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25th Nov 2020, 02:47 AM
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Update (longish) -- proceed at your own peril!
Hi Greg, great to hear from you again. Well, it's been a busy 8 months or so here, for sure! Fortunately everyone is healthy, so that's the biggest news so far (hope you can say the same on your...
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15th Apr 2019, 09:39 PM
Thread: 1910-era line shaft machine shop
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Planer in action
The first Saturday of each month is a work day at the organization. My buddy and I spent most of the day machining a casting we got back. It's a replacement arm for the 1905-ish Bullard vertical...
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15th Apr 2019, 06:58 AM
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Following up
Hi Greg, glad to hear back from you! I figured you got busy on all manner of projects and would get back to me in time -- Glad I was partially right! :U
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1st Mar 2019, 05:39 AM
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Apologies for the delay in responding; been a...
Apologies for the delay in responding; been a busy few weeks here between family and work obligations.
I have two additional plates with no cut-outs in them; they're part of the column dust... -
17th Feb 2019, 12:32 AM
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Hi Greg, I KNOW it's a far cry from the challenge...
Hi Greg, I KNOW it's a far cry from the challenge you've been tackling on your machine! Thanks for the encouragement and kind words; I'm trying to do this machine some justice and hope I'm...
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16th Feb 2019, 12:49 AM
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Brown & Sharpe #2 Surface Grinder Not-as-much-of-a-basket-case
Much like StrayAlien (hi Greg!), I was fortunate to come into possession of a 1928 Brown & Sharpe #2 (serial #8046) automatic table-feed surface grinder. Mine fortunately was intact, but had been...
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15th Feb 2019, 04:21 AM
Thread: 1910-era line shaft machine shop
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Thank you malb; I DO know the difference but it...
Thank you malb; I DO know the difference but it just seems my aging brain decides to swap the terms around at the wrong times! When that big boy is running you'd best stay clear of the table, it...
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13th Feb 2019, 10:43 PM
Thread: 1910-era line shaft machine shop
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Hi Cask, that's just a big hunk of iron; the...
Hi Cask, that's just a big hunk of iron; the thinking is since that carriage is so small it just lends some needed heft to the works.
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11th Feb 2019, 05:09 AM
Thread: Checking in from Pennsylvania, USA
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Took me a few days to put this up there, but here...
Took me a few days to put this up there, but here you go!
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2nd Feb 2019, 04:15 AM
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1910-era line shaft machine shop
Hi everyone, I'm new here but was encouraged to share some pictures of a museum at which I volunteer. The site is in Kinzer PA (between Philadelphia and Lancaster in Pennsylvania, USA) and is the...
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1st Feb 2019, 11:30 PM
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1910-era line shaft machine shop
Hi everyone, I'm new here but was encouraged to share some pictures of a museum at which I volunteer. The site is in Kinzer PA (between Philadelphia and Lancaster in Pennsylvania, USA) and is the...
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25th Jan 2019, 11:14 PM
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Checking in from Pennsylvania, USA
Hello everyone, I'm Mike and I've only been into machining for a few years now, but it's very quickly consuming both my free time and money! I've gone from musician to recording engineer to...