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Thank you all for the suggestions & offers of help! I like this idea. I just checked the minor diameter of 7/16 bolts and you're right -- there's enough diameter to turn the threads off and still have more than 5/16" dia. to rethread.

I am searching for a replacement bolt for the head of my milling machine. The company recently went out of business (another USA mfg gone). The bolt is: The bolt is plain steel. I don't want a zinc'ed replacement. A pic is attached. Head: 5/8” wide, 0.241” thick Threads are 5/16" Overall...

A smaller VFD can usually run a bigger motor. For example, a 1.5hp VFD can run a 3HP motor, but you'll just get 1.5HP out of the motor instead of 3hp. That's still a Big VFD, even assuming you just need 7hp or so. It can be done, but my guess is that unless you luck out on ebay you may end up...

I buy a lot of used tools. You can sell on forums (here) and craigslist. The audience is smaller, but there's less headache. If you want top dollar, sell them individually 'buy it now' on ebay. Someone will eventually scam you out of one of them, but you'll still do better overall. If you...

Are the bearings nonstandard? I see they're New Departure, which is defunct, but it's unusual to see a New Departure bearing in a Delta Machine that doesn't have a standard equivalent being made today. You seem like you know what you're doing, so maybe this isn't helpful advice, but you may want...

Re: parts, join OWWM.org and post a wanted ad on the BOYD subforum. A ton of members there have restored this model drill press and have extra parts, donor machines, etc. Having restored many machines and hunted down many odd parts, I predict you will do much better there versus ebay. People...

What you're calling a 'backing plate' is called a platen. They are almost always made out of mild steel. The exception is that, if you plan to use your sander for knifemaking and you plan to use it a lot, you may want to put a different wear surface on it like lilredex suggests above. However...

That's a US General Mechanic's Took Kit (GMTK), the old version. Great starter set of tools. If I were just starting out, that would be the first thing I would buy.

^^ This, but for many of your machines. I see them through-bolted under machine feet sometimes in machine shops.

Wow -- would have loved one of the 5" trigger models... those went super fast. I have a 4" with a paddle deadman switch that I like a lot. Deal appears to be dead.

Nice Proto top and bottom box for $100 in cleveland: https://cleveland.craigslist.org/tls/d/northfield-toolbox-top-and-bottom-for/6864938271.html

20" Mercury abrasive chop saws for $75 each. Look pretty rusty, but those things are built like tanks. If you have a sandblaster and some time... https://losangeles.craigslist.org/ant/tls/d/2-mercury-20-abrasive-chop-saws/6835901873.html

Wow... someone go get this $250 south bend 9" lathe. https://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/tls/d/acton-south-bend-lathe/6837348471.html

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y43JN62/?tag=atomicindus08-20 ^^ Bessey I-beam bar clamps go up in 6" or 12" increments to at least 96" and maybe more. They are based on the now defunct Jorgensen version, which look the same. They make all other clamps look like toys. I have a full set of the...

^^ I'm wondering the same thing. Does anyone have the scoop? It would be nice to have a little saw this size that you could lug around if you had to.

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I have been collecting metalworking and woodworking machine tools as well as hand tools for about a decade. I don't actually think that there is one 'holy grail' tool. Most collectors have a few that they're really proud of and a few that they have hunted for extensively, but most of us differ...

Bad idea unless someone pulled the spindle and re-machined the head casting to take angular contact bearings. Not likely to be dangerous, but will kill your head bearings fast. Also, terrible idea to use a standard jacobs chuck, which can fly off when you really apply some torque (as you do on...

How do we add 'managed payments' to search? I don't see it under any of the options or even the additional options page... what am i missing here

I can't get this code to work. I have tried checking out with a $30 item using - the credit card directly on ebay (no paypal) - checking out with paypal. Both times, I get an ineligible message. Which is weird, because the last couple of $5 off using ebay payments coupons worked fine for me...