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#1382
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
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Thanks Grant.... I don't think this slide plate has a screw.... it's a new replacement. I don't have any parts machines. But I'll have to wait to work on it because I'm back up at the cabin now and the machine is at my son's house downstate. Yes, it may be difficult to sand or grind straight. I've already thought of that. But I know who to ask when I get back there to work on it again.
Wow! I dream of finding a machine with such nice decals. It doesn't happen around here.
Wow! I dream of finding a machine with such nice decals. It doesn't happen around here.
#1383
Thanks Grant.... I don't think this slide plate has a screw.... it's a new replacement. I don't have any parts machines. But I'll have to wait to work on it because I'm back up at the cabin now and the machine is at my son's house downstate. Yes, it may be difficult to sand or grind straight. I've already thought of that. But I know who to ask when I get back there to work on it again.
Wow! I dream of finding a machine with such nice decals. It doesn't happen around here.
Wow! I dream of finding a machine with such nice decals. It doesn't happen around here.
Yes, I get lucky from time to time. This one was in good shape and I found it at a resale shop that had to vacate and I got it at a bargain basement price too. But it does have some flaws in the paint but overall I am happy with it.
~G~
#1385
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
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Well, you take some great pictures that don't show any flaws in the paint.... at least I didn't see any. Do you put car polish on the machine? It is so shiny...... really nice.
#1386
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Springfield Oregon
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tight bobbin slide cover
knife sharpening stone and oil, or a fine tooth flat file but google filing metal videos first
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#1387
Oldsewnsew, Good sound advice there. I didn't think of a stone. That is even better.
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#1388
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
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OSS.... thanks for the great tip. I have plenty of knife sharpening stones... I'll have to look for a really straight one because most were my dad's and he sharpened his pocket knife all the time..... those stones are curved. But I know I have some newer ones, too. I just have to find them once I'm back downstate.
I'm going to have to WAX up my machines...... it looks so nice.
I'm going to have to WAX up my machines...... it looks so nice.
#1389
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Location: San Lorenzo, CA
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I use a belt sander with a backing plate to do the initial bevel on a made-from-scratch slide, but once a slide is made (old or new) I only adjust the angles with a hand file and lots of test fits. I work from the side that enters the machine first and work outwards. This also lets me adjust the tension of the fit. I like to make them so that when in place they are tight for the first 1/4-1/2" of removal then easy slide.
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