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Ok, What am I looking for?

Cool looking parts. No idea what they are.

Band saw with aluminum table on a Power Stand in NYC - $200 - https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/tls/d/brooklyn-power-tools-router-band-saw/7728502358.html Bunch of other stuff for sale too. Someone in that machine’s past certainly loved their Dymo label maker! Looks like there's a label wrapped aro...

JPG wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:37 pm My recommendation is to remove rust by electrolysis and minimal polishing.

Do you use a bathtub full of acid for tubes?

Greenie for sale in Northern Jersey for $150: https://newjersey.craigslist.org/tls/d/ ... 91975.html

Ad calls it a 'table saw from the 1960s'. If the first digit of the serial number is a '2' then it was made in 1954 or 1955.

Penetrol isn't a filler but it will stop deep corrosion from getting worse. Wax will fill pits somewhat if you want a smoother surface.

Resorting to profanity to get attention belongs in a locker room not on a tee shirt. Shows quite a lack of imagination. IMHO HopefulSSer has it right. It makes a bold statement that this is not longer your father/grandfather's woodworking tool. This may not be an official Shopsmith slogan either, I...

HopefulSSer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:56 am As has been noted here before, one of the more common reactions I get if I talk about Shopsmith to many other woodworkers is "Oh, they're still around? I had no idea...."

"My father/grandfather had one of those."

Only watched the final segment with the Shopsmith so far. Nick Cupps did a decent job showing the machine. He could be a little smoother in changing over to the table saw mode but his story of buying the company is good for the product image. I like seeing the entire setup with the dust collector to...

Email notifications have been slow lately. If the app knows you viewed the new posts I don't think it sends out an email. However, somewhere in the queue there's a delay before I receive email notifications so I may get an email after I've viewed a new post.