It is great to find a place full of people with the same sickness as me. I love old WW machines. I inherited my Grandfathers WW tools. Some of my best memories...
I just posted this on the woodworking eGroup but perhaps someone here who doesn't subscribe to that group can help me. ... I'm looking for websites, books, and...
I think that a jointer that big is way too large for your needs and you would have to move the big heavy thing, plus do some rewiring. Best that you pass on...
Hello! I'm in the process of adding a jointer to my shop (to replace an old 4" unit) and was trying to decide between current-production 6" and 8" models from...
Some time back we debated buying new parts [a cast iron bearing cap] from Parks Repair versus buying an original used parts from Plaza Machinery. I opted for...
Hi- This is my first post after lurking some good while. You people really know your stuff! Do we have a resident Boice-Crane expert? I have a 6" jointer,...
taking the premise that all the OldWWmachiners name their tools I had to decide a name for my newly acquired Rockwell 37-220 jointer. Labonita was already...
Dear All, I have WADKIN UX High Speed Router with autofeed Model UX/F/1A for sale. Features: - Fast automatic routing times. - Reduces operator error and scrap...
I am auctioning part of my machinery library on eBay. If there are those who are interested in old machinery literature you can view my current auctions HERE ...
I heard back from Anton Tschugg at Martin Woodworking Machines, he said to really look over the sliding carriage! I figured this would be a big possible...
All, I have recently acquired a 100 year+/- 36 inch bandsaw manufactured by B.D. Whitney of Winchedon Mass that was sold to Newman machinery after WWII. I have...
If your interested in the ongoing saga of my Parks planer re-build, I've posted a picture [Parks05] on the e-group site in the file section that shows the...
Hey guys, glad to find you! I'm planing on buying a Martin tablesaw with built-in 50" sliding table. Type T75D. She's a big one, 14" and a three phase motor...
Shepherds 'o the Arn, It is with great joy that I have informed that my PM mortiser and Emmert patternmaker's vise have been picked up in Pennsylvania and will...
As far as I know Miller Paint is based here in Seattle A call to their head office might yield info on the shakers. They make paint not mixers . They probably...
My wife does faux finishing of furniture and walls, brings in some needed cash. She buys and uses 'oops' paint, wrong color and other problems, for cheap. The...
As a couple of you guys maybe aware my '49 Monkey Wards 6" jointer has been in surgery for a while. my main problem was knives and literature. The good folks...
The time has come to move the 1952 Unisaw from its temporary home in
the garage to the basement where the 220 V power and wood are. SWMBO has declared that...
Took the plunge this weekend and opened up the old and very heavy motor I will use on my old and very heavy belt sander. Lots of oil/grease is inside from many...
[Fill the bulbous part with oil? Grease? whale blubber impregnated mouse nests?] use baluga - the only way to fly. Without a specific recommendation from a WT...
OK, so I find this lathe at garage sale. 29 inches long, 4 inch swing, a little small but good for tool handles and toy parts. Marked on the gold ovel label...
I might have some items of interest for those that have a Wallace band saw. In the records of our company I found a copy of the "Wallace Portable Machines:...
OK, arn-lovers. This is a brand new listing in the Syracuse NY papers. DRILL PRESS: Industrial machinist, Prentice Bros/ Worcester, MA, $700/best. 336-2778 ...
The Executive Summary: One thing I've found with the advancing of years is, I can still wrestle a large machine into the basement, but, the recovery period is...
Coveters o' the Old Arn, I just traded a note with Steve Allen about the rare and reclusive CI motor covers for the Unisaw and I offered a poser to him that I...
I have a copy of the January, 1928 "Industrial Education Magazine" that has a full page ad for Wallace Portable Machines. In it appears an illustration for the...
Could it be thru bolted with nuts/washres or god forbid riveted like label? incidently Joe may have a bit of pizza sauce on him or suds on the lip but somebody...
