Update. They used this bus today in support of some village function related to a movie shoot in town. The driver, one of our members, reported that the door worked perfectly all day.
P.S. we took steam 101 with you some years back at Hanford mills.
Thanks Joe Michaels!!
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"What we leave our heirs or people we've touched along the way in the form of wisdom (or learning from our mistakes at least), values, skills, tricks or methods of doing different jobs, etc is the best legacy." ( taken from the recent disposal of shop machines...
For Sale- South Bend 9 inch Lathe. Comes with 3 jaw , 4 jaw, tailstock drill chuck, lantern style tool post, change gears and motor drive assy. with leather belt ,1/4 hp motor single phase 120v. S/n 09986. Originally sold by AC Colby NYC. The overall length is about forty inches. Pick up only...
My own South Bend Light Ten came from AC Colby. Their gold sticker is on the front of a catalog I got with the machine. I bought that lathe from the original owner who got it from them.
I live on the same street where my father(now 85)grew up. His neighbor, who was an old guy then, was an...
For all of my younger life my father did all car repairs from a tripod type bumper screw jack or cement blocks and plank ramps. No jack stands ever. Then we got a boat and trailer and he bought a Sears scissor jack to jack up the trailer to service the wheel bearings( with Sears waterproof...
Yup, the house next door to us when I was a kid was a Sears kit house, Cape Cod style. The owner was an FDNY fireman and he won it at some kind of show my father said.It came on trailers and he and a bunch of guys erected it somehow. That house still stands today though it has a full second...
That Sears (Hicksville) was our local one. It is now closed (about 2 years now) and slated to become a Huge four level housing complex. I understand that was the largest Sears, acreage wise, in the country at the time. We went there frequently for everything from clothing to appliances to...
Is there is no cross slide lock screw on this lathe? The carriage lock is obvious but maybe I'm missing something more than tightening the gibs? I see on the side of the carriage, two tapped holes that I guess are for a follower rest. Is there a modification that needs to be made to accomplish...
I did look at Long Island Indicator site as Joe suggested... dismaying but the price was really right and the finish from the photos looked good. I await delivery and we''ll see how it "measures up".
Thanks for all of the input.
I was wondering if anybody knows who made their old line of indicators and other machinists tools in general? Some of their older tools look like they are well made and very similar to well known brands. I have an older(50's vintage I think.) machinists (not carpenter type) combination square...
First question relates to a missing spindle sleeve adapter catalog # CL205NK in South Bend Lathe parts list. The lathe in question is a 1957-8 vintage with threaded spindle 1 1/2" -8. This sleeve is required to put a center in the spindle it seems. Is this item available new or will it be an...
I have been struggling for a few days with a stuck chuck on a Light Ten Model A lathe recently purchased from original owner who bought it new from AC Colby in NYC around 1958. AC Colby was the subject of a recent tread on the Antique Forum and their sticker is on the gear cover of the lathe...
Re: Steam 101
I attended the "Steam 101" class at Hanford Mills that Joe is referring to along with five other guys if memory serves. I can only say one thing, the class was incredible!!!! Everything Joe writes here is exactly as he presented it in real life. A large 3 ring binder, assembled...
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