Recent content by wmesquite

I have a 240 volt 5 amp Powerstat variac I bought as New Old Stock on ebay for $26 around 2005, maybe 5" diameter 6 inch high. You'd probably have to pay more now. But there is one thing to note- for a high quality variac like this, it deals with overloads pretty well- The 5A rating is the limit...

Looks like a Stanley 150 miter box, highly regarded among the user community as accurate, compact, and flexible- it accepts a large variety of saws. I have one and usually prefer it to my fancier and larger Langdon Acme as it takes up less space on the bench, though the little Langdon is in...

I have no idea what a WT DP 43 is, I assume it is a normal 15" press? A radial Ram or a 20" WT press would be different, otherwise I'd keep the Buffalo 15 and put the 3 phase motor and a VFD on it. Carla says Buffalos are uniformly better made than WTs (they cost more back in the day too), and...

I should have mentioned to not have the "No Dust" motor hooked up at the same time as the main grinder motor on your VFD. I may have a small VFD for the extra motor, PM if interested. Catalog cut showing weights, back of ND grinder.

Definite Hammond fan here, a Hammond belt grinder was my quest machine, absolutely love it. Have a Duskollector and G44B Glider Trim-O-Saw too. I was the underbidder on a 10" ND grinder like yours, stopped at $100. Glad I didn't have to load it in a pickup that day, got a 550 lb drill press...

I thought a little more about the bearing Spec of BG6206E03. I expect the prefix is for Baldor Grinder. However the suffix strongly suggests a C3 clearance bearing. Modern Baldors run pretty hot, even when lightly while mostly idling for 30 minutes. C3's allow for more thermal expansion; since...

Nice find, I've seen them sell for 10 times more in that shape. You'll like it. I have a 1022WD from 1988, later generation with yellow tag- also very smooth. I paid $150, but my wheels were good, so maybe not much different in the end- good 10" wheels are expensive. No matter, you are plenty...

Eric, Placing fairly complete properly operating industrial equipment in your shop is rarely cheap. Getting it in this shape for 15% of the new cost of such machinery is often not difficult, but sometimes it works out to 20%, and more for desirable machines. We are lucky it is so cheap. 10% of...

One more addendum- some of the Delta tilting tables are 11"x14" versus the Buffalo 10"x11"; the larger table may be more useful to you than having a somewhat better clamping mechanism on the Buffalo. I don't remember any without divots in that price range though. I have no idea what the WT table...

Eric, I think you may have stumbled over some original equipment yesterday. A glance at that auction site, drill press table, under $150, a not egregiously high amount. A dozen would fit. One was from a WT 900 and had the column clamp bolt under the table, was non-tilt, came with a custom...

Hi Eric, Info on BB grinders is sparse, but there are some threads on OWWM such as the following. Bob V saying they are a bit better than the Baldor means a lot, that is why I remembered them. The non-articulating tool rests are a weakness for sharpening, he shows his solution. Sears sold them...

Can't seem to edit my post. The nicer solution for a table would be a tilting table, though probably a lot harder to come by. Also, look over table sizes before you buy, sizes range from roughly 10x10 to at least 11x14, larger if a production table. Wade

Pretty sure your grinder is a Brown and Brockmeyer 6"- the base certainly matches. They have a good reputation. 3450 is the RPM, 5 amps, 110 V 60 cycles 1 phase. Nice get on the vise base for $90. And they threw in a pretty sweet Athol 624 as well- nice size, top quality and doesn't look like...