Here's a source for 1/4" ball oilers: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/ball-oilers/oil-fittings-for-unthreaded-holes/
7/16-24 is an odd one. I think the extra-fine TPI is 7/16-28.
I've always liked W/T machines--sized nicely for the work I do You're ending up with a really nice result. What was your method for cleaning up the machined surface on the base?
Tom B.
You're retired and if your financial ducks are in order, you're at time when you can do the things that bring you the most satisfaction so that decision is yours. Does that satisfaction originate from making a profit from a resale, restoring a machine that represents a piece of our industrial...
In total agreement with Stephen's comments and had made a similar remark on another forum where this showed up. An amazing collection certainly worthy of preservation but the video is annoying and just too difficult to watch.
Tom B..
You might try this forum also: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/the-vises-of-garage-journal.44782/page-2263#post-10311519
Huge body of knowledge on vises there.
Tom B.
SIP6A--perhaps I wasn't clear enough. Mack is of course still in business but ceased building custom chassis and body fire apparatus in 1990. They will still furnish a standard commercial cab/chassis to a fire apparatus builder but no longer build the entire vehicle.
Tom B.
From 1969 to 1972 I performed maintenance in M60 and M60A1 Army tanks. They were powered by Continental V-12 air cooled diesels--air cooled because a radiator, even though shielded, is not a good option on a battlefield. The vehicle used to retrieve broken down tanks in the field was the M80...
Interesting and very decorative--not sure how the gears would fit on those protrusions. also, they're evenly spaced & gears of course differ in size.
Tom B.
Here is additional information on the closure: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/wear-parts-provider-columbia-steel-closing/
Columbia name and intellectual property apparently purchased by this company: https://www.cmscepcor.com/us/home/
Tom B.
It's a Cullman drive unit which utilizes the machine's original jackshaft and cone pulley. I think they were pretty common--I have one on my early Burke #4 mill. Speed reduction occurs in the oil-filed casting with a gear set and chain drive. Speed changes were made using the original cone...
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