product that literally melts the grease away!


If you leave stuff in for about a day it will eat the paint away!!
I cleaned some of my South Bend parts and they are nice and shiny, ready for paint again! But that is another story...

Here it is in all it's glory again ready for work!
Die files are on order!!

Some parts cleaned in the degreaser for about 5 minutes and brushed with a soft plastic bristle brush only.



And ready to be put back to work!



The table and all the other metal parts cleaned up of rust very nicely!!


Andrew