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- Apr 15, 2019
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I have a beautiful #12 that was made in 1952, and from the looks of it didn't see much use. I purchased it from a company that got it at auction from the Rock Island Armory. Anyway, as I was using it the other day the table got increasingly difficult to move, until I could no longer turn the hand wheel in either direction. Digging through the wealth of information here I determined that the backlash adjustment must have managed to tighten itself. Today I began removing the table and cleaning/inspection. This little machine is in AMAZING condition, no signs of wear on bearings, races, almost zero wear on the scraped surfaces. Other than loosening the backlash lock nut to free the feed screw, and an expected amount of what was once lubricants, the only issue I found was the first 1/2 Acme thread is buggered on the outboard side of the backlash adjustment sleeve. My plan is to chuck the sleeve in my lathe and remove the damaged 1/2 thread, finish the cleaning, refill the gear sump, etc with fresh oil, reassemble and put it back in service.