Clausing 8520 Restoration

[lazylathe]

Hi all,

Finally got all my pictures organized...

Well after having bought a Sieg SX2L for my primary milling machine and using it for a few months i decided i would like something more sturdy.
The Sieg is okay but has it's limitations.

So i went on the hunt for something larger.
The stipulations were that it had to be small enough to disassemble and move down into the basement.
Headroom was not really an issue as i had about 8 feet to play with.

After months of searching i found a Clausing 8520 that was about 15 minutes from home!
And the guy was willing to deliver it to me for no extra cost.
On the downside it had been sitting in his unheated garage for about 2 years and it had a 3 phase 220V motor.
There was a nasty old vise on the table that turned out to be a Palmgren that i was also able to restore. Still looking for new jaw inserts for it.

These were the original pictures that the guy e mailed to me before i went to have a look.















I decided to go and have a look to see what kind of rust and condition i would have to deal with.
The controls were a bit stiff but moved smoothly so that was a good sign
The rust on the table was surface rust that was easily removed and there was very minimal pit tin.
Another plus was that there were no marks on the table from cutters etc.

A deal was reached and delivery was organized for a snowy and cold day!

Here it is sitting in the garage waiting to be taken apart and moved into the basement.



The heater that tried it's best to keep me warm when the weather was -15 degrees C outside...
And no the garage is not insulated. :-[



What i always find strange is that if it takes you an hour to take something apart, the time for re-assembly is inversely proportional.
I must have about 100 hours or more logged on the restoration of this guy...

So a few hours later it is all in the basement in bits and pieces.



Now the real work has to start...
All the paint needs to be stripped off, rust removal, polishing, parts replaced and found and a VFD for powering the mill.

More to come soon!

Andrew