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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.
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.
Love my old Bridgeport mill! I got my Stanley sabre saw with "Green Stamps". Memories!
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.
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".
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.
03-24-2017, 06:11 PM
In homage to DMITTZ, vintage shop equipment
