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Re: 10ER Way Tubes - Use them on PowerPro or dedicated drill press?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:25 am
by BuckeyeDennis
JPG wrote:Orrrrr some PO turned them to 'polish'/derust.
I can't completely rule that out, but I'm pretty sure that the 1952 machine is in original condition. It came to me with most of the accessories still in the original Shopsmith packaging. A couple had never even been removed from the waxy-tissue-paper wrapping in their boxes. The machine is wearing its original paint with virtually no scratches, scuffs, or chips .. just some splatters from where something else was painted nearby.
Re: 10ER Way Tubes - Use them on PowerPro or dedicated drill press?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 4:45 pm
by jsburger
JPG wrote:Orrrrr some PO turned them to 'polish'/derust.
While that is possible, if you look at the scratches they are virtually identical and extremely uniform. This from two machines that were built 5 years apart and and are over 60 years old. Unless the same person refurbed both sets of tubes in exactly the same manner (what are the chances of that?) I doubt you would see that kind of uniformity.
Re: 10ER Way Tubes - Use them on PowerPro or dedicated drill press?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 4:50 pm
by jsburger
I measured the tubes on my other two 10ER's S/N 58365/1951 and S/N 38728/1950 today. They measured 0.203" the same as the one I measured the other day. My MK V drill press and the MK 7 both have 10ER thick tubes but I can't measure them without taking the tie bar off. I think that it is safe to say these measurments are normal for 10ER tubes.
Re: 10ER Way Tubes - Use them on PowerPro or dedicated drill press?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:49 pm
by rpd
There is an article I found on the Yahoo
erdocuments group.
The file is
westernmach1.pdf at the bottom of the file page. I tried to upload it here but the file is too big.
Western Machinery and Steel World - January 1951 - Precision Makes the Shopsmith
Page 3 paragraph 3 reads
The machine is made of grey iron
and aluminum castings, hardened steel,
and centerless-ground tubular steel ways,
Re: 10ER Way Tubes - Use them on PowerPro or dedicated drill press?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:27 pm
by jsburger
rpd wrote:There is an article I found on the Yahoo
erdocuments group.
The file is
westernmach1.pdf at the bottom of the file page. I tried to upload it here but the file is too big.
Western Machinery and Steel World - January 1951 - Precision Makes the Shopsmith
Page 3 paragraph 3 reads
The machine is made of grey iron
and aluminum castings, hardened steel,
and centerless-ground tubular steel ways,
Well, I guess that settles it. I knew I had heard it somewhere before.
Re: 10ER Way Tubes - Use them on PowerPro or dedicated drill press?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:20 pm
by dusty
Maybe it can be done this way.
Re: 10ER Way Tubes - Use them on PowerPro or dedicated drill press?
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 1:52 am
by rpd
dusty wrote:Maybe it can be done this way.
Very strange, when I tried to attach that file I got a message that phpbb had a limit of 2 Mb for .pdf files.
I guess Mom likes you best.
