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I have finally finished converting a 1940's Montgomery Wards 12" scroll saw to a die filer. This was my first ever vintage tool, but it sat abandoned after I restored a Craftsman 24" scroll saw. The first time I considered putting a file in the Craftsman, I realized it was too fast and there is...

Just making a post for the aid of posterity. I had some initial trouble taking apart this particular motor and wanted to post how it's configured. Also, the capacitor label was rubbed off and I had to test with a multimeter, though it runs fine. You will not be able to take this motor apart...

No clue how old this hand tapper is, but I couldn't find anything on the internet about its internals/guts, so I figured I'd make a post for record for anyone who is considering getting one or comparing to alternatives. At present, if you search online for a hand tapper, you find: Cheapies...

Someone can tell me if this is too off topic for "vintage tools", but it is certainly about vintage appliances. I don't have any chip/coarse dust control from a hose/vacuum system in my workshop because it's just a single-bay garage, 12x20, and every bench mounted tool is on a wheeled stand so...

I picked this up probably 2 years ago but didn't realize until I got home that it that the missing collet nut was highly unusual (3/8" - 36) and I I couldn't replace it. It has sat abandoned on the shelf until I came across a random damaged rotary tool at a flea market whose collet nut looked...

I picked up a 1960's Rockwell electric planer off Ebay because it came with the grinding jig and (2) carbon steel cutters (both chipped in multiple places). This is not one of the purpose-built planes, but its own standalone attachment that you slide a router motor into. This was sold as a...

Hello all, I picked up a bench mill abandoned in a shed that the owner had apparently cobbled together from a donor machine. As I obtained it: The table and base seem to be original and went together The head and pulley assembly are a later retro fit held together by a combination of welds...

I picked up this 70's Black & Decker industrial router fixed to a custom-made router table at a garage sale clearing out a machinist "hoarder" house (3 metal lathes, a camelback, a 70's industrial Delta drill press with table lift and production (coolant channels) table, a #0 Burgmaster, 3 bench...

I grabbed what I though was a T-handle tap wrench at a flea market and didn't realize till I got home and started grinding off rust that the collet bore is round, not square. The bore matched a 23/64 drill bit. Does anyone know what this was originally meant to hold? Was it meant to hold round...

I took apart a not-so vintage (1980's) Black and Decker cutoff saw and was surprised to find: Switch marked made in USA, but bearings and saw sticker marked Italy/Made in Italy Does anyone here know about Black and Decker migrating some production of tools to Europe prior to Asia? The motor...

I have finished complete disassembly/cleaning/relubrication of a Porter-Cable 503 worm gear belt sander I picked up before the holidays. This model has an oil hole and a sight glass. I was not the first person to take this apart, some previous owner had decided to replace a couple of flat-edge...

I picked up another metal shear, this time the higher powered one of the two Black and Decker used to offer in the 60-80's with vertical stroke (not scissor cut). I have finished complete disassembly/cleaning/reassembly and am unclear on the correct oil viscosity for the stroking cam assembly...

I picked up a torque screwdriver from the dregs of a garage sale. It seems to be an original concept with custom bits, since the model number is actually still sold but the newer versions and every vintage model on Ebay uses hex shank bits. This one is labeled patent pending and uses T-head...

Just found this in the local thrift store tonight...Clemson Bros quick-release hacksaw. Tensioned by a lever, not a screw. The lever is spring steel and can be popped out of its pin slot by hand, then the arm slides to the next hole to change from 10" blades to 12" blades. The front arm is...

Amongst the various loose hand power tools I've picked up was a free 1970's Rockwell's lime-green 3.5 amp homeowner router attached to a Craftsman router-crafter that neither I nor the seller had any use for, but he threw in it with some stuff I actually wanted. It sat forgotten until I was...

During another Facebook Marketplace trawl during lunch at work, I saw a late 70's Black & Decker right-angle drill for $10, with only one photo. Checking it out in person that night, it became apparent why: chuck rusted and practically frozen, exterior housing covered in a partially wet...

I took apart an old Craftsman circular saw (60's/70's) today to clean/repack the bearings, and discovered that the ball bearing for the blade shaft has a massive oversized outer race. I thought it was a independent cover plate for the gearbox at first; that is basically how it functions. I...

I wasn't even looking for a 1 inch sander when I saw this randomly browsing Facebook Marketplace. I'd never anything before other than the typical sheet metal combined 1 in belt / 6 in disc sander, but this sucker was all cast-iron, so I ran and bought it the same night. According to Vintage...

Hey all, I picked up a 70's Black and Decker metal shear and want to know if I am supposed to keep the blades oiled. I can't find a manual for a vintage shear. All modern manuals make no mention of lubrication and just say to buy new blades when worn. The old B&D catalogs, when they come to the...

I was looking for a used right angle drill (like many tools, simply because I didn't have one and thought I might need one some day). In my area, the Facebook Marketplace options are all Milwaukee with the red plastic handle/rear half of the housing. I waited some time and found exactly what I...