Peter Halle said:
Are you planning to refurb that for your own use or for possible resale? When you acquire these wonderful old machines do you have any idea if they are working or what it will take to get them in working order? How difficult is it to acquire parts? Do you have any idea much time you will spend on this sander? Ho available are these types of machines?
What you are doing is amazing!
Peter
I know two people that have sanders like this, they have sat unused for years. This is a persnickety machine and is tedious to set up compared to a modern wide belt sander.
This machine would get moth balled until I am able to get a big building next year (when the old lady is done with nursing school).
This machine is in running condition, I turned it on and the only real issue is with one set of belts and it's tracking (twisted belts in the one picture) they should really go back to a flat belt so that you can put a twist in it and reverse the direction of the other pulley.
Parts, that is funny. You either have something made or hope to hell you can track down a parts machine.
Having parts made is not that big of a cost issue for me though.
This machine would take a couple days to clean up the surface rust from the table and the feed rollers, lube it, check the babbitt bearings, and then put some paper in it.
I am more interested in just saving this machine, it will take some serious effort to even get it out of the building.
These machines are all over the place, it just takes effort to find them (which is half the fun to me).
