AdrianBoomer
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Bored in my shop, snapped some shots. Here is some of mine. Let see yours.
Iron (your restored Iron)
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Provincial
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Wow!
jask
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Very nice OP, your photobucket album is damn cool! you should post up more pics of that planer as well. What colour did you use on the Walker turner bandsaw? I have the same model that I am restoring but need to find a set of trunions as the originals were broken in a tip over at some point in the past.
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AdrianBoomer
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The paint is Benjamin Moore Super Spec low luster color ##1575 (rainy afternoon) which is a perfect match to the original walker Turner color. That was a fun project, it is now complete after finding an original belt guard)
more of the Parks Planer
a shot of the Atlas table saw on a base I built:
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AdrianBoomer
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Love your work, Brad! The color schemes are very tasty. What year is that Unisaw? I have a friend here in Marin county that has the oldest documented Uni over on OWWM. i want to see some more pics of the Drill press!
Likewise Adrian! I love seeing these old machines back to life! The lighter color gray Unisaw is a 1947 that was a rust bucket when I found it at the landfill. The darker gray is a 1939 solid plinth that I found on a farm up outside of Chico. Interesting about your friend's Uni. I thought that was back in Wisconsin somewhere. The drill press has all-original paint 1944 that I simply applied a clear-coat to refresh. More photos can be seen here:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=SUw1bkRVcHJEdzJkTTZEa19aX0c0ekdRdG1YbEtB
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AdrianBoomer
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WWShop, that is a complete 1946 Baldor grinder that is my pride and joy and does all the work. I feel lucky to have her
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AdrianBoomer
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Let's see some more stationary beauties!!!
I started this because I was bored of looking at google images of random tools and wanted to see what my peers at GJ have in their shops. I'm happy to share more but I just intended on starting the conversation. Sometimes it is just nice to sit back and enjoy the aesthetics, snap a few pics when the light is just right.
I started this because I was bored of looking at google images of random tools and wanted to see what my peers at GJ have in their shops. I'm happy to share more but I just intended on starting the conversation. Sometimes it is just nice to sit back and enjoy the aesthetics, snap a few pics when the light is just right.
WWShop, that is a complete 1946 Baldor grinder that is my pride and joy and does all the work. I feel lucky to have her
That is really cool...any before and after pics?
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My latest, albeit not-yet-completed project, a Spanish-made Exacto vertical mill:
Before...
And after.
I'm still working on the head, waiting on some gears I had to have custom made. I've got a series of build pages on it, although I have to admit this particular project wasn't much more than a clean-and-paint.
Doc.
Before...
And after.
I'm still working on the head, waiting on some gears I had to have custom made. I've got a series of build pages on it, although I have to admit this particular project wasn't much more than a clean-and-paint.
Doc.
WWShop, that is a complete 1946 Baldor grinder that is my pride and joy and does all the work. I feel lucky to have her
I am obsessed with that Baldor, what size wheels are those? 6?
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AdrianBoomer
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It is a 6" . I have re-wired and changed the bearings and trued up the stator. It is on an old Stanley pedestal that I cant not find any information on. I dont have before pics but it had been painted green then white then gold. I stole another guys color scheme off the photo index on Vintage Machinery.
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AdrianBoomer
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That is awesome Doc!! Thanks for sharing.I would love to find a small atlas mill some day. Someone around here has a thread on one they restored, that is some massive Iron you have there. How does it run?My latest, albeit not-yet-completed project, a Spanish-made Exacto vertical mill:
Before...
And after.
I'm still working on the head, waiting on some gears I had to have custom made. I've got a series of build pages on it, although I have to admit this particular project wasn't much more than a clean-and-paint.
Doc.
rmack898
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I've got a few pieces of old iron in my shop. I really don't recommend buying old machines because once you start, it's hard to stop. Old iron disease has no cure.
I started with a 13" South Bend lathe for $700
Since that first lathe I was hooked. I have since done the following machines:
Burke #4 Horizontal mill
DoAll 16" band saw
Pexto 137 stomp shear
South Bend 7" shaper
American Pacemaker 14" toolroom lathe
Boyer Shultz 618 surface grinder
A second South Bend 13" lathe
Monarch 10EE lathe
It never ends as I still have 2 more machines waiting for their turn to return to a useful second life here in my shop.
I started with a 13" South Bend lathe for $700
Since that first lathe I was hooked. I have since done the following machines:
Burke #4 Horizontal mill
DoAll 16" band saw
Pexto 137 stomp shear
South Bend 7" shaper
American Pacemaker 14" toolroom lathe
Boyer Shultz 618 surface grinder
A second South Bend 13" lathe
Monarch 10EE lathe
It never ends as I still have 2 more machines waiting for their turn to return to a useful second life here in my shop.
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Love the planer!
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Is it a 20 inch?
Cgantner5150
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Yep, it's a disease.
Atlas MF mill, South Bend 7" shaper, Excelsior power hack saw (under the bench), Delta floor DP, 13" x 7' South Bend Lathe. Also have a Butterfly die filer (not restored yet) and a collection of vises.
Atlas MF mill, South Bend 7" shaper, Excelsior power hack saw (under the bench), Delta floor DP, 13" x 7' South Bend Lathe. Also have a Butterfly die filer (not restored yet) and a collection of vises.
kentenn
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I love the look of these old machines after restoration. Machines I've finished...
1945 Unisaw
1946 Delta Jointer
1930 or '31 Beebe Scroll Saw
1952 Delta 24" Scroll Saw
I have a bunch more I need to restore - just seem to run out of time....
1945 Unisaw
1946 Delta Jointer
1930 or '31 Beebe Scroll Saw
1952 Delta 24" Scroll Saw
I have a bunch more I need to restore - just seem to run out of time....
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Steve from Socal
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Nice work on the tools guys,
I have a lot of old iron but most of it is just well preserved not restored. I would love to do up all my machines and, a bit at a time I do but, there is only so much time in the day!
Steve
I have a lot of old iron but most of it is just well preserved not restored. I would love to do up all my machines and, a bit at a time I do but, there is only so much time in the day!
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DocsMachine
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-The problem isn't boredom. Personally, I haven't been bored in about 20 years.
The problem is having TOO MUCH to do. And I don't mean like "must do" or even "customer" work. I mean, having so much capability in the shop, you can do damn near anything.
There have been days- all too many, really- where I've gone out into the shop, turned the lights on, and got ready to do something. And, if I had no pressing customer work, no hot current personal projects, and nobody walking in carrying something greasy and broken, I start thinking of something to do.
And like any decent tinkerer, I have thousands of things to do. Many of which I could do in just a couple of hours.
And I get a kind of "brain lock".
Like that Simpsons bit about Mr. Burns, with so many diseases and ailments, none can "get through the door" to kill him first, I can think of so many things to do...
... That I can't decide which one to do next, and often as not, I'll just turn the lights back off and go do something completely else.
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rmack898
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Ken, I'm not a wood guy (wood is a 4 letter word in my shop) but that Beebe saw is just freakin cool. I could cut metal with that. And that Unisaw is ********* tool ****.
Doc,
I feel your pain. I have so many projects started in the shop and usually when I get the kind of free time you're talking about, I usually go out to the shop and start something new instead of taking the 2 or so hours it might take to finish something thats almost done. It is in fact a disease.
Doc,
I feel your pain. I have so many projects started in the shop and usually when I get the kind of free time you're talking about, I usually go out to the shop and start something new instead of taking the 2 or so hours it might take to finish something thats almost done. It is in fact a disease.
kentenn
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Rmack: Thanks! The Beebe is special because my Grandfather bought it for my Dad about 1948, when he was about 10 years old.
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AdrianBoomer
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some good stuff here! Still blown away by that Atlas mill. Thanks for sharing!! I just moved to a new house without a shop so all my tools are stored away until I get a my new building. gonna be awhile.......
bagged89s10
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Awesome restorations in this thread. You guys do great work! Are most of these painted with a brush and/or roller, or are they sprayed?
kentenn
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I started out rattle canning them, but have gone to brushing. I don't have to wait for the weather to cooperate so much...
Roberts210
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I paid $35 for this 1965 era Unisaw. The guy I bought it from offered it to me for free at first but I kept spouting off about what a great saw it was until he wised up a little bit. The top is in the trailer--I just took it off to haul it.
I replaced the arbor bearings but haven't rebuilt the motor yet--the motor bearings sounded and felt ok. Paint is Ford tractor paint. The Beisemeyer fence is one I had on my previous saw--a Delta T.A.
I replaced the arbor bearings but haven't rebuilt the motor yet--the motor bearings sounded and felt ok. Paint is Ford tractor paint. The Beisemeyer fence is one I had on my previous saw--a Delta T.A.
Great looking machines, my shop is biased toward automotive and metal work but these wood pulpers are awesome!
Especially jealous of the lathes though, im committed to getting one for my self for christmas. Even if its a rinky dink contraption, but if im lucky it'll be something with age and iron.
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Especially jealous of the lathes though, im committed to getting one for my self for christmas. Even if its a rinky dink contraption, but if im lucky it'll be something with age and iron.
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I love your restore work they look amazing.
I'm starting to restore my second machine a Walker Tuner 900 drill press. I was thinking about brushing this one. Any tips for a first timer ? Thanks!
rmack898
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A quality industrial paint and a good brush are a must.
toddmp
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I also would like some tips on graduating from a rattle can.
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AdrianBoomer
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I did my Walker Turner BS with a brush and Benjamin Moore Super Spec industrial paint and a brush and it looks great. I still like my rattle cans and a few guys I know who do super high end restorations get museum quality with rustoleum cans so I think there area few factors involved.
Heating the cans helps a lot, a soak in hot water works.
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Redboy
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Yeah, tips like this are exactly what we (I, anyway) need!
Roberts210
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Ditto that. I've also left them on the dash of my truck for a half hour, in the sun.