Recent content by BadMonk

I'll get a pic up from the front asap.

I just spoke to the owner about the grinder. He said the grinder should suit my purposes. It should be rewired with a switch, perhaps even a foot switch for safer use. He just plugs it in and goes. The wheels have remaining life, but the buffing wheels may not. Replace the V-belt, clean and...

That's great news. I appreciate the help.

Thanks for the thumbs up. I figured it's a good find but wasn't sure. Looks like it will clean up well and not require a lot except patience and attention to detail. In your opinion, fifty bucks is good? This wouldn't be a 'museum' piece. It would get some work time in my home garage shop (not...

I'm on a run of getting my grubby little hands on old pieces of equipment that need repair. Most belonged to my father-in-law and cost me nothing. Of course, that just fans the flames. Today, I ran into this on CL. It would be nice to have a belt drive, although I've no experience with them in...

Thanks for all the help with my new Ludell. I was under the (mis)understanding that Ludell was a USA product but the tell tale signs are Asian. Appreciate the heads up on that. I've had an eye on the Wolverine grinding jig for a long time, before I got the Ludell. But, like you said Woody, the...

I recently inherited several tools from my father-in-law. He never bought junk tools, depending on one's perspective. For him, low end tools were Craftsman which he used for drill presses, table saws, band saws and so on. He did major hand carving so those were high end tools. Anyhow, here's my...

Hi All Living in the Lehigh Valley, PA. Used the forum alot this past spring to learn about air compressors. Been here off and on since then because threads keep coming up when doing Google searches on other topics. Thanks, John