Pins for holding name plates on - what is their correct name?

[arvidj]

(01-03-2013, 07:03 PM)PixMan Wrote: Also, when you drive them in, try to preserve the round head to keep them pretty. You can do this by measuring the radius of the head, then use a matching ball mill's tip to make a divot in the end of a soft steel punch.

Now that is what I would call a "First Class Act" suggestion.

[Mayhem]

I expect nothing less from PixMan!

Well, I drilled the holes with a number 44 drill and drove them in using a brass punch (no radius gauges or ball mills yet). Worked a treat.

[sasquatch]

Mayhem, what are you fastening with these drive screws, tags on old machinery or?

[Mayhem]

Hi sasquatch - yes, I have stripped back the multiple layers of flaky paint and repainted my mill (well most of it thus far). I'll post a couple of before and after pics when I get back home.

[Mayhem]

Pictures as promised:

   
   
   
   
   
   

The belt housing and gear housing are just sitting on the head for the purpose of the pictures. There is quite a bit of work to do before it is all put back together.

[sasquatch]

Great pics, thanks for posting these.

[EdK]

Darren,

It looks like the rebuild is coming along nicely. Soon you'll be making chips.

Ed

[Mayhem]

Thanks guys. Actually I found a bucket full of chips when I dismantled the mill, so I won't need to make any for a while! I couldn't believe how much was inside the knee. Found them in some places that made me wonder how they got where they did! Been too hot to paint here, so will get the rest done once it cools down a little.

Edit: to fix a typo

[stevec]

Darren I would guess that using compressed air for clean up could deposit chips in the most unimagineable places. I've heard both sides of the argument about this practice, some say never! for fear of lodgging stuff under ways etc. Others say it's such an efficient way of clearing off wear causing chips & powders (i.e. cast iron) it should be done after every job.
I, for one, after a job head straight to the beer fridge so clean-up, if it happens is oft done before the start of the next job.

[Mayhem]

Better the beer fridge than the first aid box Steve!

I clean up with a magnet and a brush. Sometimes it gets done immediately, sometimes immediately prior to using it next. When turning cast iron or using abrasives, I cover as much of the lathe as possible and then the clean up is done as a priority. I haven't used air and actually don't see the need.