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Dugbug46: Nice tip about the light bulb! What I still need to know is if anyone has the brand/part number of the correct bearing they used. I can box everything up and take it to the local electric motor shop but I wanted to hear from some GJ'ers that have restored these Craftsman motors...

Thanks for all of your input. That's what I need to know. Guess I got lucky on replacing the bearings on the front pulley shaft.

Alchymist: Next time I'll get a good nights sleep before I post a question. First of all, I had a case of decimalitis. I just took another set of measurements: Shaft OD: .625 Old Bearing ID: .628 New Bearing ID: .623 Looks like that .002 delta between the shaft and new bearing ID is my...

Inches. This is a small electric motor bearing. Sorry for not being more specific. I knew I'd miss something.

Howdy from Austin, Texas! I bought a late '50's Craftsman Model 150 floor standing drill press (103.24530) a few months ago and have dismantled the whole thing and rebuilt the press part of it. Thanks to all of you that have taken the time and effort to take pix of your C'Man DP projects...

Thanks Outlawmws. As usual, I went back and looked it up in the 1957 catalog and there it was. Looked right at it and didn't see it. The seller I bought the DP from got it in an estate sale of an ex-Marine officer. I'm sure a lot of the attachments and parts were buried away in a drawer...

As usual, The Garage Journal has come through again! Thanks for all of your fast repliles.

Picked up a 1958-59 Craftsman Model 150 Floor Standing DP a couple of days ago. It was very well maintained and fairly priced. A few odds and ends came with it, one of them being the casting in the attached pix. It's the same gold color as the 150 which suggests it was a Craftsman accessory...

Thanks for the tip Brent! ... BF

Dumper, thanks for tuning in. Yes, I know I can use without the base and that's not a problem. Just wanted to put it back the way it originally was made. I saw the eReplacement parts page but couldn't confirm what I needed due to lack of part number, hence my post. I appreciate your advice and...

Whoops! Make that swivel base part number 111013 ... BF

Hello out there from Central Texas. I was just given a Wilton 3.5" utility vise by a friend. It was obviously dropped at some point in time and the swivel base cracked in half and it's out of round thereby eliminating the possibility of brazing or welding it back together. This vise looks to be...

Thanx Icecactus! Man you're fast. I had a sneaking suspicion that was the case. I'm not hellbent to take the top off, just wanted a heads-up on what might be involved. I'm sure there's someone out there that can use the butcher-block slab. I'd buy a base and keep using it but unfortunately I...

I currently have a Whalen/Costco workbench with a 8' x2' x1.5" butcher block top. I'd like to pop the 8' Craftsman SS top on it but it appears that it is already mounted to a sheet of MDF. Question is, can the SS top be easily removed or is it glued down? I'd like to know before I pull the trigger.