Recent content by dlehman604

From what I can see of the frog, lateral adjusting lever, and iron cap, it's old enough to make a really nice user. I don't think you will get rich off of it, but it's a quality tool that someone somewhere would like to have. Definitely too good for the scrapper - nice save.

If your table tilt mechanism is not broken/repaired, you're in the minority. These saws are highly regarded by many and they are very robust in many ways - except for that. I've got the same saw sitting in my garage, patiently waiting for attention for (sigh) about five years now.

You have new sealed bearings in place now? And you are contemplating taking them out to replace them with shielded bearings? Sounds kind of backwards to me. Sealed bearings are frequently used on machinery up to 5K RPM without any heat problems. Many people will regard shielded bearings as a...

It's called a Reeves Drive or continuously variable transmission. The speed dial has a cam on the back side. The cam follower pushes on a split sheave that expands or contracts depending on how the dial is moved. That changes the ration between the sheaves. If you google Reeves Drive of CVT...

Some really awesome vintage drill presses in this thread. However, I think that Powermatic is underrepresented. So Here's mine. I got it from a local High School that was "modernizing" it's automotive repair program. It was born in 1964, and even though it was dirty, someone had obviously...

I restore vintage woodworking machines, so I decided that I should go with vintage tools to work on them.

Depending on what type of drilling you are doing, you have numerous options for the table. I assume that all good drill presses will have abused tables - it just seems to be the way of things. I would be more concerned about the condition of the variable speed drive. Lots of ways to fix a...

Some of the older craftsman table saws are a great value. That looks like a tilt top, which I would avoid. He's definitely got at least one extra zero in his asking price. For getting a good solid saw at bargain prices, I would go for a Craftsman 10" tilting arbor model for the '60s. I would...

All of the Snap-On boxes I've gotten have a series of numbers stamped into the back. Sometimes it's hard to find under the scum and corruption, but it should be there. Model number and a serial number which can be decoded for born-on-date/.