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I like mine

Love my Reed

loosen or remove the depth gage clamp

I painted mine gray but my friend that rebuilt the motor used a blue gray. Your DP looks to be in good condition, have fun

Nice, I like that green color

The one with the Dayton motor by the garage door is a 1954, I rebuilt it and sold it. I kept the other one, a friend of mine rebuilt the motor for me. It's 1959...same as me

I used aluminum flat bar and tapped offset holes for the first motor mounting This was actually my second DP I found. I used the motor and the low speed pulley from this DP for the first one I bought which I liked better. The one I kept:

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I like my Reed more than my Wilton

I have friend that worked at Motion here in St Louis, he could find bearings for anything I needed from drill presses to dirt bikes

It doesn't look like it's in bad condition. I would soak everything that looks like a moving part (except belts and pulleys) in Kroil or PB Blaster for a couple days and then try to move it

Re: Let's see your axe's This was the only hatchet I ever had and that was a long time ago :)

I liked my Reed better than my Wilton, it has the pipe jaws built into it Here they are side by side, I just need to build another workbench

I wanted the motor and low speed pulleys from this one, this is a 1954 The one I originally had was a 1959, it had 1100rpm 480v 3ph motor with the higher speed pulleys. Here it is with a 110v Dayton motor I put on it on it and 4 to 1 gear reducer that I picked up at a sale Here's the '54...