I'm finally back to working on the mill. Since my last post, I removed the belt guard assembly along with the brake shoe. It simply lifted off after removing the brake lever from its shaft. Next step was to remove the head. Before the head can slide out of the ram, the worm that rotates the head must be removed. It is held in by a castle type nut :
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Crude methods were unsuccessful at loosening the nut, so I made a tool for it:
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It was a nice little project for my newly refurbished Logan lathe. It worked well and the nut and worm came out easily.
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Then with some gentle wiggling, the head slipped out of the ram. I supported it with an engine hoist - it's heavy!
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Next step will be to remove the table...