In homage to DMITTZ, vintage shop equipment
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In homage to DMITTZ, vintage shop equipment
Since i saw his pictures of that lathe he got, i thought it might be cool to start a thread with pictures of cool stuff we might have in our shops. I will start with this drill press i picked up many years ago and a sander i saved from the scrap heap.
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St. Jude Donor '05
Man I LOVE vintage crafstman stuff!!!!
Most my tools are craftsman I got in the 80s and early 80s before they got cheap. Nothing special but love it
Got a small top box early 80s and an old customer gave me a very old (60s era?) craftsman bottom box use em til this day.
Now if I only had someplace to use them....
Most my tools are craftsman I got in the 80s and early 80s before they got cheap. Nothing special but love it
Got a small top box early 80s and an old customer gave me a very old (60s era?) craftsman bottom box use em til this day.
Now if I only had someplace to use them....
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Every shop needs a Bridgeport and a nice lathe, if you have the room a precision grinder,drill press and a 20-50ton press/shear/brake is a great addition.
That picture of the metal sander reminds me of a all metal housing circular saw I have from the late 60's and a all metal housing hand drill with a small attachment to turn it into a poor man's drill press. I will hunt them down and get some pics.
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My mill is identical to this one except a motor conversation to 230V, 1930's Van Norman #12. Life started @ Bethesda Naval Base then purchased by a Ford design engineer in the 50's for product R&D in his home shop. Scored it from him with all tooling when he moved to a retirement community.
The table has never been resurfaced its perfect. The history lesson that came with the mill: "It was used to make parts for the war effort".
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The table has never been resurfaced its perfect. The history lesson that came with the mill: "It was used to make parts for the war effort".
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Melting Slicks
Wow, some really sweet vintage equipment on this thread!
I'm just doing a full resto on my South Bend lathe right now (which is why the pace of my corvette build is slow right now)...
As eluded to in the OP's post here's my 1953 SB 9A lathe!
A Couple pictures of my ongoing resto of it...
Old wilton vise I restored recently...
Would like to find an old Bridgeport Mill and add it to my workshop.
I'm just doing a full resto on my South Bend lathe right now (which is why the pace of my corvette build is slow right now)...
As eluded to in the OP's post here's my 1953 SB 9A lathe!
A Couple pictures of my ongoing resto of it...
Old wilton vise I restored recently...
Would like to find an old Bridgeport Mill and add it to my workshop.
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If you want to see some neat old stuff, check out: http://www.owwm.org/viewforum.php?f=...293b962be88b99
I have a small 9" Atlas metal lathe with Babbitt bearings in it that I picked up used 40-50 years ago after the PO passed away. Most of my other stuff I purchased new back in the 70's.
I have a small 9" Atlas metal lathe with Babbitt bearings in it that I picked up used 40-50 years ago after the PO passed away. Most of my other stuff I purchased new back in the 70's.