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Found this old compressor on offerup today listed for $75. Looks like all of the fasteners are square head and standards. Converted from flat belt to v belt as evident by the extra shaft length on the motor. 60 gal tank with a big, beefy electric motor marked century on the heavy cast housing...

Just be careful with that pin. I found out too late on a GP drill that it was tapered and offset due to being drilled after assembly. When you do get the wood off just throw the whole kit-n-kabootle in some evaporust or vinegar depending on how much you want to clean up afterward and it should...

That was just an example really, just looking around, but I wanted to make sure what to expect out of a restoration for actual use and how I should guage the feel of the rubber. I was thinking of boiling in water and wintergreen oil for a bit. Not too long if it shouldn't be "radiator hose...

Do you remember if they where at all pliable? Or was it more like the steering wheel hard rubber on 40's cars? (First hand accounts are the most highly appreciated) Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

It's an early multitool of sorts. I'll try to find a picture in my whites hardware dealer catalog. They came with a small hammer head, crosscut saw blade, driver's, awls, prybars, you name it. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

My 1900 no. 1 drill press with a goodell pratt brest drill mounted with some home blacksmith ingenuity $10 since it was all rusty and frozen 1920s hand drill $5 rusty with blue paint 1940s (Stanley #5 sister) Hand plane $8 And since GP was absorbed by MF a 1930s GP miter box with disston...

I have been a linger-er. Lurking in the shadows. A quiet bystander drinking in the fountain of knowledge you wise mechanics, craftsmen, carpenters and DIY-ers bestow upon the world. But NO LONGER!!!! So without further adue, allow me to still be selfish and contribute nothing..... only loudly...