Recent content by hutchison

$30 is awesome, worth waaay more than that restored, a very versatile tool, and , US made.

Managed to find time to make the pop out legs. Pop out easier than my legs 😆. I used 24' of 2" x 4" stud, 4 door hinges, counterbore tool & 1/4" hex set screw hardware. I got 29" extra workbench at 2' width. Next step, mount some latches for the bandsaw and poly it up. $50 materials so...

spent some time restoring the bench it came on, just sanding and polyurethane top to toe. I decided I would add a flip up table for a shared bandsaw placement so that I can run the saw in horizontal or vert mode plus get a touch more bench space, I have to figure out the legs now. I used...

fixed it, maybe i'll do a short walkaround.

wiring connected and working, i adjusted the switch leg contactors a little looser (slight bend) they had too much interference when making (tight to turn). I added a fairgate (made u.s) 6" rule that met with a guillotine and some soft setting epoxy for an easy depth stop gage. Should be all...

Awesome !. I think with the right safety protocols, why not, we teach kids far more physically dangerous things like all kinds of racing and wrestling, most sports etc

I think i got it cracked, i'll give it a whirl tomorrow. I used a gfci outlet & gfci plug, and will stand on a rubber mat :lol:

As if lol. When hes 20 or so, but i'll be teachin him to craft long before that, maybe 14

Got the keyway inn, belt tensioned and wired. I followed an online diagram for 7wire single phase with reverse wiring drum switch but it did not work (boo). So its going to take a while to figure out, unless anyone is good at these drum switch wiring feel free to jump in .... 👍

Hope so, thanks! will hand it down to my 3yr old. I

Thanks!. I was abled to get a 58" belt for $15 and it worked fine for this motor set up. I moved the head 1/8" toward operator to take out a little slack in the belt, it worked out but i will reset that and put some 1/8" spacers instead To do : motor keyway / sand & stain on the table /...

I measured the pitch between the motor and spindle shafts it was 23". The largest pulley was 5.140" O.D , the smallest was 2.1" O.D. according to a belt calculator the o.d of the belt should be 57.47". Which is interesting as the original delta rockwell 49-172 is supposed to be 59". So i...

I levelled up the head and motor plate, just need wire the motor and power switch. I fitted the original delta 49-172 belt but it seems a bit loose. Shes looking pretty but is a bit slack at 50yrs old 😆...

I squared the column and table up as best i could with a square, i will sweep it later. I also decided to buy an additional drum switch for the fw/off/reverse ad the motor has reversing capability which might be handy sometime. I greased and oiled everything up good and fitted the switch to the...

After using TSP paint cleaner i sprayed 2-3 coats of ace hardware machinery grey, the parts came up close enough to original. i started the re-assembly. I used 3 in 1 rub on most parts, lithium grease in the bores, the spindle thrust bearing and spindle stroke splines, some anti seize on the...