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Re: Parker Restore Update McBrownie...You are absolutely correct, the spindle is 7/8" o.d. You were paying attention!:D Fine looking 974 there...looks to be in very nice condition. The green is a dead ringer for Rustoleum Hunter Green but this is automotive acrylic enamel with some flatting...

Parker Restore Thanks for the feedback gentlemen! Drive…What great ideas you have…what would be the first one you would like to send for me to store for a while…something in the 125 to 175 pound class would suit! We’ll see how the bushing holds up. I think it will be OK but I would have...

Parker 974 Restore Update Hopefully complete. With the generous help from the GJ experts, this old vise turned out pretty much like I wanted.:bounce: Parts ready to assemble and a couple on the bench.

The handle below is on a Palmgren #32 30301 cross slide vise. From your pic, it looks very similar. The Palmgren is still in production I think; maybe parts are still available. I believe Palmgren made the cross slide vise for Sears a least at some point in time. Part number for the handle is...

Re: Parker 974 Restore Thanks for the heads up about the drill rod and originality aspect and you're right... I was off a decimal point Will edit. Tom

None of the parts you mention will be painted. The jaws for example only have wire thru them so they can be hung up and kept out of the way. :o Tom

Drivesitfar, In the very center of the spindle hub there is a threaded hole that goes all the way to the handle. It's purpose (I think) was to house a detent and a spring and then the screw. The assembly could be tightened down so that the detent would engage the handle and the handle wouldn't...

Ganymede, How were the spindle and hub connected on yours? On mine I'm assuming that during the manufacturing process the Acme threaded spindle screw was spun and inserted into the hub, a process I call inertia welding. Evidence of this is the very shallow threads (almost like scratches) where...

Parker 974 Restore Picked a Parker 974 up 3 or 4 weeks ago. Like most old vises it was pretty ugly...several coats of paint, rusty, worked hard and long and somewhat abused. The only parts missing were the screw and detent that fit into the center of the spindle hub (the spring was still...

Thanks for the replies...one of my weaknesses is a fondness for older, used, but pretty much unmolested machinery that remains functional. They seem to get fewer and further between.

This Powermatic DP was delivered to me in January 2014. It was said to have lived in a wood working shop all of its life and there is no evidence to the contrary. According to the serial number decoder it was built in 1975. It came with one issue that I knew of and one that I strongly suspected...

Thanks men! Great input! Summary (if anything is left out or wrong, please reply): 1. Consensus is to transport upright if possible. 2. Lower c of g as much as possible. 3. Crib and clamp table and head to take pressure off the elevation gears and to stabilize. 4. Lag the base...

Thanks for the input so far...keep it coming. Every post has value and touches points that will be helpful to the move. Tom

Slow...I know this isn't the classified section, but I would be very interested in the Craftsman if you decide to get rid of it and we can come up with a reasonable way to get it to south Alabama. Tom

I've got my eyes open for a older drill press, preferably a Clausing floor model. I will probably have to transport it on a trailer or in the back of a 4 Runner several hundred miles unless one comes up close to southern Alabama. The documentation I've seen leads me to believe it will weigh...