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As I mentioned elsewhere, I had a hankering for a die filer. I looked around, and found an Oliver S-1 for about 1/2 the price of elsewhere on Facebook Marketplace, and talked the person into shipping it to me (for more than the purchase price!).
Anyway, it arrived today.
The box itself was 'rounded' on the corners, but didn't look too bad. I started unloading it, and saw this:
My heart stopped here, but I kept digging:
As you can see, the overarm support wasn't removed (despite me suggesting they remove it, AND the motor), and it got snapped off. You might also notice that the motor isn't mounted in place from this view, but it wasn't first priority. SO, I continued and unloaded. Here is the over-arm damage:
It split in an area that is 'pinned' in place on that shaft. The shaft pivots on the bottom part, so at leas tit isn't a moving part!
I brought it to the welding/fab shop in town, so I'm hopeful they can either weld or braze it back together and save it.
As I mentioned, the motor ALSO busted its way out of its bracket:
This is annoying, but not that big of a deal I think. The stamped metal bracket the motor sits in is bent apart, but I suspect I can do some work to try to get it all back together. The machine-side part of the bracket is not bent, so everything should hopefully still line up.
The machine is pretty filthy, but spins very nicely using the hand crank. I'm hopeful this means that after a clean up and re-oil that this will work fine! The wiring for the motor is... scary to say the least, so I'll likely be doing work on that as well as making a stand for it.
Anyway, it arrived today.
The box itself was 'rounded' on the corners, but didn't look too bad. I started unloading it, and saw this:
My heart stopped here, but I kept digging:
As you can see, the overarm support wasn't removed (despite me suggesting they remove it, AND the motor), and it got snapped off. You might also notice that the motor isn't mounted in place from this view, but it wasn't first priority. SO, I continued and unloaded. Here is the over-arm damage:
It split in an area that is 'pinned' in place on that shaft. The shaft pivots on the bottom part, so at leas tit isn't a moving part!
I brought it to the welding/fab shop in town, so I'm hopeful they can either weld or braze it back together and save it.
As I mentioned, the motor ALSO busted its way out of its bracket:
This is annoying, but not that big of a deal I think. The stamped metal bracket the motor sits in is bent apart, but I suspect I can do some work to try to get it all back together. The machine-side part of the bracket is not bent, so everything should hopefully still line up.
The machine is pretty filthy, but spins very nicely using the hand crank. I'm hopeful this means that after a clean up and re-oil that this will work fine! The wiring for the motor is... scary to say the least, so I'll likely be doing work on that as well as making a stand for it.