OldeTimeEtc
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Hello Everyone,
New kid on the block here but not new when it comes to old tools and machinery. Thought I would show what I recently picked up and plan to restore sometime once I get enough pictures and info to go by. According to the machine badge its a "Shuron 66-A RX Edger #2657 made by the Shuron Optical Company of Geneva New York, USA".
I can't seem to find any info about this wet wheel grinder on the net and believe me I have looked everywhere, but perhaps here someone might have one like it or a complete one I can see. Missing is the bottom 1/2 which was possibly a treadle although all I have to go by is what the previous owner told me. He had it jury rigged to an electric motor and used it many years till he put it out to pastures under a tarp in his back yard.
Another missing part is some kind of tool rest that was bolted onto the front business end. I have no idea what the missing parts looked like and hope someone here has one like it so I can at least reproduce it once I get to restoration.....I honestly doubt I'll see another one available for parts.
Once I have someplace to put it I'll get additional pictures but right now its put away and being huge and totally made of cast iron its not easy to pull out to take pics...in other words its ******** heavy!! I bought it on the fly when I discovered it in some guys back yard collecting dust and rust late in the evening. The little glass oiling bottles for the axle of the grinding wheel are still intact. I'll post what pics I have at this time and perhaps someone can chime in if they've ever seen this exact model. Thanks
New kid on the block here but not new when it comes to old tools and machinery. Thought I would show what I recently picked up and plan to restore sometime once I get enough pictures and info to go by. According to the machine badge its a "Shuron 66-A RX Edger #2657 made by the Shuron Optical Company of Geneva New York, USA".
I can't seem to find any info about this wet wheel grinder on the net and believe me I have looked everywhere, but perhaps here someone might have one like it or a complete one I can see. Missing is the bottom 1/2 which was possibly a treadle although all I have to go by is what the previous owner told me. He had it jury rigged to an electric motor and used it many years till he put it out to pastures under a tarp in his back yard.
Another missing part is some kind of tool rest that was bolted onto the front business end. I have no idea what the missing parts looked like and hope someone here has one like it so I can at least reproduce it once I get to restoration.....I honestly doubt I'll see another one available for parts.
Once I have someplace to put it I'll get additional pictures but right now its put away and being huge and totally made of cast iron its not easy to pull out to take pics...in other words its ******** heavy!! I bought it on the fly when I discovered it in some guys back yard collecting dust and rust late in the evening. The little glass oiling bottles for the axle of the grinding wheel are still intact. I'll post what pics I have at this time and perhaps someone can chime in if they've ever seen this exact model. Thanks
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