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I love seeing restorations and this one looks first rate!

I'm curious... pre-war, what did a power-driven shop look like in the typical working class basement or shed? hand tools I can picture, but were there good choices for wood and metal working using electricity? Was it the post-war phenomenon that led to the powered home shop or were they at all ...

Here are the guts of the AOSmith 1/2 HP reversible motor.

I am out of my element... other than blowing it out and replacing the bearings and power cord - what maintenance should I do while it's cracked open?

Any advice on removing/replacing the bearings?

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it's all good!

luckily tapping to #12 removes very little aluminum and i can always go back to speed nuts

worth it just for the casters (and the pencil sharpener)

JPG: I couldn't find any 1/2" long 3/8x16 at the usual retail outlets, but the folks at Fastenal hooked me up. (posting this in case anyone is looking in the future)

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=13634

I appreciate speednuts (aka tinnermans)... BUT... they are always dropping off and are hard to find replacements for.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_nut

So I decided to remove them and tap the holes. 1/4" seems like it takes too much aluminum away and my #10 tap doesn't get good purchase on ...

Trustee from the Toolroom was an excellent book and the only one I can find so far that gets close to our hobby (the main character has a basement machine shop and he meets a woodworker later on)

Does anyone have any suggestions? SWMBO is asking me for Xmas ideas.

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Keim's new video... wow!

http://youtu.be/UwtrCZi49RE

the best of the best! 109 full length shows online...
http://video.pbs.org/program/woodwrights-shop/