Ok, this is an old project that was posted on WH1 in 2013 and went AWOL with the site.
I know that I will be boring you to tears, but bear with me, it is a very long post as I have copied it in from the Word.doc file
The only thing missing are the forum comments and unfortunately Bob's offer to help me get parts. (Bob = gentleman and a squire)
Why I am now posting it again?
Well that's easy:-
1) I want you to read it all gain (settle down with a beer or three)
2) I will then post the final update
Cheers
Phil
Made a start on the second Hegner.
Machine before stripping
The bellows – quite sad looking ……..
Motor
Drive arm bearing assembly.
Base and bottom arm assembly
Cheers, thank you for looking
Phil
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Some more on the Polycut.
The table adjustment arm.
The base
Arms off and the hex-screws on the main frame sprayed with WD40
Bottom of the base soaked in WD40
The bare base ready for cleaning.
The two pulleys, showing some rust.
The table top – will need some elbow-anglegrinder-exercise!
The main parts ready for cleaning.
Cheers, thank you for looking
Phil
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Getting into the switch box to change the cable
Box open, easy access for the new cable (apologies for poor focus)
Spraying
The back support
Cheers, thank you for looking
Phil
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These are the two pulleys from Hegner #2.
Both show signs of rust.
Question – how do I clean them?
I do not have a wheel puller to get them off, so I can’t bath them in electrolyte.
Comments would be appreciated.
Thanks, cheers
Phil
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Fitting the motor to it’s base.
(going to be an interesting challenges for my fingers to get those bolts back in!)
Cheers
Phil
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Hegner table top - advice
Cleaning up the table top has not been a great exercise.
The top apart from being dirty also has a lot of marks on it where it looks like cans/bottles/whatever was placed.
The cleaning consisted of:-
Scrape the gunge off with a Stanley blade
Steel wool and WD40
WD40 for 24 hours and steel wool
Brasso and steel wool
Angle grinder and wire brush – repeat twice with a wipe off of thinners
Brasso for 24 hours and angle grinder and wire brush – repeat twice
The end result – nice and shiny ………… BUT still the marks remain!
So, what do I do now? Leave it and live with it?
Cheers
Phil
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Hegner #2 stand
The stand before being sanded. Apologies for not having a better foto.
A similar process followed as the other stand. Angle grinder with a wire brush.
More time consuming with all the angles and uprights. Some sanding by hand and a wipe down with thinners.
Undercoat spayed on the bottom.
Undercoat sprayed on the top.
Will see if I can find some time tomorrow to do the first coat of red.
Thank you for looking
Cheers
Phil
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Starting to assemble Hegner#2
Motor on and the pulley drive.
First problem …………………………..
The v-belt has grown is size! It is all of a sudden too big.
The pulley drive is in a fixed position and the motor is as far forward as possible.
Can’t see what the problem is. It will have to wait a week or two.
Thank you for looking
Cheers
Phil
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Motor and pulleys installed and running
Belt cover in place. Needed an extra washer to raise it up a bit, else the belt hits it.
Back support in place, ready for the arms (these are still waiting to be cleaned)
Table legs fitted
Thank you for looking
Cheers
Phil
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Fitting the arm supports. All nice clean and shiny!
Bottom arm and drive bearings fitted.
Taking the top off was a major undertaking with lots of new language and blue air.
It was awkward trying to get spanners, Allan keys and sockets into that small gap.
A few knuckles bumped and bleeding.
So, now the top has to go back on.
This process required some lengthy deliberation, thought and a few beers.
Again another lightning bolt struck! (I am now running at least at 4000V)
Why not leave the legs on which were dry fitted, use a block and tackle to heave it up and gently lower the legs onto the base?
Very good idea, except the back leg does not fit flush under the table. There is a gap and a spring on the bolt.
The back leg was then bolted down onto the base, and aligned as close as possible.
The table was then lifted onto the base, the front leg bolted down and at the same time aligned with the back leg.
Back bolt tapped in, 13mm socket on extensions, and in under 5 minutes the table was on!
(No blue air or any new language.)
The top arm now fitted and ready for the blade alignment check.
The blade just catches the edge of the table, so the table needs to move forward by about 3mm. an additional spacer is required, which means the table has to come off.
This is like an operation, the instruments are laid out …….
13mm socket – check
Ratchet – check
Long socket extension – check
Short socket extension – check
5mm Allan key – check
Table off, I didn’t time it but it was way under 5 minutes.
Front leg taken off, 3mm spacer in place, leg back on.
Table hoisted over to the base, aligned and bolted down. Back leg bolt tapped in, washers and nuts on.
Getting really good at this, maybe just take it off for the fun and time it. (stupid thought!)
Just need to source the right oil for the arms, and then I can test run it.
Thank you for looking
Cheers
Phil
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