My Addiction........

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  1. Fabman In Memoriam Vet Zone Staff Alumni Oregon Chapter Founding Member

    Hello, my name is Don, and I'm an addict.........

    I'm addicted to restoring old machine shop equipment!

    Since I retired 5 years ago I've been buying old machine shop equipment that was headed for the scrap pile to make another Prius.
    The first was this 18"X72" engine lathe built in 1902 by Hallidie Machine in Seattle.

    I paid $800 for it and it took 5 hours with my steam cleaner to remove most of the crud from the last 113 YEARS! I then stripped the whole machine and ran it through my caustic hot tank. After cleaning everything up, it was all painted and assembled. I found absolutely NO wear ANYWHERE! It now sets in my shop and makes me cash. Not to bad for being over 100 years old!

    If anybody wants to see more pictures of the process, just let me know, I took a bunch............lol

    Next on my list, was a milling machine built in 1905.......

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    Fabman, Dec 11, 2015
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  2. FTZ HAIC Staff Member Oregon Chapter Founding Member

    That cleaned up really nice!
     
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  3. Fabman In Memoriam Vet Zone Staff Alumni Oregon Chapter Founding Member

    Thanks Ken. You just can't buy equipment like this anymore. They really built them to last back then...
     
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  4. FTZ HAIC Staff Member Oregon Chapter Founding Member

    Yeah, my passed father in law has some old machining equipment, we're going to keep some of it, sell the rest. Even has an Amry surplus 1960s diesel generator, he used to power an entire ham radio festival with it!
     
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  5. Fabman In Memoriam Vet Zone Staff Alumni Oregon Chapter Founding Member

    So far I've done the lathe, a milling machine, an automatic screw machine, a disc brake lathe, a metal bandsaw and a wood bandsaw. All over 75 years old and better than anything I can buy now. I love my old equipment...
     
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  6. JWC 3 TOTM Winner Founding Member

    Much of the newer equipment is problem prone .
     
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  7. dustybumpers Article Contributor Founding Member

    Want me to post pictures of what I had to do with my machine shop Don?????


    LOL
     
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  8. Fabman In Memoriam Vet Zone Staff Alumni Oregon Chapter Founding Member

    The average CNC machine is worn out or the software is unavailable after ten years. My automatic screw machine is 75 years old, has made millions of parts, and will work after me and my son are long dead!
     
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  9. dustybumpers Article Contributor Founding Member

    we had 3 screw machines working. ka chunk chink kachunk wrrrrrrrrrr
     
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  10. Fabman In Memoriam Vet Zone Staff Alumni Oregon Chapter Founding Member

    Please don't Charlie........I cried enough about that already. What a crying shame......
     
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  11. FTZ HAIC Staff Member Oregon Chapter Founding Member

    What kind of precision does a 100+ lathe have compared to the new stuff? Just wondering.
     
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  12. Fabman In Memoriam Vet Zone Staff Alumni Oregon Chapter Founding Member

    This lathe had no wear anywhere and will do .0001 no problem.
     
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  13. Old 86

    Seriously, it will hold tenths? Repeatedly? Beautiful job! Old 86
     
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  14. JWC 3 TOTM Winner Founding Member

    I ran a lathe in the early 90's for reruns .It was slower, but more precise .
    It was the old unit, came with the shop .
    Only two of us could use it .
     
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  15. Fabman In Memoriam Vet Zone Staff Alumni Oregon Chapter Founding Member

    Yes. This lathe was made with almost 7" wide babbit bearings and the was absolutely no wear in them. This was originally a flat belt drive when new. It was converted to direct electric drive in the 1930's. Whoever did the conversion did it with a gear and wide chain instead of belts. By doing it that way no wear was put into the babbit bearings. It works so smooth!
     
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