Recent content by Jenkins

lol. Well that’s incredibly frustrating. Its like when you lock your keys in you car and you can physically see them. But can’t get em. But like I said that 1929 left me with a little more knowledge. I think. Still can’t find squat about it. Leaves me lost what even offer the person. Or if...

Is there a way to actually open the page to read it? I get the snippet but the it just opens what looks like a banner graphic when I try to actually see it.

I’m guessing its age is why I can’t really find anything about it. Jeez, I don’t even know what it’s worth. It has a motor and tank but “it needs wiring work”. Not too sure about the condition of the tank. But was told it all worked when it was pulled out of the shop.

Well I’ve now added the books tab to my searches! I’ve never done that. That gave me more than I had.

This is all they sent me so far. I asked for a few better pictures. But the person is slow to respond.

I have the opportunity to pick up an old Kellogg compressor/pump but I can’t seem to find any info about this specific one. It doesn’t really look similar even to any of the stuff I can find. I did see one that somewhat resembles it listed as a 261. Any info at all would be great! Thanks.

Well… I really stepped in it. Pulling the motor off its mounts and I turned my back to make sure the dog wasn’t licking grease. And it went crashing to the floor. Cracked the bell housing on me right at a bolt hole. But I didn’t let that stop me. I threw some wires on and the capacitor and it...

I googled the motor and nothing really comes up for “Sunlight Motors” at all. Other than one vintage machinery page that has a few listed models but no real info. I did just do a bunch of bonehead Googling to do some calculations and came up with a 400-480. Guess we will see where that leads...

Hey guys, I am trying to get an old 1/2hp motor running. It’s missing the capacitor so I’m kinda at a loss where to start for a replacement. The cover to capacitor doesn’t have any sort of marking on it to help. All I have is the motor badge. Is there anyway to tell what size capacitor I should...

Ok so it really is just a matter of force? Maybe heat…. JeffsShop mentioned being careful not to strip the threads on the retaining collar so I just wanted to make sure once I get the pin in my spanner filed down to size I didn’t rip the threads apart. I can pull it out of the vise. That’s how I...

Hello guys! I picked up a 150 a few weeks back that I’m in the process of cleaning up and refreshing. It has a Jacob’s 633C chuck that I’m having some trouble getting off the quill. The chuck key isn’t cutting it for removal of the collar so I picked up a spanner after the suggestion from...

I just shot him an email thanks! I guess worse case I can probably attempt to make some parts with my poor skills and some ingenuity. My super poor welding skills has made me an expert grinder.

My father in law passed away about a month ago and I was given his vise. Based on what I’ve found online it’s a 5” Continental International multipurpose vise? Or atleast looks just like them. It’s missing some of the jaw parts for the pipe side. Are those a semi standardized piece or is it...

Just seen someone did a video on the Overdrive vs. the Mac/USAG. I’d really like to believe the the Craftsman are the same but they just don’t look as aggressive in the anti slip. Also got to wondering just how useful the box end would even be in a tight space given the 6pt aspect.

True. Sometimes you just need a hard grip lots of oil and slow firm pressure. And patience. I’ve done it with manual chisel before but I don’t think my compressor would even run an air one. 1/4” air ratchet barley works. I’ve also bent a stud splitting the nut. Lol. That didn’t work out well.