Lets see your antique shop equipment. Lathes, Drills, Saws, etc.

[Billy Golightly]

I'll go first.

First up, J.A. Faye & Eagan Co. 30inch throat vertical band saw. Circa late 1920s, early 1930s. My dad bought this from a school up in the Ohio area back in the 1960s after their wood working class had closed down. My dad converted it over to turn slower with different pulleys so it could cut metal. About 10 years ago he gave it to my Uncle when they were thinking about making a wood sawmill. They ended up buying a Woodmizer and this machine had set along the side of their shop ever since then. I had been bugging them about getting it back for the past couple years since they werent doing anything with it and I finally got it back right before Trikefest when I was trying to make those new aluminum triple clamps. I managed to get lucky and find a blade that fit it through MSC direct. The guide rollers on it are in really really bad shape and I've been unable to match anything that I can use on it except for a whole new conversion kit from Carter products (would be nice but it'll cost me about $400). The saw is worth it though, a new one this size is thousands of dollars.

Next up is our Johnson horizontal Band saw. Not a whole lot to see and its probably the newest one out of the bunch of "old" stuff. It'll cut damn near anything you stick in it but sure is crooked as *Edited**Edited**Edited**Edited* on the end :lol:

3rd is what I'm pretty sure is a "Cincinnati Bickford" Drill Press that is around the same age as the vertical band saw, maybe older. This is a pretty unconventional drill with the motor setup. It mounts on the bottom near the floor and has about a 4 inch wide belt that goes up to the top pulley shaft. You move the belt forward or backwards onto different steps to change the speed of the spindle. Top speed on it is probably a 100rpm at best, the slowest spot is probably around 20 :lol: All the gears and everything on it are open and you just squirt a little oil on it every once in a while. We actually use it quite a little and anything thats over an inch and a half that needs to be drilled usually goes over to it. Our largest bit for it is 2.5 I think.

[Billy Golightly]

And last but not least the Southbend lathe. 8ft bed, I think its a 14inch swing. It looks really nasty and greasy because it is :lol: Theres only a couple places to really lubricate it and it needs it in a lot more places, so you just kind of splash it on wherever you can and hope it goes where it needs to :D Its another real slow turner, it does have a taper attachment though which makes it nice for doing some things that aren't super intricate.

[Dirtcrasher]

This is my 1928 South Bend lathe, I bought it for 100$. Took almost 2 years to restore. I still don't have the lead screw working, the gears are an odd pitch and I need a couple. I may hook up a variable speed DC drive to the lead screw and be done with the gears.

Other photo is my table top mill and Canadian no. 15 drill press - no idea how old but it's old.

[Billy Golightly]

Man that little lathe is pretty cool, I like it! That drill press looks like it has some age on it too, still use it?

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

very nice equipment billy. let me find out ronnie is using your stuff to make our parts!:eek:

[Dirtcrasher]

Man that little lathe is pretty cool, I like it! That drill press looks like it has some age on it too, still use it?


Thanks, I spent alot of time rebuilding it.

I bought a Bison 6" self centering scroll chuck for it and have a 14" face plate which is great for odd work. I'll be psyched if I can get a DC drive on that lead screw.

I still use the drill press but with a mill just next to it I'll usually use that. I have OCD so even work that doesn't need to be spot on, I'll still try to get it dead nuts. The drillpress has got to be 40yo or more.

I like that SB you have, I learned everything on one just like that at my old job. Could only hold about .002 but it was great for big, heavy items and deep cuts. If someone can get good on that machine they are an expert when they get to run some real equipment :)

Soon I'll have a Bridgeport for 150$, they got a new Sharp mill with a DRO. So I'll be selling that tabletop mill. It's been nice but just not big enough or as easy to use as a BP.

[firehart]

I was hoping to get my some of father-in-law's shop tools but he sold them when I was out of town. I did get a tiller and an air compressor when my dad sold the farm. Someday I'll have a shop, then I'll get some more stuff.