Hello everyone,
I just purchased a Deckel FP2 last week. It had been sitting inside for a few years and the horizontal quill was tight and difficult to move. I could turn the feed wheel by hand and move the quill but it was difficult. I worked it in and out a few times, and put a few drops of light machine oil on the outside of the quill. This didn't help.
The manual made removal sound fairly straightforward, so I tried that. I removed the vertical head, then the quill stop screw, and turned the feed handle until the helical gears disengaged from the quill. After that I am supposed to "remove the quill and spindle", but this thing is stuck. I removed the worm gear assembly and tapped the spindle back into the headstock about an inch. It was quite difficult to do. I then reassembled the helical gears and tried to move the quill, but it now feels solidly stuck in place. I removed the gears and tried tapping with a deadblow. The quill slot was slightly misaligned with the stop screw hole, so I used a strap wrench and lined it back up (again, things are very tight).
I pulled the four bolts that hold the ring in place around the front of the head (not sure what this does), and the top two were rusty... so I'm guessing that is a clue.
So what do you guys suggest? I want to get the quill working smoothly, but I don't want to damage anything.
Brian
I just purchased a Deckel FP2 last week. It had been sitting inside for a few years and the horizontal quill was tight and difficult to move. I could turn the feed wheel by hand and move the quill but it was difficult. I worked it in and out a few times, and put a few drops of light machine oil on the outside of the quill. This didn't help.
The manual made removal sound fairly straightforward, so I tried that. I removed the vertical head, then the quill stop screw, and turned the feed handle until the helical gears disengaged from the quill. After that I am supposed to "remove the quill and spindle", but this thing is stuck. I removed the worm gear assembly and tapped the spindle back into the headstock about an inch. It was quite difficult to do. I then reassembled the helical gears and tried to move the quill, but it now feels solidly stuck in place. I removed the gears and tried tapping with a deadblow. The quill slot was slightly misaligned with the stop screw hole, so I used a strap wrench and lined it back up (again, things are very tight).
I pulled the four bolts that hold the ring in place around the front of the head (not sure what this does), and the top two were rusty... so I'm guessing that is a clue.
So what do you guys suggest? I want to get the quill working smoothly, but I don't want to damage anything.
Brian