Recent content by tombell572

Went to a clean--out sale on Friday in Portland about 10 minutes from our house. Full dumpster out front but the house was still packed. The guy was apparently a blacksmith/knife & sword maker. I grabbed a nice complete hold-down set-$16.00, Crescent compound dikes-little if any use--$2.00, a...

Surfer--on older machines where a set screw bears against the threaded portion of a shaft, it was common to drop a small piece of bass cut from a brass rod the diameter of the screw into the hole. As you note, this will protect the thead and provide a good surface to tighten the screw against...

RTM--correct you are, poor typing skills & failure to proofread--thanks. Tom B.

These have probably been posted by others earlier in the thread, but here are mine: a #78 Stanley bull nose rabbit plane, 4" base, # 100 squirrel tail block plane, 3 1/2" base and #101 block plane, 3 1/2" base. Tom B.

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Hello Lugz--I checked the "Aladdin" oiler and there are no markings whatsoever. Unfortunate, that would be interesting to know. I've had it well over 20 years and don't recall where I found it. Tom B.

Outlaw--yes, that is indeed a Singer oiler. It was me Mum's. She used to sew a great deal and that was always close by her machine. Tom B.

I don't admit to being a serious collector but if I see an inexpensive interesting oiler at a garage sale I'll grab it. This is the result of about 40+ years of garage and tag sales. Tom B.

This one's a Wetzler universal clamp--I had to do some research to figure out its purpose. Used for clamping odd shaped and mitered pieces. Tom B.

These are from a Huot roller that I bought as a parts box for one that I restored. The three large pulls have 5" centers and the small one has a 3" center and is for the fold-away door at the bottom of the box. These are in nice shape with good plating and no damage. I'm including the...

I had bought these for my Atlas shaper that I have sold. All threads and studs are 5/16". They have had little use and no longer fit my current machines. Studs, 4 each: 1 1/2", 2", 3" , 5" Flange nuts: 4 each Coupling nuts: 3 each T-nuts: 3 each, base width: 5/8:, slot width 3/8'

W/T built nice machines and I love 'em. In my experience, it's unusual to find a W/T drill with its slow speed set-up still intact. Most often what I see is only the extension cast as part of the motor pad remaining. It's unique to the brand and I think you're fortunate to find a machine with...

I have an early Walker Turner version of that saw and can assure you there is no aluminum anywhere in mine. I can't swear to the newer Delta/Rockwell version but I seriously doubt that aluminum or Zamak was used in any gear. As CR suggested, check with Boston Gear for a replacement bevel gear. A...

A big suckola on ctuai's Kurt vise for $61. Looks like a clean one. Those are never cheap. Tom B.

Visited an estate sale on its third and last day today. It would probably have qualified as a hoarder sale that included huge amounts of unusual collections such as cookie cutters, boxes of the grabbers used to grip canning jars from boiling water and the old style hand crank meat grinders that...