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well, the blade is brand spanking new cause the blade that came with it, looked like it sat out in the mud for 50 years.
it could be the wood, i guess, since it is pallet wood. nails were removed beforehand. hmmm, more playing with it I guess.

well, I turned on a heater to blow air at the head stock. turned it manually to a lil bit lower speed and fired it up. it's maybe 25 in the garage, but figured maybe some heat might help. well, it spun up just fine. I did notice though, that while i turned the speed down manually, that the belt woul...

ahhh. ok. will try later on. got a busy day ahead. Might have to wait til Sunday.

I thought we weren't supposed to change speed when off? I can't change speed before it pops the breaker...

I think it has the 1 1/8 HP motor. http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx226/2rr2nv09/Shop/20161025_092822_zpsaldl0cbj.jpg and I had it set on the "R" It is not a dedicated circuit, but nothing else was turned on. last week when I was cutting, I had the shopvac and SS turned on at the same ...

well, I think I may have found the limit of my SS. tried cut some 1"x1/4" strips for trim of some shelves. well, don't know how cold it was in the garage (-3F outside - much warmer inside...probably 30F???), but it would spool up to maybe 500rpm, then pop the breaker. found out it's only a...

well, started stripping paint and labels off headstock cover. painted the inside with a rust remover/inhibiter since it was thoroughly coated in rust. tried removing it but hard to get in corners so I took the lazy way out and kryloned it. actually looks pretty cool. now I just gotta finish the outs...

latest news...
got the rust removed from the tubes, but there is much pitting. I cleaned them and then put JPW on them. Slick as heck.

Now, onto stripping parts... lots of rust inside the headstock

Looks nice, the sand bag tells me you got a PU truck, I go for the pre painted white peg board, tools stand out better, a few cans of spray paint can fix it. Is that a smooth floor, if so with saw dust on it gets real slippery. Ask me how I know. :( yep, Ram 3500 dually. I like the brown color sinc...

Latest news for my workshop... finally got to put up pegboard to hang some tools. I think all I have left to do is hang some more cabinets.

latest pic...