[Woodworkers] Delta/Rockwell Overarm Router

[Steve Bigelow]

That looks like a sweet tool. Nice work in restoring.

A lot of these new miracle dry lube sprays contain PTFE. If it sprays on
clear and dries white, then it is probably just PTFE, which acts as a
pretty good lubricant. Graphite lock spray is also pretty good. I find that
it stays on longer, but it does discolor everything it comes in contact
with.

I haven't checked the MSDS on Boeshield T9, but I wouldn't be surprised if
it contained PTFE particles. T9 works pretty good too, albeit expensive.

Regards,
-Steve


On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 4:08 PM Vince Granacher via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> 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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