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  1. #1
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    Default Lathe restoration

    My restoration plan is going to be my old Vic Marc Lathe that I have. Because it recently decided to die and a new capasitor has not fixed the problemso will drop my motor into the shop this week. While it is all pulled apart I thought it would be a great time to take it back to scratch and repaint it and just fix it up in general. Does anyone have any idea where I should start regarding removing the old paint and respraying it back in the proper colour. This is certainly not my area of expertise if I had one that is

    I look forward to any help

    Cheers Ian

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    I would just remove any loose paint/rust sand back and respray Vicmarc may even have paint available

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    I did a restore of an old lathe and the fastest way that I stripped the paint was using an angle grinder with a disk that looked like a dish washing pad. I purchased this from Bunnings, from their tool section. It took off the paint very quickly along with the rust, and left the metal. The corners I did with a paint stripper and scrapper or just used the scrapper to get under the paint.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Christos View Post
    I did a restore of an old lathe and the fastest way that I stripped the paint was using an angle grinder with a disk that looked like a dish washing pad. I purchased this from Bunnings, from their tool section. It took off the paint very quickly along with the rust, and left the metal.
    I agree these "Strip it" discs are great for large flatfish parts that will stay still when you apply an angle grinder to them.

    For small parts that need to be held in a vice, to save time continuously repositioning them in the vice I prefer to use a fine wire wheel on a bench grinder as it it able to better get into finer nooks and crannies than a disc. I also use a wire disc on an angle grinder.

    Just be aware that wire wheels can throw fine wires easily so full PPE is needed even on your hands and arms. I use TIG welding gloves as they are more tactile than regular welding gloves and riggers gloves are too short and don't cover your arm

    I used the Pilatus discs on a large bench grinder and they were great
    Great deals from Pilatus Abrasives in Strip-It-Discs- | eBay Stores
    It's only a grinder and was quite pitted from corrosion in places some of which I bogged up but I was not too particular about the finish and ended up going with a handpainted hammertone
    It now has a VFD inside the cabinet and so is a variable speed grinder.
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    The 125mm Pilatus discs cost about half that of the Flexovit from Bunnings, more if you buy in bulk and I found the Pilatus last just as long as the Flexovit.

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