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Vintage Monsters of your Dreams

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There are a lot of people around here who I believe to be secretly coveting giant industrial vintage machines. Like looking a Earth moving equipment, I just like looking at them. I want to look at yours! Please post pictures of your favorite vintage monsters. Points for poundages, if you know them.



Not mine (sigh). Oliver Model #92-D Power Feed Hollow Chisel Mortiser, 1956.
 
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Wadkin same as my new large dimension /panel saw with sliding table etc they make the best tools around. Solid and true. I nearly bought that same model lathe for less than $100 us we went to an auction I couldn't make it so I telephoned to see how much the lathe went for. It never sold said the salesperson auctioneers son.I went over imediately and was offered it for £75 cash it was worth 30 times that plus.Bronwen took one look at it and convinced me it was too big for me. I have never slept right since turning it down LOL Alisrair
 
#80 ·
Phillip, God it must be nice to live in NZ and not know what Gansta Rap is first hand…. Can't drive down the road here in California without being subjected to it when your stopped at a traffic light.
 
#82 ·
Looking at all the cool machines on this thread I just realized there is a fellow LJ I like to follow that uses some monsters on a regular basis. Y'all might go to Stephen Mines workshop and check out some of the monster tools in his workshop.
 
#84 ·
I just aquired a vintage Mini-monster ;^) a 1945 Sears and Roebuck (made by Dunlap) model 109.20630 mini metal lathe. Bought it from a Craig List ad and it is a heavy little cast iron monster. Of course, it will drop about 10 or 15 lbs when I get the crude and grime and goop cleaned off (wish that I could drop a few lbs that easy).

As I know absolutely nothing about metal lathes, the restore on this little beauty in the rough will probably be my winter project after much study and a serious learning curve. I would post a picture or two but I can't seem to find the camera (ain't I just too organized?). Will post the pics when I discover just where I stored the camera.

Wish me luck on the restore, this should be interesting.
 
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Tramp, that is a useful machine , nice and solid, you will be amazed at what things you can do with it eg making specific size collars for router bits, spacers, etc.
It does not have a gear box, so when you learn how to turn threads you will see that those change wheels on the side can be interchanged to arrive at the correct speed for the carriage to traverse at -look at them and you will see a number-that is the number of teeth.
Somewhere, probably under the paint, there should be a chart which tells you how to combine the change wheels. That is one reason to clean it and remove all paint if you are going to strip it and re-build- amazing how many set screws, dowels , lock nuts ect are hidden by paint …...
 
#91 ·
Philip, that's not a gear box? Shows how much I know. Philip, while you're here, I'm a budding metalhead who'd like to purchase a small metal lathe/mill. So far, I've seen 1) Bridgeport/Sheldon and 2) Harbor Freight and not much in between. Harbor Freight has a combo for under $1000. I don't have a ton of space but I could be convinced into a large machine. Could you give a brother a bit of steering? PM or out in the open, I'd be gracious.
 
#92 ·
Al, it seems to be ok when you take into account that although we are a fair distance from Lake Michigan, we are still in the lake sand dune area. This seems to create a poor environment for grass but a good one for weeds. LOL

Philip, thanks for the info.
 
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Al, short of something like Roundup that kills everything there doesn't seem to be much of anything that has much effect on the weeds (I'm being a little unfair, that Menards stuff does help a little). It does, however, seem to have a rather nice side effect. When I put it on last summer, it decimated the ant population that was ravaging my yard. I had ant hills out there that would grow to a foot tall between mowings. Put on the weed and feed and, POOF, gone!!
 
#98 ·
No kidding, Tramp? I might have to give it a shot. I try to time my fertilizings right before (or even during) a good rain. I've missed a couple of opportunities lately. I'm looking at around 10 acres, maybe 1 of which I actually want to look pretty. Instead of my Deere, I should have bought a Gravely. Better yet, a mower deck I could pull behind a Gator. I didn't know what I was getting into with this property and it stresses me out. I sure have a lot of animals, though, which makes me happy.
 
#99 · (Edited by Moderator)
I've only got about two and a half acres here and most of it is woods. Have to be constantly vigilant though cause the woods is continually trying to reclaim the open area. If I'm not careful I soon will have maples and oaks and pines growing in my living room. ;^))))

Kind of got away from iron monsters, at least I'm still talking wood. BSEG
 
#100 ·
True, Tramp. I'd have to be out there every day to keep nature back. I'm slowly letting nature reclaim some of my cleared areas. What's a man to do. I've been secretly thinking a lot about your little metal lathe. I'm pretty convinced that I need one. I'm waiting on the word from Philip whether the Central Machinery minis are worth a flip.
 
#101 ·
Wish I could help you Al but as I stated earlier, I know nothing about the critters. Going to learn though.
 
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