Still on trailer
Johnoder: Thanks. I'm not surprised it was made in 1943 or thereabouts. It has a plate on it from a Surplus Seller. I'd guess that it came off a decommissioned navy or MM ship after the war.
KPotter: I have a K&T too. In fact I got this one to make some of the parts to get the k&T fully up and running. So I guess you could say that noisy and rumbly is better than dead quiet.
Calvin: I'm about 60 miles south of DC and about 10 miles west of 95. And oh yes I believe I might be interested in some documentation on this mill.
I made a try at getting if off the trailer - it's a rental and my next shot will be the weekend - but I could feel my back starting to rebel. The last thing I need is to spend the next week with my back in spasm, so it looks like I'll be hanging on to that trailer for a few more days. The drop bed is really great, but as I'm thinking about it some more I wouldn't say it's the end all. It did make loading really easy, but it's heavy for being only 4X9 with a max load of 5k so it's kind of limited. Also it's a single wheel, not tandem so you got no safety margin if a tire goes.
Now I got to get the machine inside and dried out. I figure that I will have to pull the oilers in the knee. The one on the saddle is plugged up - it's pulling a vacuum. I should probably replace the gearbox oil while I'm at it. Then maybe I can get this thing fired up - really looking forward to finally getting to use one of these guys.
Any idea on oil viscosity and how much? It might be on the machine somewhere, I just don't remember seeing it.