Recent content by FarmerJB

i have three porcelain enamel shop lamps that came from a retired unit at Shell refinery. The unit was built in 1916. these clean up nice and are dark green exterior and white under the shade. easy to run conduit to and use a pendant lamp kit and hang over a lathe etc. paint thats on em comes...

thanks for the info! I was hoping you’d see this :)

just picked up this Delta Milwaukee benchtop drill press. 14”. it works great but the motor may need to be rewired. when i start it, the lights dim in the shop, and it pops the breaker. i tried it with a different outlet and it starts but its real slow to get up to speed and its acting like its...

do you re-groove the armature yourself or have a shop do it? id love to learn how to service these

i didn’t consider that- i agree- i think it would help some if not alot- thanks for mentioning that!

no thats an ebay unit- some guy 3D printing them- i like it but its going to get replaced with a zero clearance brass one- im worried the holes will make it dangerous by catching something

thank you sir!

i just got my new badge installed on my bandsaw…..huge improvement! my original was faded out to almost nothing. i found a nice guy named Thomas Utley of Von Industrial and he whipped me up one real quick- i highly recommend him for any replacement tags you may need- his work is top notch! I...

do any of you guys have a rip fence or mitre gauge for my 1951 14” Delta Bandsaw?

amazing!!

i just picked up a reprint of the original shop manual for it off ebay.

thank you for these files and info!!

thanks guys!!

hey fellas- just brought home my first vintage Delta Milwaukee piece! a nice old bandsaw. she fires right up. looks to need new tires on the wheels, and probably do bearings while i’m at it. the power cord is dangerously old so thats getting replaced also. it came with about 12 blades of various...

we had an “otto” too! he was my favorite of all the Schnauzers my family has had over the years