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The motor and drill are connected and swivel together not independent of each other. If i turn the table to the back under the motor and flip the motor so the pulley is on the right side, the pulleys line up better. The table also swivels as you can see the degree marks. I have included a...

The odd thing is to run the pulley on the table, the motor needs to be turned horizontal so the bottom pulley will line up with the table pulley. Then the drill will be horizontal and can't be used with the rotating table.

Yeah, he uncovered the car for me. Cool old car. It has a one cylinder engine. Nice guy too. He did have a lot of nice stuff. I want to get a lathe but I just don't know enough to bite the bullet and get the tools from him.i can't afford to get stuck with some pricey stuff I may not need.

Sorry for the sideways pics. Don't know why they come out that way.

To late, my wife confiscated it. It weighs a couple hundred pounds. I picked up four machinist tool boxes with contents and a little arbor press. I tried to pry the Logan 820 lathe of his hands but he had a good grip on it.

I just picked this up. Very interesting. It looks like some kind of milling drill press. The Westinghouse motor head rotates with a belt drive on top and pulley on the bottom. The round table has a pulley that matches the bottom motor pulley and the table spins when the pulley is turned. The...

Another issue is the handle and screw is wobbly. I took out the main screw and it has what looks like a this steel bushing pressed into the movable jaw. Its worn and makes the main screw wobble. Has anyone ever replaced this before. Is it as simple as knocking out the old one and pressing in a...

Hi all. New here. Let me start off by saying this is a great site. My mother in law has given me her fathers vice. Its a Craftsman #05197 made in Sep 1952. It is a sweet vice. I want to tighten the vice up a bit. When I got it I had to turn the handle a couple turns before the jaws would move...