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  1. 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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    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...
  3. 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

    I agree on the clutch pack 'build-up' --...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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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    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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    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.

    Abratool, I spent three days this summer 'running' that B&S...
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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!

    //metalworkforums.com/f301/t202883-1910-era-line-shaft-machine-shop
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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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    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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    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...
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