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My crank pin was broken too and was repaired before in the weld area, guess what, it was broken again, so I remade the whole assy. On the new one I press fitted the pin then TIG welded, hopefully it won't break like the original.
Excellent work! Very nice! I like the solid brass block as well. I may have to commission you to make me one!
On my shaper I finally finished washing all the internal parts! They cleaned up quite nicely.
I still have to do the ram, the column and all the external brackets/pulleys, but all the internal grease covered parts are done.
I also bought a piece of brass to make the spacer I'm missing. It's supposed to be 2-1/4" round but I found a small square of the right material on eBay that's 2-1/8" square. I think it'll work. I'm not sure if I'll turn it down to 2-1/8" round or maybe just take it to 2-1/4" and it'll be like a square with rounded corners.
I'll get the column cleaned up in next day or so and begin re-assembly. I'm thinking of picking up some assembly lube for all the new parts. It's probably not necessary but it should stay in place better than a 10 weight oil. It will likely take a few days to get the whole thing back together. I'm going to have to fix small issues as I go. There's small things like set screw marring on shafts and teeth marks here and there from pliers or pipe wrenches and the like. I'll do my best to file that stuff down for easy assembly.