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I still don't know shit about wheel grades but if you figure out what you need and what diameter it takes, I have a pile that I bought at an auction a few months ago. I bought them most for a pile of cup wheels that will work on the little cutter grinder. I've been slowly offloading them on FB for about 1/2 of ebay prices.

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arse_sidewards said:
Fancy way of saying "it has back gears"
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If you say so. My old rockwell had "back gears" but was still belt drive, so it'd slip, even after adjusting the belt tension. This leblond does not slip in the gear driven speed ranges.
 
GLTHFJ60 said:
If you say so. My old rockwell had "back gears" but was still belt drive, so it'd slip, even after adjusting the belt tension. This leblond does not slip in the gear driven speed ranges.
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LeBlond's ftw. That is on my wish list of garage tools but I may find a cheaper belt-drive to hold me over until I have the floorspace.
 
michael.gonzalez said:
LeBlond's ftw. That is on my wish list of garage tools but I may find a cheaper belt-drive to hold me over until I have the floorspace.
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It's been a great machine. I didn't / don't need it other than once in a blue moon, but it's amazing when I need it. I probably wouldn't have it were it not on craigslist less than 30 minutes from me. I'll likely have it for the rest of my life, same with the bridgeport and the sander.

It was so close I brought my gantry crane over to the sellers house to load the machine onto the front of my trailer 🤣
 
GLTHFJ60 said:
It's been a great machine. I didn't / don't need it other than once in a blue moon, but it's amazing when I need it. I probably wouldn't have it were it not on craigslist less than 30 minutes from me. I'll likely have it for the rest of my life, same with the bridgeport and the sander.

It was so close I brought my gantry crane over to the sellers house to load the machine onto the front of my trailer 🤣
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Reading the lathes.co.uk, it sounds like the high speed is belt driven and then the low speed is actually gear driven directly from the motor? Most back-geared lathes are still belt-drive until they hit the counter shaft and back gears. Seems like you get the best of both worlds.

I've been casually looking for a Servoshift with the big 3"+ through hole. Lots of them pop up with 2" or less, but that's not much better than my Hydrashift.
 
So it looks like I collect arbor presses now. :laughing:

The Greenerd popped up on FB last week. Originally listed for $450 so I passed by. I noticed last night he dropped it to $300 so I asked if he'd take $200. He came back with $250. Deal. I really wanted a ratchet type when I bought the import one last week. These seem fetch $500+ at auctions locally.

The ram was a little seized. Only took a shot of PB to get it to move freely. I'll eventually tear it down and clean the oil grease out and probably give it a coat of paint.

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Next to the no-name import I picked up last week for $150.
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Good thing I'm not closing on my new house this week and won't have to move all this shit I keep buying. Oh, wait... :shaking:
 
Nice... I'd like to score a big arbor press someday. Would be handy for long throw stuff like broaching. Would definitely give you a better feel for it over using a hydraulic press as well.
 
billybob_81067 said:
Nice... I'd like to score a big arbor press someday. Would be handy for long throw stuff like broaching. Would definitely give you a better feel for it over using a hydraulic press as well.
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Yeah, I really want a floor standing one with movable knee and enough throw to push broaches. They just seem to go for stupid money....like $3k for anything decent. I could afford to break a lot of broaches in the hydro press for that kind of money!
 
bgaidan said:
Yeah, I really want a floor standing one with movable knee and enough throw to push broaches. They just seem to go for stupid money....like $3k for anything decent. I could afford to break a lot of broaches in the hydro press for that kind of money!
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I got a Dake 1-1/2 B with a stand for $75 on FB marketplace a couple years back. No moving knee but it has 14" of travel, enough for most broaching I need. There are deals if you are quick to snap them up
 
kf4zht said:
I got a Dake 1-1/2 B with a stand for $75 on FB marketplace a couple years back. No moving knee but it has 14" of travel, enough for most broaching I need. There are deals if you are quick to snap them up
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That's a steal.

I'm constantly looking, but deals that like that are rare. One thing I've found is that you have to be ready to jump in the truck and go pick up something immediately around here. Machine tools and tools in general sell stupid fast.
 
bgaidan said:
That's a steal.

I'm constantly looking, but deals that like that are rare. One thing I've found is that you have to be ready to jump in the truck and go pick up something immediately around here. Machine tools and tools in general sell stupid fast.
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Ive got a friend with a large arbor press that's got to be 18+" travel. It's got what looks like a ships wheel to operate it. Would probably let it go for a decent price if your interested.
 
Dethmachinefab said:
Ive got a friend with a large arbor press that's got to be 18+" travel. It's got what looks like a ships wheel to operate it. Would probably let it go for a decent price if your interested.
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Sure. See what he wants for it.

I love the look of the ships wheel ones...though I'd prefer a ratcheting one as they tend to to produce about 25% more tonnage.
 
bgaidan said:
Sure. See what he wants for it.

I love the look of the ships wheel ones...though I'd prefer a ratcheting one as they tend to to produce about 25% more tonnage.
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I just messaged him. The wheel is like 3' -4' dia if I remember correct.
 
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Scored a sweet deal on a Boyar Shultz 612 Surface grinder over the weekend. Has the hydraulic pack for automatic feed and also came with a rotary phase converter good for 4hp and a decent magnetic chuck. Paid $650 for the lot. I figure the RPC was worth about half of that. I plan to build a bigger one (15+hp) eventually, but that little guy will run my lathe, mill, this grinder and the big pedestal grinder, one at a time, of course!
 
kf4zht said:
Yeah, its a blue M. Picked it up at auction a few years ago for $50. Use it all the time for drying brass and firearms coating. Sometime powdercoat but I havent done much in a while due to the mess it makes.


The harig was $200. Doesnt have a mag chuck and seems to be a basic model - rack and pinor drive instead of cable, no fine adjust. I'll have about triple what I paid in it by the time I get a VFD, mag chuck and new wheels, but still not bad. There is a cabinet off the right for it. Going to pressure wash and paint it first, then reassemble the grinder on top.

There was a clarkson tool grinder closer that was tempting but they want $2k for it, yet can't be bothered to even take pictures of what mounts/accessories it comes with. I was going to lowball it when this one popped up.

Anyone who knows grinding - What are some basic good to have wheels so I can start shopping. Mostly doing stuff like mild steel, 4140 and will be grinding a few tool steels
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I was going to tell you that this was a Boyer Shultz 612 Deluxe grinder, but damn if it dosnt have a Harig badge on it. Now I wonder who bought the design off of who.


I have a later grinder just like this, that wasn't a basic model at the time. The budget model had fixed dials, the Deluxe had adjustable dials.

I know mine is a later model as it has the mounting points for hydraulics, but I dont have the HYD parts.

There is a HYD B&S grinder at work Im waiting for them to scrap so I can rob the parts off of though.:cool2:


Sa far as wheels go, its hard to beat Norton.

A 46J wheel will get you in the ballpark for most work. Once you're used to using that you can work out the rest of the nomenclature to figure out what may better suit your needs.

If I remember (Someone remind me) Ill get the numbers off of our most common wheel we use at work for sharpening tool steel.

The number and letter designations tell you the type of grit (Friable or not) the type of glue and how the glue is distributed through the wheel.
 
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Not really “interesting” but it’s awesome and I’m happy.

Also. On the Wilton vice. Can anyone ID it for me, I need to buy jaw pads, but I cannot find a model number on it. My old job was throwing it away because bolts broke off one set of jaws, all I gotta do is get em out.
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Oerlikon UB-2, all Swiss made, that I picked up the other week. 6.75" diameter columns, 3MT spindle with a drawbar. 8 speeds from 25rpm - 2560rpm with 1.5hp motor and power down feed in .002",.005", and .010" per rev. Head swivels 360* and rotates 360* around the vertical column. About 1600lbs and I've already got the 13" Troyke X-Y table for milling small parts.

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Fucking bitchin
 
Trevlaw said:
Oerlikon UB-2, all Swiss made, that I picked up the other week. 6.75" diameter columns, 3MT spindle with a drawbar. 8 speeds from 25rpm - 2560rpm with 1.5hp motor and power down feed in .002",.005", and .010" per rev. Head swivels 360* and rotates 360* around the vertical column. About 1600lbs and I've already got the 13" Troyke X-Y table for milling small parts.

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Fucking bitchin
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Cool!

Dont over tighten the 3MT collets or you’ll never get them out.
 
2020AT4 said:
Cool!

Dont over tighten the 3MT collets or you’ll never get them out.
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It's got an automatic ejecting drawbar too. About halfway up the drawbar are some really fine threads that thread into the casting. It has coarse threads on the end for threading into your holder. The difference in pitch still let's the holder be pulled into the taper and allows the drawbar to push against the fine threads to eject the tool holder
 
Trevlaw said:
It's got an automatic ejecting drawbar too. About halfway up the drawbar are some really fine threads that thread into the casting. It has coarse threads on the end for threading into your holder. The difference in pitch still let's the holder be pulled into the taper and allows the drawbar to push against the fine threads to eject the tool holder
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I love awesome old-timey engineering.

That's like those screws designed to eliminate floor squeaks under linoleum floors, they had a fine pitch thread for the first 3/4 of the screw, then switched to a course thread to draw down the plywood. Then they'd snap off under the flooring leaving barely a mark.

I can't find the screw I'm talking about, but timberloks use the same thing (although the course pitch is above the fine one, so I think the timberloks just use it to jam the screw and prevent it from loosening, or I'm just mixed up in my head thinking where the course and fine threads should be, it's a lot to think about...)

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Reviving this thread with a few of my random cool old tools.

The 1940 Cinci that I paid less than scrap for because it had a few issues. I need to prioritize putting it back together as I do have all of the parts, just not made the time.

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Rather early SN Bridgeport that I paid $1500 for I think, but it came with a VFD, tooling and... an E-Head.

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I retrofitted an inverter rated 1 hp on it and have a pot on the freq control. The E-head is on the back and the company I got it from said they used it on maybe two jobs in 50 years. It was a Western Branch Diesel.

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Giant Walker Engine Crane that I paid $80 for because nobody wanted to deal with it. The scale will mess with your mind here. Yes, that's the same 1943 Bridgeport.
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1930s All Gear Drive Barnes Drill... $350 and came with a bucket of 1" to 2 -1/2" MT Drills.
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1912 Atlas Two Column Gear drive 20 Ton arbor press.
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Acorn Table before they got expensive.
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And this I paid real money for... but it was still a good deal for a very usable and nice condition lathe. $3k
17" x 80" Colchester Clausing Mascot - 3-1/16" Spindle Bore, 12" Buck Tru-Adjust Chuck
Came with a tool post grinder, one shot lube system, and the Metric flip lever threading box. Two Speed Motor at 4 hp and 8 hp giving 16 speeds. Headstock Brake and a factory taper attachment too!

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