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Well, I finally finished refurbing my Rockwell 21-100 vertical mill. It was a winter project, like my Logan lathe last winter. I can't wait to see what next winter brings. ) This mill has been beat up pretty bad but was complete and I felt like I could bring her back to a useful state. Here's a picture of her on the trailer when I got home.
I used my tractor and loader to lift it out of the trailer and take it around to the shop door to the basement. I had to rent an engine hoist to get it inside and in place. Here it is sitting where it will reside when it's done. Someone had given the WHOLE thing a hideous coat of beige paint.
You can get an idea of the condition in these pic's.
It was hard to crank the knee up. I soon discovered why.
Fortunately new bevel gears were available and required only minor modification.
I decided to strip as much paint as possible with the column and knee still assembled to the base. But eventually it all came apart for cleaning, stripping, and re-painting.
In the next post I'll start putting things back together.
Enjoy.
Steve
I used my tractor and loader to lift it out of the trailer and take it around to the shop door to the basement. I had to rent an engine hoist to get it inside and in place. Here it is sitting where it will reside when it's done. Someone had given the WHOLE thing a hideous coat of beige paint.
You can get an idea of the condition in these pic's.
It was hard to crank the knee up. I soon discovered why.
Fortunately new bevel gears were available and required only minor modification.
I decided to strip as much paint as possible with the column and knee still assembled to the base. But eventually it all came apart for cleaning, stripping, and re-painting.
In the next post I'll start putting things back together.
Enjoy.
Steve