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In the last episode of "Restore my tool rest", we had just wire brushed said tool but were facing a dilemma on how to safely remove the screws, Well my friends, the good news, we gots them out! After a combination of, a further visit to the dip. Some change of helper from WD40 to Plus Gas...

I guess.... aarrmmmm ok... :)

Silly question but, Anyone know why it's called a banjo?

Moving on to the tightening lever(s), Big lever (this tightens the tool rest housing to the elephants foot), and voila, Decision was made that the levers we would be left as they are, as we quite like the grey gun metal look and we would only paint the casing/housing. I forgot to take...

Weekly update, I'll probably won't be able to manage everything in... We left it with the Tool Rest Housing (@Mrs R has established the convention for parts naming, it might possibly change if/when I have a proper look at the manual) in the dip. After 72h, dial reads zero, which means it's...

Duh! Quite right... must have been the fumes from the painting I did this morning 😂 Thank you for setting me straight...

Yeaaahhh, I saw that ebay listing, I even got in touch with the gentleman and like me, he had nada. I'm sure someone somewhere will know. But thank you for the heads up, The search continues.

Shame this is on a Thursday, we might have popped in.

Hi Guys, I bought this girl off a friend who's closing shop, however I've been trying to get more information, manuals et al and I can't seem to find anything about it. Anyone have any thoughts, or know where I can dig up more info? Thanking you.

WH2?

@Mrs R see what we lined ourselves up for? Mark this is truly inspiring, I'm completely in awe of this refurb, thank you ever so much for sharing. And... You've given me some ideas for our refurbs :)

Really good idea, thank you. I have several chisels I can grind to suit. This will be the next option if the impact driver and/or PlusGas does do the trick. Thank you. Wowzers! I didn't know Paragon existed, but expensive is understating it, has it got fairy dust in it? :) First trail etch...

Yep, I've been looking into it in last couple of days and it's a no bueno option for cast iron and it's inherit properties (cracking with excessive heat et al). It'll be case of paint stripper and/or electrolysis (for smaller pieces), followed by etch primer and the coat(s) of paint. Speaking...

Really appreciate the offer @schnapps95, see if I can manage to get them off with needing to replace them :) @deema, Electrolysis in my experience usually gets rid of gunk (at least the majority and sometimes paint), I'm concern about using these sorts of flammable liquids. I understand the...

When we say ATF, I assume we're talking about, Automatic transmission fluid?

Aren't they just so good? Old stuff is just great. 10-4, Although, diesel, whilst electrolysisinging... 🤔

Well, yes and no... Is it broken? No... Does it need fixing? The screw could to with a Polish re-work... But more than anything it all needs powder coating for long life. With that being said there was liquid coming out from in-between the contact surfaces which makes me believe its not...

The journey has began... 1.1 - Wadkin RS Lathe ¦¦ Elephants Foot + Tool Rest

Moving on... Welcome to the dip, Which after 12h produced this, and after wire wheeling, Which is not bad at all, now... The next challenge is unscrewing those flat screws which at the moment are seized to high heaven (any ideas?). Currently bathed in WD40, I'm going to let it sit and...

Thanking you, Added to the shopping list for a try.