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I posted my recent purchase to the block grinder thread but decided to post here as well, mostly to show the switch (PN 4984992) repair as I searched for similar repairs but only found one, and in that one the picture links were broken. Hopefully this will help somebody with a similar issue in...

I had been looking for a horizontal band saw for a couple of years, waiting for the right deal to crop up. I was originally looking a Taiwan made 4 x 6 but most had worn out gears and I read it can be hard to find the correct ones as there are many varieties. I was looking at having to spend...

I found this in pieces in mom’s garage. Dad used to bring home all kinds of stuff, I figured out where some of the pieces went but no idea what goes on the “axle”.

I just purchased an old (guessing early to mid-40's) Kalamazoo horizontal bandsaw. I originally thought it was an 816 but now think it is a P-series, as-in P42, P43 but it is missing the tag, so I am left guessing. It has the aluminum wheel guards with the cast-in lettering and the cast...

In researching my 103.0305 Mohawk drill press on this site, there were several unrestored examples that had a decal on the head which looks like this... I wanted to add one of these to my drill press but the only eBay seller with this style decal wanted almost $20 delivered, which is a...

In my recent post, I mentioned making some of the parts for my Craftsman Mohawk slow speed attachment on my 1946 Logan lathe so I thought I post a little about it. I bought it from a Craigslist ad many years ago (12 I think?) as a well-used and pretty tired machine. Thanks to Scott Logan I...

I'm new here and this is my first post so hello to everyone. First let me say this is a great site and has tons of good info on this model drill press in particular and vintage drill presses in general. I was given a Craftsman 103.0305 Mohawk drill press by a friend who got it from his uncle...