How about a old machine thread

[DECK SWABBER 58]

A few of us have been talking about old compressors, got me thinking.....

I'm old, so I love old stuff from the past that was built well and still works. Here's some of mine, post yours.

 

[jimbo_jwc]

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I still use everyday a 1956 3hp #175 2 stage Sears and Roebuck air compressor that I found in a old gas /service station .

 

[jimbo_jwc]

When we were young we made our own shop air from early 2 cyl . air conditioner compressors ,my first one was from a 71 Ford camper special that grandfather put on aftermarket when he retired and started pu camping and wintering in Fla.. Air brooms and good blow job kept things running longer .haha fixed everything .

 

[jimmbo]

Can't argue about the last sentence

 

[wrvond]

Every once in a while I'll come across a tool or some small item that I've had for 20 or 30 years and I think "Huh, there's something the ex-wife missed."
Otherwise, I'm the oldest thing in my house.

 

[Bayou Dave]

I still have a few sockets and wrenches I bought in the mid 60's. They are part of a set I got at a Jewelry store, of all places. Brand name is Mustang, no idea who actually manufactured them.

 

[StarTed]

Where I worked the old timers that were there before I came had a motto. Fix it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. That's a lot harder today.

I posted some old tools last year.

Here's one I cleaned and sharpened for a friend..

 

[DECK SWABBER 58]

Where I worked the old timers that were there before I came had a motto. Fix it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. That's a lot harder today.

I posted some old tools last year.

Here's one I cleaned and sharpened for a friend..

That is beautiful.

 

[shaw520]

Beautiful saw,.. wow ! Deck Swab,.. is that tractor a Case ? I had a Case 210 w 18hp Kohler.

 

[aspeck]

My wife said I am not allowed to post my old stuff. Wonder what she meant by that?

 

[DECK SWABBER 58]

Beautiful saw,.. wow ! Deck Swab,.. is that tractor a Case ? I had a Case 210 w 18hp Kohler.

1977 Case 446, 16hp Onan.

 

[Teamster]

Somewhere I have a leather wrapper tool kit that my Grandfather gave me that came with my Great Grandfathers first new car,a Model T,........

 

[shaw520]

Somewhere I have a leather wrapper tool kit that my Grandfather gave me that came with my Great Grandfathers first new car,a Model T,........

picture ?

 

[Teamster]

picture ?

If I had one I would,....

I know it is in a box in a storage shed 3 hours form me,....

It was a small leather pouch with small wrenches.

 

[Teamster]

picture ?

Like this without the added stuff

 

[shaw520]

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Rainy day in the NE today, so I took apart an old 35 yr old Black & Decker Table saw and converted this bathrm vanity into a rolling work cart/table saw. I want to ad a router as well. Thinking about adding dust collection to the lower half.

 

[GA_Boater]

^^^ Now that's adding some class to Ye Olde Workshop. :thumb:

 

[shaw520]

^^^ Now that's adding some class to Ye Olde Workshop. :thumb:

Love it when I can make something out of the leftover materials,.. cabinet was free,.. hard wood flooring leftovers,..and the Black Decker Saw has been around forever !

 

[DECK SWABBER 58]

Nice. :clap2:

 

[shaw520]

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My goal was to build this with just the materials around my shop,.. last night I made the rip fence and crosscut sled for my newly constructed tablesaw,..I searched the internet for a simple clamping system for the rip fence,(im not opposed to using a clamp at each end, been doing it the way my entire life) ,.. but I thought Id like to do one better with this table. I found this idea of running a 3/8" bolt through a short pc of 1-1/2" pvc,..with a tightening knob,.. theory being that when the knob is tightened it spreads the pvc, squeezing the to the table. The table has a piece of cove on the front to except the curve of the pvc. I havnt torqued down on it yet till the glue dries, but so far it slides nice. lll give it the full test tomorrow. If this doesnt work ill use the same handle setup on a block and wedge. But this could be a way for a no cost closing system for hatches, doors, storage compartments, ect.