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Thanks, Hoorn. That helps a lot. I have access to a commercial grade color laser. I'll give it a try. Ynot, I have a Walker-Turner of a similar size and similar vintage that I've been working on. Hope I can do half as nice a job on it as you have on your Delta.

Hoorn, Have you documented here or on OWWM your process for decals? I'm getting ready to start on a 1941 Craftsman drill press and I want to put it as right as you've put your sander. That's the goal, anyway. There's a very attractive decal on the front of the drill press, but most of it is...

Thankfully, my sardine can appears to be hanging in there just fine. But, I sure know where to look if it ever goes South! I have the shaft cover for mine, too, but it apparently was added sometime after it first went out. It's the same gray as nutjob's but the motor is black with a blue band...

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Timely resurrection of this thread...I am a couple days away from re-assembly of a 1941 Craftsman motor that I haven't been able to find an exact match for on VM. I believe it is this motor from the 1941 catalog: Here's the nameplate: As best I can see, the model number is 115.8345 --...

FBM listing within 10 minutes of my house with 3 pedestal bases. 2-column joiner (just like mine), grinder and band saw (listing says...I think it looks more like the scroll saw stand). I'm wondering how close the band saw/scroll saw top is to the Alien planer. Might not be perfect...but it...

Link? I looked on your main link page, but didn't see anything about casters. Yes, I have an Alien. It is one of my earliest vintage machine purchases, shortly after the above pictured table saw and an Inca 10" band saw. I've been keeping my eye out for a pedestal base for it, but not working...

My table saw base included the ball bearing casters. Anyone else have these on their bases? What a fantastic concept. Mine still work, though they're a little sticky, despite my efforts to clean them up. As I wrote this, it dawned on me that I bought my ultra-sonic cleaner after finishing my...

I'll play. Here's my "Craftsman 100" table saw. It's from just after the Power Bronze era...1962 as best I can decipher. I painted the stand, but the saw frame is original paint and original finish on the bright finished parts. And, no, it is not unstable. It is amazingly solid. And, my...

I have a pedestal base on a saw of a similar, but not identical vintage. Mine is a 113.29992, which I think pre-dates yours by a few years. Here's a link to a thread on OWWM from my restoration. There are several shots of the pedestal base from different angles that might help you identify them...

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Before I read the first few responses to the thread, my mind immediately went to one name from my youth and young adulthood. American Machine and Tool (AMT) made some of the crappiest woodworking machinery ever devised by man. I don't know if the O.P. was aiming this thread specifically at hand...

My favorite paint removal process at this point is Purple Power. Grease, gunk, and paint all removed with an overnight soak. It's relatively inexpensive and doesn't have solvents. Hose it down (hot water if you have it) and dry it off then take it to the blast cabinet to get rid of any corrosion...

Not sure if this is it, but Craftsman had a two-table set up like that...one fixed and one adjustable.

Here is a link to the MB/GS manual. I think it is the right vintage for your MB-C. http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=1893 Almost any old woodworking machinery manual can be found here: http://vintagemachinery.org/home.aspx

I am not a fan of either casters or mobile bases...particularly for band saws. I want my machines solidly on the ground when I'm pushing against them. I have bolted in a piece of lumber or plywood about an inch up on one side of the legs on all my lighter machines. A two-wheeled dolly can move...

When I reassembled the press it all seems good with one exception. The spindle feeds past the splines in the pulley, then looses all drive and it takes a minute or two to get the splines realigned. I've checked and the pulley is down against the spacer as tight as it can go. If it were any...

The 14" drill press was a greasy mess when I got it, but in reasonably good condition. To me, the "remote" switch is a bigger catch than a retirement light. The production table elevation gears were in perfect shape, but stuck in position from fossilized grease. I'll take a greasy mess over a...

I would suggest a more conservative approach if you want to maintain the chrome. Evaporust is likely to bubble the plating where the rust is the worst. Try a metal polish. My favorite is AutoSol, but Flitz is very similar and easier to find. Most auto parts stores have it. Another very similar...