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Palmgren 410 restoration
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Restoring a Palmgren No. 410 Vise

First with the formalities:
I do not have any affiliation with the products used in this restoration! ?
I used a product called “Rust Free”

And now on to the real stuff!!!

As most of you will know I bought a Clausing 8520 mill.
The mill itself is in pretty good condition and I am in the process of restoring it as well. It is a slightly bigger undertaking than the vise, but I needed a break from the mill and thought I would clean up the vise.
I was quite interested to see what I would find underneath all the brown dirt and grime.

I did not take much notice of the vise when I first looked at the mill as I was already on the lookout for a decent milling vise.

This is what I started with:
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And of course the name of the vise cast into it:
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I decided to start with a steel plate and some bolts and washers to see what results I would get from the product.
As usual when I start something I usually forget that the camera is right next to me and missed a few before pictures…

Anyway here the plate has been cleaned but the bolts and washers are still rusty.
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A few sprays on the bolt and let it work for a few minutes and then a light scrub with steel wool and this is what I found under the rust!

And all done
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The results were good with minimal work on my side! ?

I then turned my attention to the swivel base.
The underside was quite clean.
But the topside was a different story!
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Even the graduations were rusty…
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A few sprays of rust free and a few minutes to let it work and some elbow grease…

Clean and shiny now with easy to read graduations!
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Moving on to the main casting!
This was a large one to clean and I thought there may be some pitting in the metal from the rust.
To start with this is what it looked like
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Not pretty at all!

Spray, wait and scrub and this is what I found!
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The name is nice and clear and clean now too!
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And there was no pitting on the ways either!
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Lastly I did the movable jaw. I forgot to take a before picture of this one… But here is the end result!
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Finally a few pictures of the overall state of the vise for now.
I am trying to locate a set of jaw insert for the vise as the ones it has are pretty much destroyed. Just waiting for a response from Palmgren on the inserts.

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Hope you enjoyed the restoration and cleaning process!!
I would recommend the product I used to anyone looking at cleaning dirty rusty parts!

Andrew
A proud member of MetalworkingFun Forum since Feb 2012.

1959 Myford ML7,1949 South Bend 9A,Clausing 8520 mill,Keller Die filer,1929 Rhodes Shaper.
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Messages In This Thread
Palmgren 410 restoration - by lazylathe - 02-29-2012, 08:38 PM
RE: Palmgren 410 restoration - by Mayhem - 03-01-2012, 06:00 AM
RE: Palmgren 410 restoration - by DaveH - 03-01-2012, 06:30 AM
RE: Palmgren 410 restoration - by EdK - 03-01-2012, 07:20 AM
RE: Palmgren 410 restoration - by stevec - 03-01-2012, 10:51 AM
RE: Palmgren 410 restoration - by lazylathe - 03-01-2012, 05:00 PM
RE: Palmgren 410 restoration - by doubleboost - 03-01-2012, 05:15 PM
RE: Palmgren 410 restoration - by stevec - 03-01-2012, 08:21 PM
RE: Palmgren 410 restoration - by lazylathe - 03-02-2012, 06:45 AM
RE: Palmgren 410 restoration - by stevec - 03-02-2012, 08:32 AM



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