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@azman857

Shopsmith, eh? I bought one in the early 80's, still have it. At the time, I was living in military housing and my "shop" was an 8x10 storage shed. The 'smith gave me pretty complete woodworking capabilities while not taking up a lot of room.

Now that I have the space, I have a full sized table saw, jointer, planer and a sliding compound miter saw, but the 'smith still gets used for it's bandsaw, drill press, disc sander and lathe functions occasionally.

I see them on Craigslist all the time at give-away prices, doesn't seem like anybody wants them any more.
 
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jetmechmarty said:
I need to get a Harley-Davidson. Just so I can put my good wrenches in my hands again!
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Hey now I resemble that remark!

Have a "spare" 1988 Sportster with over 100,000 miles on it, make an offer!
Bottom end never apart, top end only apart to up to 1200 from original 883. Transmission and clutch.....well that is a bit of a different story!
 
JUST A FEW OF MY FAVORITE BITS O' KIT

MILWAUKEE TOOLS 1.jpeg

MILWAUKEE IMPACT WRENCH is a recent addition. Brilliant for speedy removal of Allen screws etc. Also good for removing / setting drive sprocket nut.
Its compact too; but can deliver 339Nm (250 ft/lb) of torque! before final setting with torque wrench. Controllable range of power too.

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Two saws used for furniture fitting.

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Dremel was invaluable when building the bike.

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HALFORDS ADVANCED PRO Kit. Great quality and lifetime guarantee.

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HALFORDS ADVANCED PRO Screwdriver set. Again quality and lifetime guarantee.

Above is supported by a mixture of scrounged, acquired over the years; or handed down kit from Dad. No welder or lathes however.
 
I started out with a nice selection of Britool and Snap-On, some fifty years ago, but they went through a period of being attractive to magpies and I restarted selecting their replacements about 20 years ago.
Now I have a full set of Taskmaster combos (Taskmaster was a Taiwanese clone of S-O, and the quality and feel is just as good, for a fraction of the price), some Halfords Pro, some Sealey higher-grade, and when I've got lucky I've picked up some Teng, Gedore, Williams, Bahco and other good makes where and when I could. Another Taiwanese make I came across was King Tony, which have so far proven to be indestructible.

S-O, Britool, and Vessel screwdrivers, CK pliers and cutters. Basically, any tools I felt the need for and avoiding the cheap crap.
 
Mailman said:
Same here, 50 years of hodge podging tools together with no rhyme or reason. But I have them very artfully displayed. 😆
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Mailman, you have the tidiest tool set i have seen outside work or the military, i feel embarrassed/guilty, do you fancy nipping over the pond to sort mine out, meals and lodging included
 
DE,
My Dad had a 10E Shopsmith. One of the early ones. He and I mostly used the tablesaw feature. Lately, I use the table top as "temporary storage" more than anything else. Haven't made any sawdust in years.
 
Some place I should have pictures from the machine shop at Greenfield Village, Henry Ford Museum near Dearborn Mich. We were at the museum I guess in the middle of the week during the school year so crowds were small. In the machine shop there was only one other couple and they only stayed for a short time so for the most part we had a private tour. I recall that the guy who was the tour guide was a retired machinist who had worked on some of the prototype pieces for the Chevy Corvair engine. Interesting that the Ford museum had a Chevy machinist as their tour guide!
 
kshansen said:
Probably the oldest metal lathe in the group:
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In case you can't see it in the picture, it does run off a one inch flat leather belt!
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I've tentatively dated my Seneca Falls to somewhere between 1890 and 1910. It has been converted to an electric motor but was originally driven by a lineshaft.
 
Mailman said:
A look inside Kens workshop! 😉
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The building I'm in used to be a rural creamery, and because the power supply was erratic (or wasn't even there when the building was erected), the machines were run off a boiler and steam engine, but with a shaft extension going out the wall, so that a tractor or other mobile machine could belt drive it externally.
Here is the remaining line shafting upstairs. I've not taken it down yet, and although it's worth a few quid in scrap I'd rather give it to an industrial museum.
When I asked a local museum if they wanted it, they weren't interested. I may use the solid 3" steel shafting as turning stock for the lathe.

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Adamc said:
JUST A FEW OF MY FAVORITE BITS O' KIT

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MILWAUKEE IMPACT WRENCH is a recent addition. Brilliant for speedy removal of Allen screws etc. Also good for removing / setting drive sprocket nut.
Its compact too; but can deliver 339Nm (250 ft/lb) of torque! before final setting with torque wrench. Controllable range of power too.

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Two saws used for furniture fitting.

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Dremel was invaluable when building the bike.

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HALFORDS ADVANCED PRO Kit. Great quality and lifetime guarantee.

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HALFORDS ADVANCED PRO Screwdriver set. Again quality and lifetime guarantee.

Above is supported by a mixture of scrounged, acquired over the years; or handed down kit from Dad. No welder or lathes however.
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Adam, your tool kit looks just like mine did, till the first time I used them. Now my shop looks like an industrial accident. Nice equipment my friend.
 
kshansen said:
Hey now I resemble that remark!

Have a "spare" 1988 Sportster with over 100,000 miles on it, make an offer!
Bottom end never apart, top end only apart to up to 1200 from original 883. Transmission and clutch.....well that is a bit of a different story!
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If only you weren't 1000 miles away....
 
It's a 10" Atlas. Vintage is unknown. From what I remember when I researched it, Atlas made a 10" model with babbitt head bearings all the way up through the 40's. This one has the babbitt bearings, so it's at least that old.
 
Richardson, old-school Craftsman, some Snap-On, Gray and Mastercraft Maximum wrenches, Husky sockets, ratchets and strong-arm bars (from back when Husky was an independent manufacturer of quality hand tools), Snap-On SAE impact sockets, HF Metric impact sockets (remarkably robust and cheap!), a couple of SK Wayne speed-handles, generic screwdrivers except for Snap-On Philipps drivers. Porter-Cable battery-operated 1/2" impact, drill and impact driver. All of the foregoing accumulated over 50 years of playing in the shop.
 
Grimly said:
The building I'm in used to be a rural creamery, and because the power supply was erratic (or wasn't even there when the building was erected), the machines were run off a boiler and steam engine, but with a shaft extension going out the wall, so that a tractor or other mobile machine could belt drive it externally.
Here is the remaining line shafting upstairs. I've not taken it down yet, and although it's worth a few quid in scrap I'd rather give it to an industrial museum.
When I asked a local museum if they wanted it, they weren't interested. I may use the solid 3" steel shafting as turning stock for the lathe.

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Grimly said:
Grimly we used to have several Lathes in our machine shop, now we only have one, and a small one at that, I'm afraid CNC and laser profiler have all but consigned the Lathes to the machines not used anymore corner
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