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I have a couple of the floor units. What makes those so useful is two things. First, TONS of torque, the smaller unit probably doesn't have as much... Second, the quill travel. On most floor models, it's around TWELVE inches! Again, the benchtop not so much, but possibly a lot more than the...

I've got one of these from 1905... can't find a pic of the one I own. It's fully functional though missing that lower pulley. This bandsaw is from 1910, the casting originally being from a company called Frank Clements, and this design being in there literature as early as the late 1890's...

Damn... makes mine look small and wimpy... I know a place around here that used to make wheels for saws like that. WILDLY cool big stuff there! Tools

I've got a MK 109 (it's in the $500 up club...). I've made about 10 times that with it, and saved about 10 times that with it... worth every penny. I guess my recommendation would be to get whatever you can, that uses a regular AC motor, rather than a universal motor. The duty cycle is too...

Interesting thread, which I'll be watching closely as just today I started scrounging through the scrap piles for metal to make the HSM radius cutter. However, I like the Holdridge too... Craig Dongnes (I'm nearly certain I misspelled the gent's last name, but it's close) from the Practical...

There's a few more issues that haven't been addressed. To make a long story short, I see no problem with adding another compressor. However, you'd be wise in this setup to switch between the two units separately (some sort of two way valve could be easily arranged to switch one out, and the...

Here's the only other pic I have handy. It is an Emmert. Not only does it tilt, but the movable jaw pivots, so you can hold tapered pieces. It also rotates, all the way around and there's a little set of metal holding jaws on the other side. Notice the wood handle, it's there for a...

Oh, these aren't mean, though they are loud! Largest member of the pheasant family, probably tasty... Tools

All cast iron gets Rustoleum industrial enamel, or Valspar implement enamel (from Tractor Supply), applied with a brush of any sort. It takes long enough to dry to even out. All sheet metal gets either Valspar implement stuff out of a spray can, or the stuff from Advanced Auto (I like their...

Don't have a shop dog, got these though... How many can you see in this pic? This one also spends time with me in the shop: Tools

Flew these: Flew these: Now an airline guy. Flown Saab 340's, Boeing 727's, 737's, 757's, 767's, McDonnel Douglas MD-80's and got a little time as an engineer on a Lockheed L-1011 (too young to get to fly it...). Here's my plane next to dad's: Want to build a Pietenpol, complete...

Yep, it'll fit fine, no worries as long as the arbor size is correct (which it likely is, both being 5/8"). Tools

The Quincy folks hate it... because like you say it's splash lubed. However, ANYTHING from Quincy is CRAZY nice. It still probably boasts a 100 percent duty cycle. If it spins that slow, it's a nice pump. Should perform for you very well. Parts and support should be easy, albeit expensive...

I agree, maybe overtightening it in a poor mounting situation. It's funny, I restore a LOT of old tools. People always ask what I'm going to do if it breaks in the future, as parts are not available. Well, this nice old stuff DOES NOT break... UNLESS... you drop it, run into it with a...

In HIGH SCHOOL? Seriously? Ya, well, you should see the ice scraper I made... geesh. And that rocking chair only took me EIGHT years... I'm done, crawling back under my rock. Tools (KNEW this was gonna happen!) :bowdown: edit: wuppsie, what I meant to say was, YA, post more pictures...

To answer the question, yes, just as I do my son. Poetic justice I guess! Tools, who DUG the floor jack my dad gave me out of the mud today... from underneath of of the (17 yr old) son's trucks...

The last machine is a horizontal boring machine. That one has exceptional capability. It's a horizontal drill press essentially, great for dowel joints. It's a converted line shaft machine. I cut those dovetails by hand. For one of projects, it's quicker and easier. I'm not a purist by any...

No, but everything I restore looks like that before I start! Funny how that lathe looked A LOT smaller beside my buddies building, than inside my shop... Here's another... And another... Here's a coffee table I built last year... And some cabinets... A storage box for a straight...

Here's a nice old Reed I saved from the scrap heap. I brazed the broke part back on, and machined and scraped all the bearing surfaces. Works REALLY nice. Tools

I'll give this a shot... Here's a chair I built... Here's a lathe I restored... Tools