Drill Press Restoration Part 4 - Painting 2/2

[@poppypuppy5372]

I love the way you carefully measure out the paint... then slosh in the thinner

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha - no point overdoing anything

[@HandToolRescue]

Awesome! Can't wait for the part where you make it gas-powered.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Probably gonna use the PTO from the back of the LR...

[@loloaqici82qb4ipp]

I would install that drill press somewhere in the home, maybe next to the TV where I could admire it during the publicity ads.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha, nice. Don't know how well swarf in the carpet would go down though...

[@st3althyone]

I have to agree, you did an awesome job, quite a work of art!

[@BlackBeardProjects]

Man... This is insane... I probably already said that but... this will be the best drill press ever

[@dinotom1]

As a hobbyist restorer it is nice to see someone as thorough as I am. Great job on the painting!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Thomas

[@mtmchenry]

That is by far the best paint job I've seen on a restored drill press. Great job. Thanks for sharing the video.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Mike

[@peterfritzsche4654]

Your attention to detail on your projects is second to none I hope to work to the same standard when I get stuck into my restorations projects keep up the good work can't wait for the next part

[@dirk4926]

It's really coming along, I'm quite enjoying this project.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Dirk. It's getting there.

[@gnillut]

One of the better restorations/paint jobs i've seen

[@moriwaki1105]

Great video....and Great taste in music..... Love all your vids.....so relaxing and educational to watch....Thanks.

[@jackfrost1031]

I am impressed with both your level of detail and level of commitment. I have the detail but rarely actually complete my projects!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Yeah, it's tough to push on through. The next project always seems so attractive...

[@bellfartsonme]

I've been bringing your stuff as of late, and I'm shocked by the level of care into your sound design, good shit

[@stxrynn]

Sraying that dark coat to highlight low spots is brilliant. Thanks for that little gem.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks. I can't take credit for that. It's very normal in the car painting world.

[@stxrynn]

you taught me, so I'll give you kudos!! Excellent.

[@markgould851]

Truly inspirational! Loving the videos Geoffrey, keep them coming. Regards from the Netherlands!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Mark. Hope all is well in the Netherlands

[@madbrianthepirate]

I did my drill press with a flap disc and brush on enamel. You shame and inspire me.

[@Buelligan88]

Yay... part 4. I got addicted to your demented videos.

[@M31AFW]

So glad I found your channel, your level of attention to detail really satisfies my OCD 😂. This is going to look amazing when done!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Pro Cynic. Glad to have you with us.

[@andrewchesney]

Geoffrey, THANK YOU for sharing - great video and excellent work!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Andrew!

[@balancedben]

Cheers Geoffrey, beautiful job! Looking forward to the next in the series.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Never mind the paint (which is ace) loving the soundtrack!

[@jimspeed1388]

Excellent work as always looking forward to the next installment.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks as always Jim.

[@henkcillekens8393]

This restauration is so match better than the lathe restauration

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Say whaaaaaaat? I don't rank my children.

[@michaelpitts2477]

Nice to see you love a bit of british kit ! Nice videos

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Michael

[@iamrichrocker]

making and editing of the videos must have taken just as long, or longer than the actual restoration process...bravo..

[@billyb4223]

Pure dedication... I just go back. to castings and paint, it's not that rough on mine. Interestingly your belt guard is steel, the fobco has cast aluminium.

[@christophereng815]

Fun to watch, good luck. I can't wait for the next one!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha, cheers. I'm goin as fast as I can.......

[@chrisperry7963]

Wow, nice work! Really enjoying this series, cheers.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Chris!

[@elams1894]

Big respect for the bog effort. Mate you put some time into that and the result paid off, good stuff! I'm digging this project too, laughed at the good ol' kiwi rain curve ball.. Neil Finn sang something about that if I recall..

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Hahah, yeah, I couldn't believe it. Came literally out of the blue.

[@piperalpha]

1) Aren't you giving the foot-switch your luxury restorative spa-treatment as well? 2) Your videos remind me of the appendix discs of LotR where that guy from Weta talks about all the props and stuff (I mean this in the best way possible!). I think your accent may have something to do with it... 3) Who knew watching someone on the other side of the World restore old machines could be so interesting? Your skill, both at restoration and making videos, is impressive. I hope you keep posting, Geoffrey. 4) Greetings from Norway!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

1) Nah, it's gone. I will keep the actual foot button for something, just because it's a nice cast button, but otherwise that part of the mechanism is scrap. 2) LOTR. Never seen it.... kidding. 3) I'm really enjoying posting videos and intend to keep things going. Thanks. 4) Love Norway. Great memories of hiking and sleeping in a tent in Andalsnes.

[@buynsell365]

You do AMAZING work !!! I am now a subscriber. Thanks for sharing.

[@redp8334]

I love your projects. Keep up the great work!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Red

[@TheSlvrSurfer]

I love the openinging montage!

[@BinarySecond]

Bondo sponsorship required!

[@pbysome]

White spirit as in oil based? I'm sure yours is different but if I used UK white spirit as panel whipe the paint would peel or react.

[@arbit3r]

All white spirit is the same. It's oil based.

[@SharkyMoto]

hey geoffrey, you dont need a smaller paintgun, what you need is a pressure regulating valve (cheap on ebay/amazon). looks like where i tried to spraypaint without it at full 8 bar pressure. try to set it to 2.5 bar there, that seems to do the trick just fine... by the way, the valve pays for itself, because you dont need as much paint, because more of it actually lands where you want it and not somewhere in the surroundings

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Ta. There is a regulator at the compressor end. I was probably spraying the the enamel at about 2 bar at the gun, maybe even a bit less. An in line regulator at the gun is nice though, so you can see exactly what you're getting :)

[@ChuckUnderFire]

My favorite parts are the bog work... but I can't decide if I would rather have a LITTLE character with leaving some of the dimples or do that second round of soft filling you do..

[@zicada7661]

Love the production mate. Pro feel, funny, good quality. Must take forever to make these for you. Appreciate it a lot mate, even if your dialect is weird af:)

[@STEEVB51]

You sir, are an inspiration ! fantastic work - keep it up :-)

[@st3althyone]

Excellent work plus musical choices! I also love your jokes “I know it’s well made, because the brand is well made!” Priceless! Edit: funny how that first piece you painted looks like an upside-down toilet.🤣🤣🤣

[@jster1963]

Just Beautiful!

[@acalciu]

very nice work.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Andrei

[@eloyworkshop541]

Very good!!

[@MarcelTeugels]

love these videos, keep em comming!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Marcel!

[@rizalardiansyah4486]

more pls, you did a really great job :-)

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Rizal

[@TheTarrMan]

Looking good!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers TarrMan

[@hawbud547]

you need some deep purple on the go, amazing vids!!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Just blasting out some deep purple as I type... awesome. Thanks Hawbud.

[@TCFr97]

Amazing video!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Tristan

[@growingknowledge]

I may be missing the credit section but what music are we listening to? Another fine video.

[@bushmanPMRR]

That paint is not for use on cars? It sounds EXACTLY the sort of paint I'd use on my Land Rover! Now, I wonder if they do it in matt black?

[@chrisbenard7509]

Could double as a All Black practice tackle bag for their next Wallaby encounter!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Pffff... hardly need to practice for that. Haha, cheers Chris.

[@chrisbenard7509]

It's as heavy as Dave Warner's bat!

[@mgiovagnorioqq]

ITS fucking insane AND awesome see you working

[@J0nnyGT]

Nice work

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Jonny

[@stevo450ify]

That sander ... You're getting your moneys worth 😂

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha, yeah. I'm surprised it still goes.

[@jacksprat1773]

Great stuff, love your work!!!! You're not related to Chris from Clickspring are you? You Crazy Kiwis, I wish I had the patients to do even half as good a job on a tool restoration............or any job for that matter. But I must say it is very relaxing watching someone work with such attention to detail.

[@yusdiy]

Great work there.Will we see any milling in the future Mr Geoffrey?

[@GeoffreyCroker]

I'm sure there will be... But I don't know how soon that will be. We are renters so I have to be a bit sensible about the size of machines I want to be moving around.

[@yusdiy]

Glad reading that.

[@supercheekykiwi]

Good lord I'm exhausted. You can't have young kids. This would take me a year

[@Alltakenbla]

Looks like somebody did not get the memo from GE Canada not needing a showroom floor specimen to ogle over!!! Beautiful finish. Surprised you did not go for a two-pack product. Would stay showroom beautiful a bit longer.

[@becomematrix]

Cool project. What compressor size/type/capacity do you use?

[@frantisekhajek8]

That's gonna be one sexy drill press. :)

[@hb5623]

Stumbled on your channel, big respect to you sir great job. Could u tell me what ral color comes close to this enamel grey? Thank you.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Sorry I have no idea. I always get my paint mixed to a sample.

[@paulhigson355]

What uses will you put the finished drill press to Geoff? For instance, I have a large metal sign to put up in a public park (it's a work thing). I need to drill holes in the metal sign before I can attach it to sort of a wire mesh fence structure. I'm probably not going to do it until mid September, but I wouldn't mind some tips. It will be seen regularly by the public and I need to make sure that it can't be taken down by anyone, so obviously I want to make a professional job out of it

[@GeoffreyCroker]

umm... wow

[@metallitech]

Makes me wonder if there is some spray-on two-part filler-like solution.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

There are. But most are nowhere near thick enough for this application. I'm sure products do exist that would work though.

[@Mrcaffinebean]

Haha I laughter so hard at the "run" moment

[@hrxy1]

lovely job ty

[@GeoffreyCroker]

np

[@sdriza]

after all that!!! rain!!!

[@JaredLMorris]

oh, COME ON!! where the hell is part 5? the suspense is killing me. She looks pretty but does she drill?

[@GeoffreyCroker]

I hope it'll drill, but no guarantees yet. Part five next week. All recorded, just got to make it into a video.

[@JaredLMorris]

Geoffrey Croker it's pretty no doubt about that

[@zolatanaffa87]

it' is possible that the music is from PFM? ( not the Pink Floyd except, off course)

[@TroyeStonich]

Serious question: are you going to apply wax after the paint cures? I thought about that for the lathe I just restored/repainted. Would it help?

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Depends on the paint. If the paint is still soft when I want to handle the parts, then yes I put some normal car polish on. Makes it slippery so grease and stuff can be wiped off easier. It definitely makes the machine a lot easier to wipe down. In this case I dont think I will. The paint is nice and hard already.

[@bryanbrunk1186]

Just a thought but have you considered a filler primer?

[@bryanbrunk1186]

And seconds later you say filler primer.

[@gwolfe1231]

Would have recommended using a "hammer-tone finish" paint on this project. Hides casting imperfections and just looks better, in my opinion. Great work.

[@arbit3r]

What RAL colour code is that paint?

[@planespeaking]

I have the exact same drill but without the slow gear. Does anyone know what colour grey this is? Mouse grey? It's not myford grey. Thanks.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Take a small part of the machine to a paint supplier and get them to mix paint to match. That's what I do with every machine.

[@wavin612]

Where do you get your paint Geoffrey?

[@GeoffreyCroker]

As in specifically...? That's not going to be much help unless you liv in the same town as me. Any industrial/automotive paint supplier will sell ppg and valspar paints.

[@wavin612]

Yeah I'm looking about online for primer and enamel and I can find some options. Need to find an industrial suppler here in Ireland. My drill was grey/blue/egg shell shade that I think it will be had to match. Here's a question, do you need the etch primer? Does body filler not stick to cast as well without it?

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Take the cleanest part off the drill and take it with you to the paint supplier. They can scan it and mix exactly the right colour for you. No problem, it's very normal. My local city is only the fifth largest in NZ and there are at least three places that do this. Filler will stick to cast iron just fine.

[@jean-charlesboulogne8632]

@@GeoffreyCroker could you let me know what is the colour reference used to paint your pillar Drill? Thanks

[@matheus.mattia]

Sabbath always present hahaha

[@dartman1965]

Dont let the wife catch you using her mixing cup........

[@clyde8759]

He said winter like it's cold there..

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Dude, it's frigen cold right now. My woollen singlet and stubbies aren't cutting it...

[@KUGW]

you think the paint turned out great, more like holy shit it came out excellent

[@MrDarrenBuckle]

well this is the weirdest semi to date...

[@GeoffreyCroker]

ummm....

[@detoxrum]

you really need to invest in a flap disk.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

I have several flappy disks

[@edgeeffect]

But why is it called "bog"? In England "bog" is a non-middle class (both the posh and the yobbos use it) term for the dunny!

[@guymandude999]

put some cardboard down, you're ruining the brickwork - sincerely, the landlord

[@projectgattago]

Awesome work, but all that body filler is a tad too much...

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha, yes. Couldn't use less without leaving high spots though.

[@projectgattago]

I suppose...I just don't see the point of turning an industrial machine into a work of art...but I am not judging...keep doing what you're doing :-)

[@MegaJackd5]

You wouldnt happen to be a panelbeater / spray painter by trade

[@johnbravo7542]

You are going to use this drill press right? your doing some much work to it,you'd think you were restoring a car.

[@neorecormon1769]

file only bites in one direction

[@GeoffreyCroker]

dog only bites in the front... ?

[@paddrivers]

It's an unnecessary waste of time to go to this level of refinishing for a drill press!!!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Says the guy sitting around watching KZbin videos 🧐

[@andrewschalk7344]

Gay