.wow.......your my kind of shopper Mr Rucker..........great show, keep the peaks and teases to a minimum for us older viewers......so many projects........and not a dud in the line up!
I just got a 20x20 space (old 2 carage detached) for my shop and i thought i was in heaven. Your building is awesome and i know for a fact you have already done a few laps around the inside at night yelling "woo hoo!!". Keep up the progress.
Hi Keith. I have to tell you your shop was well thought out, I don't mind saying there should be nothing you cant do in that mighty fine shop. Well done my very good friend...
Nice Equipment Finds!! Very special to find a WWII time-period Vintage Metal Lathe knowing it must have helped preserve the the future of the country :-)
+Charles Marlin Back when I worked in the machine shop, we had several WWII era machines that had badges on them that stated that they were "Made in Accordance with the War Production Board" or something to that effect. You could not help but wonder what important part those machines helped to make during such an emergency.
I like your new workshop, and the lathe and surface grinder Keith. That workshop is going to be awesome when it's all finished and all the machines are all in place.
Great shop Keith, and really nice machine finds. That Leblond should do the trick, huh! The smile on your face says it all. Can't wait to see it in person.
Awesome Keith! I love that new shop! Looks great! Make sure you save a spot for a drill press, I got one with your name on it. I'll get it to you one day man. Let me know the size collets your missing.
+Abom79 Adam: I have some large taps I would like to send you, but I don't have your address. Email it to me and I will see that you get them. Love your channel, Keith's channel and Tom's too!tombutte@aol.com
+Abom79 I will look and see which ones I am missing when I get back home. As for the drill press, I should have plenty of room for it. Not in a huge hurry as I want to get the shop further along before I start hauling in too many machines. Dale Derry is going to drop something off for you in a few weeks - I very well might be over your way in the next month or two and could drop it off if I do - or you are welcome to come up to Tifton any time!
Great score Keith.I used to love running the surface grinders in shop class-and the lathe,and,the mill,and the shaper....That stuff found a good home! Holes in the welding table will be great for clamping and making jigs.
Nice haul Mr. Rucker! I am happy to see you are on your way to filling your shop with some nice sturdy gear, congratulations! Thanks for sharing this with us, and good luck on your overhaul of them, Aloha...Chuck
The Landis Grinder was made in Waynesboro, PA. I worked there for two summers and my father, uncle, and two grandfathers all were employed by the company. They were much more famous for cylindrical grinders, but any machine they made were made to exacting standards. It should give you great service.
Looks like one heck of a good start fitting out the new shop. Lathe looks decidedly heavy duty - and some nice parts, chucks etc. Surface grinder looks great. Weld table has good potential. Plenty to keep you busy! :)
+ChrisB257 Yep, it is driving me crazy working around those machines trying to get the wiring done - I want so bad to tear into them and start working on them!!!
Good to see you in the new shop Keith. We had 4 or 5 LeBlonds at the Vocational School I attended in high School , a long time ago. I think their very good lathes.
My father was a machinist and I worked some where he worked for a few months doing mostly cleanup but some light machinist's work. I can't wait until the shop is done.
Keith, Nice haul on the machines. The power box that powers the magnetic chuck will have a rectifier in it. Be sure and check out the rectifier especially if it is a selenium type (a series of square plates with spacers between each plate. Selenium rectifiers tend to degrade over time and either short or the internal resistance increases to the point that they don't output their full-rated voltage. Being an electronics nut myself, you will know when a selenium rectifier burns up. It had sort of a rotten egg smell. You can get high voltage, high current silicon rectifiers that will replace a bad selenium type. Since they do generate some heat, mount them on a large finned heatsink. You can also use a large "muffin" fan to blow cooling air over the heatsink. Sorry if I got too technical. Stan seems to have a lot of knowledge on surface grinders, so you might want to check with him. Good luck with your new finds! Dave
Some cool new old machines Keith, always more restoring of the machines so you can do even more projects down the line. All great fun for both you and us viewers. Wow the new shop is looking great Keith, roomy for now but somehow it won't stay that way for long, stray equipment will inevitably follow you home. James Kilroy's Monster always is looking to populate open shop spaces.
Thank's for showing.My shop is tiny.(Two 9 inch southbends) One Burke mill) so I'm enjoying your progress.My dad ran a 100 ft La Blond in the Brooklyn Navy yard during the war.Seeing this stuff keeps my memory of him alive.If only these wartime machines could talk.
great catch, brother keth! now, i guess, i shall step up the known shipment. i already can see your shop in its full glory and full of opportunities to provide terrific service to you. congrats in plenty! -toly
A true machinist. The shop isn't wired yet, but vintage machinery is on hand. I hope the LeBlond gets a bit of TLC and some paint. LeBlond made a fine lathe and it was very popular as a University machine in labs and shops. So your guess at provenance is probably correct. The grinder is a find. Wire that shop, your faithful viewers will put up with it.
Wow what a great set of machines for your new shop. I'm sure you will get all the little problems sorted out and have some great running equipment. Where I used to work they used lathes that were all made around 1942 some really solid equipment that definitely stands the test of time. Now you just need to get to pulling that wire in and get that new circuit box installed so you can start testing all of your equipment out. I too used to work for an electrical sub contractor when i was in my early 20's and did wire houses and major industrial buildings. So I am glad you are doing your own electrical you will save a ton of money. Have a great time keith
Keith, Wonderful solid US made lathe. Next step (if you already don't have it) is to get the lube chart so you can enjoy it with the correct oils. Best wishes, Eric
+esoomreltna I have the manuals and lube charts for it - I have not really gone through the machine yet and I plan on doing a restoration on the lathe as soon as I get the shop somewhat finished.
FINE addition to the home shop there, Keith! Glad you found them. Seems like the DuPont shop had a LeBlond lathe there. I know the name and that's probably the only place I'd have been around one. Come on 220 and lets hear those baby's humm!
Wow, Keith, what 39 months will do... Nicely done! Incredible amounts of skill and knowledge. I am proud to have been on the whole trip from this wreck to a salable machine that will make someone happy for decades.
That looks like a good score Keith! The shop I work at has quite a few LeBlond lathes. They are pretty good machines! The ones we have out on the production floor are huge. The biggest LeBlond we have has about a 60 inch chuck and is around 20 foot long. I work in our tool room and we have one in there about the same size as yours. Only it was built sometime in the 70's I think. It's my favorite machine it the tool room.
+Zach Thanks Zach, I think that LeBlond has a good reputation in the lathe world and I am excited to have mine. I cannot wait to get it up and running and making chips!
Congratulations on three great additions to your new shop. The items have gone to about the best home they could get. Especially the lathe and grinder. In your hands they will be appreciated, cared for and well used!
Great haul Keith! Can't wait to see the restoration on that Level Blond. Landis made some great heavy old grinders. We have two big cylindrical Landis grinders at work which were used to grind the taper on cannon barrels during WWII, if the story is correct. Great machines made in Pennsylvania if I'm not mistaken. If you wish, you can update your chuck control unit to a much smaller O.S. Walker or similar unit and gain some neat features like variable magnetism and a demagnetizer. It should hook right up to your chuck no problem, I've converted a few. Great channel, good luck!
Landis makes a lot of nice grinders, I think that will be a very good machine. On the mag chuck, center position is off, usually ccw turns on mag and if you go full cw it goes to residual which turns the chuck off and uses residual magnetisim in the part to hold it in place. Those electro mags also pulse when you turn them off to demag your parts. Most magnet controls have lights, green being on and yellow being residual. Those will all be some nice new pieces to have. Your shop is coming together nicely now! :-)
Your new shop is coming along great! The machines look as if they belong already. Looking forward to the big switch-on! Thanks for all the great video's.
Step on mag chuck: Maybe for registering a fixture? Drum switch: If it allows reversing the current, maybe to oppose the poles taking a permanent field? If not, maybe for the same reason I select odd switches: 'cause it was handy.
+HS 53 I will have some machine moving videos when we do the big move of all of my stuff into this space and I am hopefully not as rushed to get the job done.
+Great North Woods Hillbilly Miller is also a great machine. I will have to cross the path of choosing a welder when the time comes but I am not going to worry about it until then!
Gotta know if you hit the lotto or inherited a large sum of moola. Cannot imagine how lucky to be able to build that monster building and start buying machines like that. Wow living the dream. Good luck.
+gary smith LOL - no, I have been saving for the building for a LONG time (and will be paying for it probably even longer) and I actually got a VERY good deal on the machines....
Goodonya, Keith. I wonder if those machines know how lucky they are. Lots of TLC heading their way. Watching you restore the lathe will be interesting.
+Scott Tyndall Shoot me an email so that we can be sure to hook up. As far as I know, I will be around at least part of the day but with all of the work going on in my new shop at home, I will probably spend part of my time there as well.
nice lathe you have there Keith I will going to wait for that restoration videos them that shop is pretty big huge I will say good machinery Sr hope everything goes well and shure why not wait for some good vids
Wow, what a coincidence. I recently added the next size up Leblond lathe from 1943, a 70's vintage Clausing 4020 surface grinder and a wonky (but heavy) welding table to my collection. I contacted Leblond and they had a copy of the original bill of sale to the US Navy for $17,000. (adjusted to today's dollars, that is over $80k) My Leblond has the longer bed and more power than I will ever need. It was for project with the code name "Lion". From what I can determine, that was the Seebee base on Guadalcanal.
+HS 53 I will include some moving videos at some point in time, but the truth is, I just did not have time to do any filming when we were moving these machines - trying to get it done before it got dark and it started raining.....
That was a good haul Keith I'm sure the machines will serve you well, on the surface grinder the dc might be to make it variable speed that was the old school way to the modern ac drives.
Some beautiful old machines, if only these could tell stories, would certainly be interesting. As large as these are your shop still makes them look tiny haha.
I'm already sending the claustrophobia in the new shop. Time to add the side bay! Those machines are beauties. Neil got the 21" South Bend home and he's very optimistic it will clean up into a nice example of 1920s machine design.
.wow.......your my kind of shopper Mr Rucker..........great show, keep the peaks and teases to a minimum for us older viewers......so many projects........and not a dud in the line up!
+Rick L Thanks Rick - I really need to wrap up a few things before I start on many more projects though....
Truely a fortunate man. New shop, old machines. Am I jealous? You bet.
+Roy Lucas Thanks Roy!
I just got a 20x20 space (old 2 carage detached) for my shop and i thought i was in heaven. Your building is awesome and i know for a fact you have already done a few laps around the inside at night yelling "woo hoo!!". Keep up the progress.
+ZADRIAN So, you saw me doing that did ya? OK, I admit it, something like that has happened....
Hi Keith. I have to tell you your shop was well thought out, I don't mind saying there should be nothing you cant do in that mighty fine shop. Well done my very good friend...
+Randall Moore Thanks Randall!
Nice Equipment Finds!! Very special to find a WWII time-period Vintage Metal Lathe knowing it must have helped preserve the the future of the country :-)
+Charles Marlin Back when I worked in the machine shop, we had several WWII era machines that had badges on them that stated that they were "Made in Accordance with the War Production Board" or something to that effect. You could not help but wonder what important part those machines helped to make during such an emergency.
I like your new workshop, and the lathe and surface grinder Keith. That workshop is going to be awesome when it's all finished and all the machines are all in place.
+I'm in the Shed Thanks - I cannot wait to get it all ready to work in!
Great shop Keith, and really nice machine finds. That Leblond should do the trick, huh! The smile on your face says it all. Can't wait to see it in person.
+Jeff Heath Thanks Jeff!
Awesome Keith! I love that new shop! Looks great! Make sure you save a spot for a drill press, I got one with your name on it. I'll get it to you one day man. Let me know the size collets your missing.
+Abom79 Adam: I have some large taps I would like to send you, but I don't have your address. Email it to me and I will see that you get them. Love your channel, Keith's channel and Tom's too!tombutte@aol.com
+Abom79 I will look and see which ones I am missing when I get back home. As for the drill press, I should have plenty of room for it. Not in a huge hurry as I want to get the shop further along before I start hauling in too many machines. Dale Derry is going to drop something off for you in a few weeks - I very well might be over your way in the next month or two and could drop it off if I do - or you are welcome to come up to Tifton any time!
Great score Keith.I used to love running the surface grinders in shop class-and the lathe,and,the mill,and the shaper....That stuff found a good home! Holes in the welding table will be great for clamping and making jigs.
+Mr Frog Thanks!
Wow! Gotta love those big cast iron rotating toys.
+meduffer Indeed!!!
Hi Keith,
Wow I love how those large machines don't even put a dent in all that space! Nice big shop you have going together there.
+Joseph P. Polnaszek Thank you Joseph. I cant' wait to really fill it up!
Great looking stuff. Looking forward to the restoration series on the lathe.
+phooesnax Thanks - I am looking forward to starting on it. Probably going to be a while though....
Very nice equipment for the new shop, A proper vise for a proper welding table.
+mattcurry29 Thanks - I cant wait to mount the vise!
Couldn't be happier for you, Keith.
+Bob Head Thanks for all of your help Bob. I can't wait to pick up the next machine!
Wow! Great finds ... If you decide to restore the lathe to the beauty she once was, that would make a heck of a video series.
+carver3419 That is probably coming once I get the shop farther along....
+Keith Rucker - VintageMachinery.org I look forward to it .....
very good looking tools, the shop is comuing alive, congratulations !
Keep on trucking ! (from France)
+MakeFix Thank you!
Nice haul Mr. Rucker! I am happy to see you are on your way to filling your shop with some nice sturdy gear, congratulations!
Thanks for sharing this with us, and good luck on your overhaul of them, Aloha...Chuck
+Knolltop Farms Thanks Chuck! I cannot wait to get these puppies running and making chips!
The Landis Grinder was made in Waynesboro, PA. I worked there for two summers and my father, uncle, and two grandfathers all were employed by the company. They were much more famous for cylindrical grinders, but any machine they made were made to exacting standards. It should give you great service.
Looks like one heck of a good start fitting out the new shop.
Lathe looks decidedly heavy duty - and some nice parts, chucks etc. Surface grinder looks great. Weld table has good potential. Plenty to keep you busy! :)
+ChrisB257 Yep, it is driving me crazy working around those machines trying to get the wiring done - I want so bad to tear into them and start working on them!!!
Great score Keith the shop looking great the exposed timber columns in the center look awesome. Be a joy to work in that shop.
+one4stevo Thanks - I think so too!
Nice acquisitions!
Very cool stuff!
Thanx for sharin' Keith!
+captainjerk Thank you!
+captainjerk Thank you!
+captainjerk Thank you!
That's a monster of a surface grinder. I've used them that are half that size and thought they were decent sized for the parts I used it on. SWEET!
+WreckDiver99 Yes, I am very excited about the surface grinder!
love the look of that workshop, best of luck with your new ventures
+Rubus Roo Thank you!
I like your "new machines". Hope to see them running soon.
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+arkansas13 It will probably be a while - a lot of work still left to do on the shop before we can start getting machines working....
Good to see you in the new shop Keith. We had 4 or 5 LeBlonds at the Vocational School I attended in high School , a long time ago. I think their very good lathes.
+Nelson Machine Thank you - I think they have a good reputation as well!
My father was a machinist and I worked some where he worked for a few months doing mostly cleanup but some light machinist's work. I can't wait until the shop is done.
+Ronald Allen Thank you! I am really excited about getting totally into the new space!
Very nice toys, and yeah take the time to get the shop in order viewers are gonna understand.
+Richard Schmidtendorff Understand or not, that is pretty much the priority right now. I spent all weekend pulling wire.....
A big kid with his new toys. Looking good mate. Greetings from down under.
+Wayne Jones Yes, that describes me very well - a big kid with big toys!
Nice set of Toy's Keith, thanks for sharing!
+Rob Gerrits Thanks for watching!
Great start, nice looking machines Keith!
+fred white Thank you Fred!
This is just too cool. looking forward to the videos on all this.
The only thing better is if this was my shop.
+kc8bdr Thanks!
Keith, great video thanks for sharing.!.!.!.
What a great start to the shop Keith, excited to see that LeBlond get put to use! :)
+Steve McQuillin Thanks!
Keith,
Nice haul on the machines. The power box that powers the magnetic chuck will have a rectifier in it. Be sure and check out the rectifier especially if it is a selenium type (a series of square plates with spacers between each plate. Selenium rectifiers tend to degrade over time and either short or the internal resistance increases to the point that they don't output their full-rated voltage. Being an electronics nut myself, you will know when a selenium rectifier burns up. It had sort of a rotten egg smell. You can get high voltage, high current silicon rectifiers that will replace a bad selenium type. Since they do generate some heat, mount them on a large finned heatsink. You can also use a large "muffin" fan to blow cooling air over the heatsink. Sorry if I got too technical. Stan seems to have a lot of knowledge on surface grinders, so you might want to check with him.
Good luck with your new finds!
Dave
+Swarf Rat I might shoot you a picture of the inside of that cabinet for you to take a look at....
now this is getting exciting look forward to much more
+Patcha Onkasat Thanks - still a lot of work to do in the shop before we can start running machines, but we are getting closer!
Dis gonna be good!!! I can't wait for more.
+Larry Pardi Thank you!
Some cool new old machines Keith, always more restoring of the machines so you can do even more projects down the line. All great fun for both you and us viewers. Wow the new shop is looking great Keith, roomy for now but somehow it won't stay that way for long, stray equipment will inevitably follow you home. James Kilroy's Monster always is looking to populate open shop spaces.
+John Bare Have no doubt, the bare area will fill up quickly!
Thank's for showing.My shop is tiny.(Two 9 inch southbends) One Burke mill) so I'm enjoying your progress.My dad ran a 100 ft La Blond in the Brooklyn Navy yard during the war.Seeing this stuff keeps my memory of him alive.If only these wartime machines could talk.
LeBlond made some amazing machines for specialized uses like that. Pretty cool!
If your smile was any bigger you would have to build an addition on the shop for it.
Great video, Happy Easter.
+MrPlusses Thank you - Happy Easter to you as well!
This popped up today in my watch it again list. The shop seemed so much bigger back then!
great catch, brother keth!
now, i guess, i shall step up the known shipment.
i already can see your shop in its full glory and full of opportunities to provide terrific service to you.
congrats in plenty!
-toly
+Toly Dukhovny No worries Toly - still a ways away from needing what you have....
Great start to your new shop thanks
+Tom Bellus THank you!
Really nice additions I hope everything works well
+Eric Corse Thank you Eric!
Can't wait to see how it all comes together
+Jose Delgado Thanks!
Can't wait to see when it's all done.
+JRushPixel Neither can I - problem is, it will probably never be all done.....
Have fun filling the shop! don't forget to plan for expansion #1, #2 etc. they are never large enough...
+CobraBuilder LOL- I hope it is a while before we have to do any expansions...
You did good on finding those pieces of equipment.
+1970chevelle396 Thanks!
Congrats! It's going to be a great space!
+Joe Weber Thanks Joe!
A true machinist. The shop isn't wired yet, but vintage machinery is on hand. I hope the LeBlond gets a bit of TLC and some paint. LeBlond made a fine lathe and it was very popular as a University machine in labs and shops. So your guess at provenance is probably correct. The grinder is a find. Wire that shop, your faithful viewers will put up with it.
+Juan Rivero Thanks Juan - we are making some good progress on the wiring!
Wow what a great set of machines for your new shop. I'm sure you will get all the little problems sorted out and have some great running equipment. Where I used to work they used lathes that were all made around 1942 some really solid equipment that definitely stands the test of time. Now you just need to get to pulling that wire in and get that new circuit box installed so you can start testing all of your equipment out. I too used to work for an electrical sub contractor when i was in my early 20's and did wire houses and major industrial buildings. So I am glad you are doing your own electrical you will save a ton of money. Have a great time keith
+Larry De Silva Thanks Larry - I made a big dent in the wiring this past weekend but still have a ways to go....
Looking real good to me, nice find.
+Shortribs Longbow Thank you!
Many of us watching are excited for you. I guess it is some sort of a shop lovers brotherhood thing.
+ted sykora Thanks Ted - I am glad you guys are excited about all of this as well!
Lucky dude, looks like a great machine find(s).
+Gordon Melby Thanks Gordon!
Boys and there toys, nice awaiting your next video thanks Keith
+m fletch Thanks - and I love my toys....
+m fletch Thanks - and I love my toys....
Keith, Wonderful solid US made lathe. Next step (if you already don't have it) is to get the lube chart so you can enjoy it with the correct oils. Best wishes,
Eric
+esoomreltna I have the manuals and lube charts for it - I have not really gone through the machine yet and I plan on doing a restoration on the lathe as soon as I get the shop somewhat finished.
FINE addition to the home shop there, Keith! Glad you found them. Seems like the DuPont shop had a LeBlond lathe there. I know the name and that's probably the only place I'd have been around one. Come on 220 and lets hear those baby's humm!
+Lewie McNeely LeBlond made TONS of lathes over the years. They were a well know maker of quality machines.
Lovely huge amount of space. Money is alwas a problem setting up a shop.
+Jane Calder Tell me about it - it will get there one of these days..
Nice haul Keith, I am jealous on that surface grinder!
+JC S Thank you - I am really pumped about the surface grinder!
Nice score on the machines Keith, shop looks great!
+Bill De La Vega Thank you Bill!
Beautiful LeBlonde lathe Keith!!
+Terry Baker Thanks Terry - I cannot want to fire her up and see what kind of shape she is really in.
Wow, Keith, what 39 months will do... Nicely done! Incredible amounts of skill and knowledge. I am proud to have been on the whole trip from this wreck to a salable machine that will make someone happy for decades.
Great acquisitions. I am hoping I can get to that point later this year, with a new shop / garage addition to the property here.
+John Leake I hope so also - that would be awesome!
Nice score, Keith! I hope your gamble pays off.
+Kendall Comeaux I think it will. I know that both of these machines were being used...
MP 210 Maybe? Very nice to see yours dreams coming true. Shops looking great, very exciting.
+Joe Major Thank you - the shop is really coming along nice now!
Very nice finds.
+Doug Bourdo Thanks Doug!
Nice material, especially the lathe ...
+Gordon McMillan Thank you!
Great start to your shop equipment.
+ILGopher Thank you - I cannot wait to get them in working order and wired up to run in the shop!
Congratulations Keith! It's nice to see the old gents machinery went to someone who will appreciate them!
+ToolGuy Thank you - I cannot wait to start making some chips on these machines!
Wow, some shop. I am envious.
Thank you - it has been my long time dream!
very nice, lots of work to do but you are getting there ....
It is coming along.
I like all the new toys
+Charlie Wood Thanks Charlie!
That looks like a good score Keith! The shop I work at has quite a few LeBlond lathes. They are pretty good machines! The ones we have out on the production floor are huge. The biggest LeBlond we have has about a 60 inch chuck and is around 20 foot long. I work in our tool room and we have one in there about the same size as yours. Only it was built sometime in the 70's I think. It's my favorite machine it the tool room.
+Zach Thanks Zach, I think that LeBlond has a good reputation in the lathe world and I am excited to have mine. I cannot wait to get it up and running and making chips!
Congratulations on three great additions to your new shop. The items have gone to about the best home they could get. Especially the lathe and grinder. In your hands they will be appreciated, cared for and well used!
+William Lee Thank you William!
Great haul Keith! Can't wait to see the restoration on that Level Blond. Landis made some great heavy old grinders. We have two big cylindrical Landis grinders at work which were used to grind the taper on cannon barrels during WWII, if the story is correct. Great machines made in Pennsylvania if I'm not mistaken. If you wish, you can update your chuck control unit to a much smaller O.S. Walker or similar unit and gain some neat features like variable magnetism and a demagnetizer. It should hook right up to your chuck no problem, I've converted a few. Great channel, good luck!
+cgprecision Thanks - several have talked about replacing the rectifer, I very well might look into that...
Landis makes a lot of nice grinders, I think that will be a very good machine. On the mag chuck, center position is off, usually ccw turns on mag and if you go full cw it goes to residual which turns the chuck off and uses residual magnetisim in the part to hold it in place. Those electro mags also pulse when you turn them off to demag your parts. Most magnet controls have lights, green being on and yellow being residual. Those will all be some nice new pieces to have. Your shop is coming together nicely now! :-)
+bcbloc02 I am really pumped about the grinder - I cannot wait to get it running!
I actually really dig the aesthetic of the LeBlond. I'd probably keep it looking exactly like it is.
+FrankTheCat I don't know - I think I want to go through it and make her run and look like new!
Nice machines wow!!
+wade hicks Thank you!
Nice score on the machines Keith! Happy Easter to you and your Family.
+William Ottewell Thank you - happy Easter (late) to you!
Your new shop is coming along great! The machines look as if they belong already. Looking forward to the big switch-on! Thanks for all the great video's.
+Ron Cartwright I am looking forward to it as well. Been pulling wire all weekend - a slow job when working by yourself...
Step on mag chuck: Maybe for registering a fixture? Drum switch: If it allows reversing the current, maybe to oppose the poles taking a permanent field? If not, maybe for the same reason I select odd switches: 'cause it was handy.
+john john I suspect it was because it was handy....
Oh well ,I was just curious ,as I am trying to move a #16 van Norman mill , and a Bridgeport Romi lathe 13x40 . Thank,s for all the videos Mr. Rucker.
+HS 53 I will have some machine moving videos when we do the big move of all of my stuff into this space and I am hopefully not as rushed to get the job done.
That is one huge lathe!
+vajake1 Funny, I thought it was kind of small.....
Lincoln has always made a great machine. Another one I suggest if you can find one is the old Miller Thunderbolt ac/dc machine.
+Great North Woods Hillbilly Miller is also a great machine. I will have to cross the path of choosing a welder when the time comes but I am not going to worry about it until then!
Looking good Keith!
+Mulletsrokkify Thank you!
Gotta know if you hit the lotto or inherited a large sum of moola. Cannot imagine how lucky to be able to build that monster building and start buying machines like that. Wow living the dream. Good luck.
+gary smith LOL - no, I have been saving for the building for a LONG time (and will be paying for it probably even longer) and I actually got a VERY good deal on the machines....
You lucky dog...I'm happy for you...
+bbtjd001 Thank you!
Goodonya, Keith. I wonder if those machines know how lucky they are. Lots of TLC heading their way. Watching you restore the lathe will be interesting.
+Lee Humes Thanks Lee - I am looking forward to it. Just wish I had more time....
looks like a lot of work on top of work, good luck.
+rdon53 We will get it done!
Love the new machines and the shop is awesome, We will be heading down to the Ag Museum this coming Saturday hope to be able to see you there
+Scott Tyndall Shoot me an email so that we can be sure to hook up. As far as I know, I will be around at least part of the day but with all of the work going on in my new shop at home, I will probably spend part of my time there as well.
I'd love to see a restoration series on that lathe. :) I don't think anyone did something in depth on one so far and it's a really cool process.
+aserta That will probably happen once I get the shop farther along...
nice lathe you have there Keith I will going to wait for that restoration videos them that shop is pretty big huge I will say good machinery Sr hope everything goes well and shure why not wait for some good vids
+sergio roa Thank you - looking forward to restoring and using that old lathe!
Wow, what a coincidence. I recently added the next size up Leblond lathe from 1943, a 70's vintage Clausing 4020 surface grinder and a wonky (but heavy) welding table to my collection.
I contacted Leblond and they had a copy of the original bill of sale to the US Navy for $17,000. (adjusted to today's dollars, that is over $80k) My Leblond has the longer bed and more power than I will ever need. It was for project with the code name "Lion". From what I can determine, that was the Seebee base on Guadalcanal.
Very cool machine with a really neat history! Being a history buff, I would kill for a machine that "served" on Guadalcanal....
Congrats on the recent acquisitions and progress on the shop - It's sure to be a busy year.
+John Strange Indeed. It is already been a busy year. Both at work and in the shop....
Nice machines Keith , I would have liked to see how you moved them . Very nice addition to your shop.
+HS 53 I will include some moving videos at some point in time, but the truth is, I just did not have time to do any filming when we were moving these machines - trying to get it done before it got dark and it started raining.....
great looking shop I Think its God who gives ambition to men Thanks for sharing
+John R Pannell Thank you - God gave me a lot of ambition and I thank him for that every day!
That was a good haul Keith I'm sure the machines will serve you well, on the surface grinder the dc might be to make it variable speed that was the old school way to the modern ac drives.
+Joe Tiller The DC is only connected to the magnetic chuck....
Keith, cool machines
+Radoslaw Jocz Thank you!
Some beautiful old machines, if only these could tell stories, would certainly be interesting.
As large as these are your shop still makes them look tiny haha.
+Dinxsy Thank you - I cannot wait get them all tuned up and running again!
Great equipment love the welding table it will be a blessing.
+John Mills Thanks John - I am pumped about all of it!
I'm already sending the claustrophobia in the new shop. Time to add the side bay! Those machines are beauties. Neil got the 21" South Bend home and he's very optimistic it will clean up into a nice example of 1920s machine design.
+Thomas Utley I am excited for him on the big South Bend - and I cannot wait to see it all restored as I know he will do!