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As anyone who has seen an Index Super 55 knows, they are a bit of an Ugly Duckling. The lack of a front cover over the spindle also makes it a bit dangerous for fingers. I'd been thinking about fabricating some sort of cover for it, but then my wife retired a well used, 30 year old, 22 quart pressure cooker. The diameter was almost perfect and the thick walls (almost 1/8") made for a great head. I used a cut-off wheel to trim it down to 7" high, and then made the cuts for the feed, etc. I had a local sign shop print a sticker that I made in Photoshop (which mimics the text on a Super 55 sales brochure) to complete the new look. Hopefully in the next year, the whole mill will be the color of it's new lid.
Original look
New Look
Front View
Jack
Fort Loramie, Ohio
Original look
New Look
Front View
Jack
Fort Loramie, Ohio