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Thread: Ixion Bench Drill - Restoration
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12th February 2020, 06:18 PM #46New Member
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Wow thankyou for the quick reply.
You were bang on the money a smidge of wd40 and a little love tap with the persuader and the flywheel poped right off 👍
The end cap also just came right out.
The pin holding the spring was a bit more stubborn but came out eventually.
Now it's time to get nice and dirty cleaning and grinding. Yay!
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13th February 2020, 07:25 AM #47
Glad I could help. Hopefully you can resolve your access issues and upload some photos of yours as well.
Enjoy the restoration
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17th February 2020, 02:49 PM #48New Member
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Well it seems that as long as I use my PC and don't try to do anything through the taptalk app (that thinks I really am banned) everything appears to work so here goes with a few pictures!
Before starting
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And some progress
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Hope I remember where these all came from
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For some reason the pictures are getting turned around when uploading to this post...
I will update as I progress.
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19th February 2020, 01:52 PM #49
This will clean up nicely. Enjoy the process and keep track of these small bearing balls. I was so nervous to loose some, that I kept extra care of them....
Looking forward to the finished fotos
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27th October 2020, 07:58 AM #50New Members
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Missing Cap on IXION Bench Drill
Hello Cklett,
I love the work you did on your IXION Bench Drill and the detailed descriptions and pictures you shared.
Hope you are well on those troubled times.
I have too an IXION bench drill looking exactly the same as yours.
I have cleaned it and started re-assembling it but I noticed that mine came without the end cap that is supposed to be screwed into the shaft of the fly wheel .
- Hope it's not too much to ask but could you post a picture of the end cap dismantled so I can see both the thread and its the thickness of the cap ?
- Does the ring holded by the pin touches the inner top of the cap ?
- Do you have any idea how can I procure such cap or any recommendation how to make one ?
Thanks in advance ,
With best regards,
Nori
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27th October 2020, 10:07 AM #51
Hi Nori,
Thanks. All well. It's a very nice little machine and I really like using it. I still need to sort out my base. It flexes a bit too much. But I do get some good results from it.
Anyway, I shall take it apart when I get a chance this week and try to answer your questions as good as possible.
I don't think you will find a cap to buy. But I'll try to get the thread dimensions from mine and I am sure you can find someone who can make one. I don't think it's complicated.
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29th October 2020, 01:38 PM #52
I do believe the inner ring is stopped by the top cap. I have attached some pictures. Let me know if you need something more.
I also took the dimensions of the cap and made a small sketch. For the threat I am not sure. I don't have a pitch gauge, but from the measurement it looks to me like a 7/8-27 UNS.
Hope that helps.
I forgot to include in the sketch that the inside hole is about 20mm deep.
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30th October 2020, 07:12 AM #53New Members
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Wow Cklett,
I couldn't ask for more.
Thank you so much for your kind and detailed answer.
It helps me a lot.
Best Regards,
Nori
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31st August 2021, 06:27 PM #54New Members
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Thank you very very much for the detailed instructions / Restauration of this amazing vintage drill press.
I've got one laying around in my "to restore" pile of old heavy iron tools for several years, and last week I finally took it apart to get in in working order.
I found the drill press in a scrap yard some years ago, partially mounted together, and with loose pieces in a plastic bag, but seemingly complete.
Never understood how I could secure the shaft, to prevent it from falling out when reaching it lowest point, but thanks to this detailed instructions, I got it working since last night.
Only thing to do, is fixing the chuck, from which I have 2 somehow the same types, but the springs are missing, and the 3 hard metal Jaws are in very very poor condition.
I am trying to figure out how to post pictures with this message, to show the world my drill press.
Excuse me if I typed some wrong words, as my native language isn't English.
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31st August 2021, 11:42 PM #55
The springs were also a bit of a challenge. I found some at our local hardware store which some how work. It's a matter of trial and error.
Good luck and looking forward to see some pictures.
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31st October 2021, 02:31 PM #56Novice
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Having had my Ixion in storage, I have unfortunately reached the stage where restoration isn't going to happen. Apart from some surface corrosion it is as it was when this post started so I will put it up in the for sale section should anyone be looking for an interesting and functional tool.
Cheers
Arfur
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