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Here’s my hat in the ring.

Sorry, but I cant resist - Nice "Frankensander," Frank! :bounce: Andy

I need to replace a Craftsman set... Sign me up!

Thanks for your suggestions, CRSINMICH. The man with the planers sold the other tools before I got there so I won't be making the trip to see the planers. He never did respond with any additional info. I'll keep an eye open for others closer to home. For now though, I'm going to clean up the...

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That was surprisingly easy! I'm glad that I'm in the habit of labeling boxes before they go in the attic. :) I hadn't even thought about these in ages. They don't appear to be anything special. Can any of you tell me anything about them? Where should I look for markings? Andy

What should I be looking for in the way of missing parts on the plow plane if it appears to be in decent condition? Also, in general, could anyone give me an idea of which parts are commonly missing on any of Stanley or Sargent planes? I'll keep that in mind, but there's a pretty good chance...

I don't have any hand planes yet, but hope to reconcile that issue soon when I visit the owner of these in the next day or two. I know absolutely nothing at this point so I hope that I can gather a bit of advice from the experts here on what I should look for and expect to pay. All I have to go...

Torqeman, Thank you for that link. I just came back in from the garage where I've successfully assembled the grinder with the parts as they are. It seems to be running perfectly and quietly so far. I want to also thank you for helping me pick paint colors for my first block restore (rustoleum...

I've been working on restoring a 397.19580 block grinder. Everything's painted now and was preparing to reassemble today, so I looked up the assembly drawing to identify the casing halves. The parts list tells me that I should have p/n 3161172 for the LH casing and p/n 3161439 for the RH casing...

Ok. Now I know why I've had so much trouble finding one for myself! :headscrat:lol:

I don't have one, but there is one in my Amazon cart as we speak. Thanks for that tip! Andy

These Craftsman grinders are as rare as hen's teeth around here. When they do pop up they're picked up quickly or require a long drive. I was happy to pick this one up for ~$50 including shipping. It's going to take more effort than I expected to get it back together, but I'm sure it's doable.

I only ran it for a few seconds before shutting it down. I did not get the impression that it was having trouble getting to speed. I've since found that there are other issues to deal with. The PO wired a new switch in place with very thin wire (30ga?). He also buggered up the threads on both...

I picked up this Craftsman grinder (397-19580) on ebay - http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GlQAAOSwCkZZWLTp/s-l1600.jpg I received it last week and just got around to plugging it in last night. I switched it on and could tell immediately that there was something terribly wrong. His ad claimed, "it...