Atlas Clausing Johansson 8520 Milling Machine Restoration Part 1: Base and Column

I began the restoration process of a 1960s milling machine, starting with cleaning and painting the base and column.
This is a bit of a different style of video for me--let me know what you think!

[@p52893]

I’m 68 years old young man. You are not alone. Nice work.

[@dagwood1327]

I look forward to part 2

[@gary.solexa]

Such a great-looking mill, and your patient and through restoration of it is a pleasure to watch. Never boring, as the quality of your camerawork kept me engaged with the process - I could almost smell that paint! Looking forward to watching Part 2.

[@CauseWiredVideo]

Fascinating! Amazing history. Love to hear more.

[@secondarymachine7521]

Nice to see someone else making 8520 content. Sold mine, but it is a wonderful machine..

[@radardoug]

The Bar Keeper's Friend was a great idea. I'm currently restoring a 1942 Delta 17" drill press and I think I'll try that on the table and the column!

[@viorsa8200]

Ok, fantástico trabajo maestro, se ve como de fábrica, esperando la parte dos, gracias por compartir tanta información y experiencias, un cordial saludo y por supuesto un merecido like desde Narón (Galicia)👍🤓😜

[@kelseywatson1974]

Gracias por ver! Lo actualizaré pronto

[@p52893]

Esta bien

[@sanyok7777]

Oh my God today I bought one of those 8520 in a super great the only thing is, the motor was rewired to 220 and I am absolutely clueless. How and where to start like zero knowledge about it so I have to learn step-by-step may be watching your videos will learn a lot from you.

[@desmeitit]

I think some red lettering would still look nice on with the new paint job. Maybe a metallic red? Like a deep metallic red might look nice. 4:50 16:18

[@kelseywatson1974]

I came to the same conclusion 🤫

[@btheman779]

Looking great already. Do you have tooling for it already or starting the collection from scratch? Just got a jet mill drill that I hade to explode into a million pieces to move out of where it was stuck.

[@kelseywatson1974]

Moving big machines still scares me so I am grateful that everything I have can come apart into manageable chunks. It came with some but I've also been tooling up. It unfortunately never ends with mill tooling 😂