Recent content by shoxthemonkey

Good catch. It is loaded with aluminum and I have already dressed it away. In our plant we do a lot of aluminum and magnesium flashing removal so I know what that is.

Thank you. This is the info I'm looking for. The winding guy wouldn't commit without having it in his hand. He said it might be repairable but probably not. I don't have anything to lose by trying.

That was advertised as a knife sharpening attachment. I'm not sure how it works but it looks to me like it is for chisel and planer knives. I'm looking for an operations manual but no luck thus far. The hand crank moves the table left and right. A thumbwheel pivots the table on an arc. It is...

I'm on a well and my water is extremely hard. I flush my tank every couple years or so. I just let it run until the minerals quit making noise against the bucket and move on. It's an electric unit, if that makes any difference.

These are pics of my original 1/4 HP unit. I didn't think to take any pictures as soon as I exposed the dauber damage. A lot of the mud had already been removed before these pictures were taken. I'm guessing that I broke that wire with my removal efforts.

This is the CL grinder I picked up yesterday. I'll take some better pictures later.

5 is the number. I should be able to post them now. BRB

Thanks, I'm not sure how I overlooked that.

While I have you engaged, is there a thread that explains preferred methods for posting pictures? Every site seems to be different and I don't want to screw up right away. Thanks.

I'm a semi-retired manufacturing engineer and tool designer for a small family owned manufacturer of automation equipment and rollformers. My hobbies are golf, gunsmithing and bringing old equipment back to life. I don't do sparkling restorations but I get a kick out of keeping things out of...

Hello from Kansas. Google sent me here to find info about my 1975 1/4 HP Craftsman grinder (397.19300) that had some problems. It was still running but the original switch was broken. It had spent the last 30 years in one of my outbuildings and when I opened it up I found that mud daubers had...