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I'm starting to recondition a Vega lathe, a 1553 (if that makes any sense)
Is there a close color match to the factory color???
It looks like one of these:
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Scrape off a chip and take it to a auto paint store for them to match it. Try to spray it, it will look great.
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one of the smaller dust panels may be the best bet for a trip to the color store, but I'm wondering if it's too faded/rusty
I'd love to spray it with my HVLP sprayer, but tight quarters and cold weather may prevent that
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Sorry no help here but that is a nice long lathe. How do you like it? Is it a Reeves drive? How big is the motor and have you turned anything with it yet?
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Haven't turned anything yet -- too busy digging bugs out of holes and getting rust off of surfaces
It looks like a variable speed pulley on the motor but the tailstock only has a standard two groove pully ( and one of them is broken
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More later as rust gets removed and paint applied
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Great that lathe looks like you will have a lot of fun.
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Yipes!!
Mine's only the standard length and that's plenty long for me
And Rustoleum "Almond" is a near-match for the color
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Gene Luby said:
How's this
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/tls/5405916855.html
I would love to have that when I get enough to rent a building so anyone and anytime can come and learn to turn or woodworking. We now have $670 in our GoFunMe account.
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I also love that Vega duplicator you have on the floor to.
I might sneak in there to nab it from you for several years.
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