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Thanks, Drives- the shop is just under 900 square feet, comprising virtually the entire basement of our house, which is a long, narrow bungalow; one side is metalworking equipment, the other, woodworking. They're separated by a cinder block wall that does fairly well at keeping the dust away...

There's a pretty comprehensive thread on owwm.org about a P.C. shaper that a fellow I know restored; it will give you an in-depth look at how the machine is set up. I wish you luck! -James Huston

The Porter-Cable shaper is a pretty rare machine ( the urban legend is that only fifty were ever made, but I've seen too many examples to buy that. Nevertheless, they're uncommon). Porter-Cable sold the design to Logan, who really didn't deviate from the original except to change the name tag...

Drives, I tend to gravitate towards the real charity cases when it comes to machines and tools; I'm a power tool repairman by trade, and fixing the classics is my only real hobby. it works out pretty well for two reasons- one, I usually don't have to pay much for a machine that everyone else...

That Racine band saw is a beauty; I've had my eye out for a Hutchinson Speed Marvel band saw for years. love a snowflake band saw. Here's my beloved 1918 Mulliner Enlund 14" engine lathe, I rebuilt this lathe about five years ago, and have had nothing but good to say of it. I use it on nearly...

I'm bumping this thread back up with some shots of the B-10 belt sander I restored a while back. This late '30s worm drive sander had been stored someplace very, very damp for decades, as the front of the frame was corroded away. Everything was seized and there were a few broken castings...

Is it? I've seen Wellsaws in action for woodworking, but never butchering; maybe they made different blades. -James Huston

That's correct, the price I mentioned is adjusted for inflation. A fellow could save up for a few months and buy one of these saws, but he would have had to get it from a traveling salesman who went to jobsites, much like Snap-On or Cornwell do today. The average buyer would have been more...

Drives, The K-88 went down in price by 1942; it was originally 2,100 when it debuted. The larger K-10 (10") was the equivalent of 2,800 dollars in today's money. These saws were designed with a different set of tactics in mind; in 1942, the handsaw was king with the average carpenter and a...

I don't want to monopolize this thread anymore than I already have, so I may post a separate thread about it if there's interest, but here are a few photos of a recent restoration I did on a severely corroded BK-12 made shortly after WW2, When I say corroded, I mean it; I had to drill all...

Thank you! the 115 in my post was the first Porter-Cable tool I ever rebuilt. I found it during the shop Spring cleaning the first year I became a power tool repairman. I never did figure out what was supposed to be wrong with it, because it hasn't missed a beat in the nearly twenty years I've...

My guess is that it was to slow the band saw down for metal cutting. -James Huston

Currently, I have 64 circular saws in the collection, including the ones in the rebuild queue. I'll post some individual shots, starting with the top ten, 10.508 9. A-4 8.a-6 7.596 6.528 5.542 4. K-66 3. 115 2. K-10 1. K-88/K-88a -James Huston

I haven't done a thread on this site, but I do post quite a bit on owwm.org, and virtually all of it is about Porter-Cable. I did do a post there on my top ten P.C. circular saws not too long ago. I'm trying to cobble together a website that will be essentially what you describe, but I'm not...

what a fantastic story! I've had a set of Waldes Truarc no. 5's for ages, but didn't know anything about the backstory. -James Huston

It is: I lucked out in the fact that both the RAS and the shaper still have all their accessories. The shaper is a tool I've not used much, but it's handy to have and does a very nice job. -James Huston

I'm a power tool repairman by trade, and I've been collecting Porter-Cable tools, both stationary and handheld, for almost twenty years now. Here are my Guild series saws, Early K-series saws, My worm drive belt sanders, And some shots of my toolcrib, which needs to be expanded ( there...

Whoah, got anymore shots of your shop? -James Huston

If I remember correctly, Jet had changed hands after that lathe was made, and documentation was a bit scarce, but the people on the phone were very friendly and helped as much as they could, including finding a wiring diagram for the power feed limit switch system. You might try them, although...

I reassembled one of those for somebody years ago ( it had been taken apart to move it without any wires bein marked, or hardware labeled; I was given a pile of parts and had to figure it out as I went), and can recall being impressed with how stout the machine was. I tip my hat to you, sir...