[Woodworkers] Delta/Rockwell Overarm Router

[jaspertops at bluemarble.net]

I took an adult education class in woodworking through a junior college 
many years ago.  It was taught in a high school shop classroom. They had 
one of those bad boys in the classroom.  Now you would be hard pressed 
to even find a high school woodshop.

Vince Granacher

On 2022-07-26 1:40 pm, Gary C Williams via Woodworkers wrote:
> I don't how many of you have seen one of these, but they come around
> every so often.
> 
> Rockwell made these I think in the early 70's for a few years. There
> are two models. A 115 volt and a 230 volt.
> 
> They were advertised then as a router/shaper. The router head can be
> removed from the overhead arm and mounted under the table
> to be used as either a router or a shaper. One of the accessories that
> was available, was a 1/2" router shaft that would accept shaper bits.
> 
> One of the great features is that there is a foot pedal which moves
> the table up and down, so it can actually be used as a mortising
> machine.
> Another great feature is the router head can rotate on the arm for
> either angle shaping or angle mortising.
> 
> I bought it a couple of years ago and it has been sitting in the
> corner waiting for me to rehab it.
> 
> I tore it completely apart, removed all the rust, primed everything
> with a red oxide primer, and painted
> it with two coats of Sherwin Williams industrial oil based paint,
> colored matched to the inside of one of the small panels.
> 
> I am now in the process of putting it back together and have a
> question.
> 
> There are six internal pivot points and I am wondering what is the
> best way to lubricate them without attracting sawdust?
> You can see in the second picture, four of the pivot points.
> 
> I cleaned all the pins and waxed them with a high quality carnauba car
> wax.
> 
> Any suggestions are welcome.
> 
> Thanks as always
> 
> Gary Williams
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