I've finally got a couple pieces of vintage machinery to restore.
I picked this up a couple months ago but simply put a new motor in it and got it running. I wanted to use it so I didn't want the tool I bought to use for a project to turn into a project. I've seen some of the threads on this site and want to try a restoration. This vintage saw just wasn't the right candidate.
I was perusing craigslist for drill presses and older cast iron bench grinders. I saw this little guy sitting in the background in a photo and drove up to take a peak.
I went up and with the intention of buying it but it was a little rougher in person then in the pictures. It technically works but the electric switch is stuck and the wiring is ready to catch fire. It's also a little rougher then it should be.
The seller had a bunch of stuff from an older mechanics shop he bought out. It was just random stuff sitting on pallets in a warehouse. I was looking around and there was probably some good stuff if you dug around. There were a couple of vintage tool boxes but I mainly came for the drill press. I did spot this thing up against a wall.
It was one of the items I was looking for. An older cast iron bench grinder and it was on a nice cast iron pedestal. Once again it runs and is only missing one safety shield and it appears to originally had twin lights on it as there are two lamp cords exiting the base in the back. It even has a nice little quench trough in front of it. This appears to be a 7" grinder and I suspect it is fairly old. I almost got a hernia getting out of the bed of my truck by myself. This grinder runs fine and the only real issue is the cord is crusty and someone painted green. I wouldn't even mind the green so much if the pedestal was the same color.
Since I already have a drill press and two other bench grinders these tools are prime candidates for stripping and refurbishing.
I didn't need this at all as I already have a nice otc bearing/seal driver but this is a nice vintage craftsman crown logoed tool. To top it off after I got it home and looked at it I could see it has never even been used. There not a strike mark on either of the punch shafts.
I think I got a good deal. I wound up giving $50 for the drill press, $50 for the grinder and $10 for the seal driver set. Also picked up a nicer 1/2 hp Craftsman motor I will probably put on the press when I put it back together.
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I picked this up a couple months ago but simply put a new motor in it and got it running. I wanted to use it so I didn't want the tool I bought to use for a project to turn into a project. I've seen some of the threads on this site and want to try a restoration. This vintage saw just wasn't the right candidate.
I was perusing craigslist for drill presses and older cast iron bench grinders. I saw this little guy sitting in the background in a photo and drove up to take a peak.
I went up and with the intention of buying it but it was a little rougher in person then in the pictures. It technically works but the electric switch is stuck and the wiring is ready to catch fire. It's also a little rougher then it should be.
The seller had a bunch of stuff from an older mechanics shop he bought out. It was just random stuff sitting on pallets in a warehouse. I was looking around and there was probably some good stuff if you dug around. There were a couple of vintage tool boxes but I mainly came for the drill press. I did spot this thing up against a wall.
It was one of the items I was looking for. An older cast iron bench grinder and it was on a nice cast iron pedestal. Once again it runs and is only missing one safety shield and it appears to originally had twin lights on it as there are two lamp cords exiting the base in the back. It even has a nice little quench trough in front of it. This appears to be a 7" grinder and I suspect it is fairly old. I almost got a hernia getting out of the bed of my truck by myself. This grinder runs fine and the only real issue is the cord is crusty and someone painted green. I wouldn't even mind the green so much if the pedestal was the same color.
Since I already have a drill press and two other bench grinders these tools are prime candidates for stripping and refurbishing.
I didn't need this at all as I already have a nice otc bearing/seal driver but this is a nice vintage craftsman crown logoed tool. To top it off after I got it home and looked at it I could see it has never even been used. There not a strike mark on either of the punch shafts.
I think I got a good deal. I wound up giving $50 for the drill press, $50 for the grinder and $10 for the seal driver set. Also picked up a nicer 1/2 hp Craftsman motor I will probably put on the press when I put it back together.
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