... <snip> Do square wheels make it sharpen better? Rich Silver Spring, MD (not responsible for miserable attempts at humor in front of toaster at this hour)...
George, The higher the GL # the more 'extreme pressure' the oil will stand. At one time they went as high as GL-9. If you see GL-4 on the container along with...
George, The higher the GL # the more 'extreme pressure' the oil will stand. At one time they went as high as GL-9. If you see GL-4 on the container along with...
... Ewwwwwwwwwww..... Please, no bodily fluids for machine lubrication, even if it is Valvoline brand. Yuck. anon Garry wrote: The higher the GL # the more...
... The rotor is what is known as a "squirrel cage". It is a composite piece generally made of conductor elements (copper or aluminum) and magnetic elements...
I'm a little late here but anyway: I have the same saw and restored it also. I wouldn't bother beefing up the table bolts. Notice the sheetmetal flanges that...
... bid or $850 buy it now. I bet the first bidder was pissed he did not buy it now. http://heh.pl/&2xT <<< ... Geez. Over $1500 and it doesn't even have a...
Hi Jeff: Hmmmm their website seems to work and be up-to-date. Guess they failed to update their phone number. http://www.porta-nails.com/index.shtml No mitre...
... Square wheels were probably the result of value engineering in the 70s. There's probably a marketing short film with some guy in a lab coat explaining how...
George, as Ray stated, no windings in there, just a big chunk of various metals. do you have an Ohmeter? if so, check the resistance between all the windings,...
From: "Thom Houser" <thouser535@...> ... It would appear that the seller is the guy from whom I got my Oliver saw and Tim Kuist got his Whitney jointer....
... enough in one spot somehow to short, and when it cools the varnish re-solidifies and breaks the short until you start it again? <<< ... Along these same...
I have been looking around and getting a feel for what is out there for a Oliver 232 or 270. I did a WTB on the WoodWeb site and got some responses with...
From: "Don Lehman" <dlehman604@...> ... That might not be a bad idea, and might tell you something. I wouldn't bother with the aerosol cooler though......
Saw an ad in the local paper for a Reed-Prentice lathe 16x48 price was interesting. I tried to find a listing on the mother ship and found F E Reed & Co and...
I was looking through the archives for something and came across this: http://discussion.oldwwmachines.com/detail.asp?ID=24425 I wonder how that guy ever made...
Phil--$100 for the band saw AND two stage dust collector! http://www.owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.asp?id=3549 ...YOU SUCK! Brian Kachadurian (in Beverly Hills,...
Found this from MSC for you. If you want a heavy gear lubricant. Just because a lubricant is labeled EP does not necessarily make it corrosive. True Edge...
Hey Marc - nice tennoner. However, wasn't this really just an excuse to also post a picture of that cool truck with those curvy fenders? I wonder if you could...
l have a walker-turner co.-jig or scroll saw ?- l call it a jig saw-it is in good shape-no stand-it still works-how much is it worth ?-l would like to sell...
Is there anyone down in the area of Springfield, Missouri willing to pickup a very compact 400 lb. machine and help move it eastward? If someone could get it...
... Try here: http://www.monkey-butler.net/valu.html Rick <<< ... I'd forgotten how much fun the valu-o-matic was. Thanks Rick. It's right up there at the...
I have a wallace 8" jointer. The infeed and outfeed tables are not parallel. Is there a recommended proceedure for correcting this problem. Any advise would be...
If by "not parallel" you mean that the tables have sagged and are not in the same plane then there are a couple of options. I don't think that the tables are...
... Of all the makers I find myself fascinated by Walker-Turner almost the most. Some of their designs were pretty spot on while some seem so convoluted it's a...
download this manual from owwm.com It is of the delta crescent jointer of 1951 vintage. Look at the diagram on page 5 (page four of the original manual) of the...