F&W Steel Star

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Kenneth
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I worked on the mill today. I had the main frame welded on the bottom where it was worn. I didn't get a pic before welding, but see pics for before and after dressing it with a flap disc.
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The tailbone casting was also worn on the pivot holes. I used a die grinder with a carbide bit to dress the holes out. Then I used a flap disc to dress the top and bottom of each hole. See pics.
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The third pic shows the tailbone casting on the main frame. It fit nice but not too tight. I don't think it was designed to be a tight fit.

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mtblah
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Lookin' good Kenneth !
Windcatcher530 Dan
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Nice progress Kenneth.
63markB
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Kenneth, whoever did that welding job did an excellent job. Mine is in very bad shape and I’m trying to find someone I can trust to do a good job with it. I DONT TRUST MYSELF to do it.
Kenneth
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Thanks guys. Mark, my welder guy is an older gentleman that really knows his stuff. I have yet to have anything he welds come back insufficient. He has a good understanding about older mechanical things and how they worked. It's nice to have someone like that close by.

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Kenneth
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I know its been a while, but I have been busy with work. I was off today so I worked on the governor arms. They were wallowed out where the shaft goes through. They have a set screw that holds them on a piece of 3/4" square bar. So I cut a short piece of square bar and set them up back to back clamped to that square bar. I used the top end of the square bar to level it. It was cut square on my band saw. I then centered the spindle of the machine over the holes. And I started boring it out. Looks like 1.125" will do it. It uses .875" round shaft. I will then press in bronze bushings. See pics.
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Kenneth
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Re: F&W Steel Star

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Not sure why my pis are 90 degrees off.
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