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Hello Maddog,
What a great find... !!! You have yourself a real high-end dividing head. I'll bet it ended up on the scrap heap, just because it looks so bad. I'm sure that you can ressurect it with a bit of effort and end up with a real nice DH.
I ended up using mine for the first time a couple of days ago and wanted to use it in the vertical position, so I had to take the auxilliary gear train off in order to do so. It worked like a charm...
For buffing the shiny parts of the DH, I used "Norton Beartex" scuff pads in the "maroon" colour of grit. For the most part, I used them dry. Before using the pads, though, I used a simple 2" flexible putty knife to scrape the majority of the rust off. If you sharpen the putty knife to a square edge, it really works well. The flexability of the knife allows more control to prevent it from digging into the metal... especially on the rounded parts. This method takes a bit of time, but greatly lessens the elbow-grease required in getting the parts bright. To sharpen the putty knife, I used sandpaper on a flat surface and held the knife vertically and rubbed away. I think that it would be dangerous to sharpen it on a grinder, due to it's flexability.
Good luck on your restoration and be sure to take lots of pics for us to see...
Cheers...
Brian
What a great find... !!! You have yourself a real high-end dividing head. I'll bet it ended up on the scrap heap, just because it looks so bad. I'm sure that you can ressurect it with a bit of effort and end up with a real nice DH.
I ended up using mine for the first time a couple of days ago and wanted to use it in the vertical position, so I had to take the auxilliary gear train off in order to do so. It worked like a charm...
For buffing the shiny parts of the DH, I used "Norton Beartex" scuff pads in the "maroon" colour of grit. For the most part, I used them dry. Before using the pads, though, I used a simple 2" flexible putty knife to scrape the majority of the rust off. If you sharpen the putty knife to a square edge, it really works well. The flexability of the knife allows more control to prevent it from digging into the metal... especially on the rounded parts. This method takes a bit of time, but greatly lessens the elbow-grease required in getting the parts bright. To sharpen the putty knife, I used sandpaper on a flat surface and held the knife vertically and rubbed away. I think that it would be dangerous to sharpen it on a grinder, due to it's flexability.
Good luck on your restoration and be sure to take lots of pics for us to see...
Cheers...
Brian