Various miscellaneous pictures. Click the images below for larger versions.
Some machines that belonged to SWMBO's grandfather. Note the jack used
to raise/lower the table.
My first Unisaw. A coveted four footer.
Big-uns alley. A fun place to hang out.
Cleaning a drill press column on the metal lathe.
Some excessively large toys that followed me home.
In a museum, my favourite post drill configuration I've come across.
In a museum, an automatic band saw blade setter. Crank the handle and
the hammers pull back, the blade feeds forward, and the hammer releases.
I'd really like my own one of these for the co**ection.
In a museum. A handy worker. These are common in Australia, although
they're usually broken.
Guard design idea for my Eilbeck band saw.
The British have their own style when it comes to wrenches.
An old Peerless planer. Or the parts that used to be one. The guy wanted
to swap it for $850 worth of metal lathe. I passed.
These two were destined for the auction block, but somehow stowed away
on the container and made their way to the US. They're for sale if you're
interested.
Its important to have you're tools well organised. My whole shop looked
a bit that way for a while.
Bob Vaughan and some goofy looking bastard standing in front of my
shop.
I purchased this for no good reason at all, other than I liked the
look of it and the price. I had zero need for it and had no time for the
restoration it deserves, so I passed it on to fellow OWWMer Tom
Lorelle. From talking with Tom, he was already well on his way down
the slippery slope before this.
Shop made 7.5HP rotary phase converter. Based on a kit purchased from
eBay, I added a NOS Marathon TENV motor for the idler, NOS Cutler Hammer
size 2 NEMA starter, Shaefer Power Panel's enclosure and various caps and
other small items. from the local surplus store. Self adhesive sheet rubber
was added to the base of the ilder motor and she runs real smooth...