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Not that I remember. Colours chosen were based on the original machine colours, but see that most of these machines are very old...

Thanks Mark, good information here. I forgot about a 6 pole motor for 1140 RPM ( 1200 synchronous) Yes those are hard to come by. As...

Continuing on. I removed all of the masking from the painted parts. Then ran a tap through all of the threaded holes on the castings...

@TonyK , The motor mine came with was an 1725rpm 1/2hp, I was lucky to find a good Leeson 1140 3/4hp which was closer to the factory...

The layout of this website is the same as the Fiat X1/9 site ( XWeb ) that I belong to, so posting is the same except different content...

I plead total ignorance and was not aware of Alba 10" shapers or Alba at all, I had to google search the make. Impressive. Mashing...

One of the reasons I jointed this form is because it is mostly Canadian and a lot of locations I know where they are. The quotes for...

Was it required? I am kind of a low profile kind of guy. Thanks for the kind comments on the project. TonyK. Grimsby Ontario Canada.

Moving along I decided to look at cleaning the Clapper Box as it was dirty and a bit of rust in a few spots. Also this machine is put...

For the record. My wife works for a major Canadian buying group that has stores across Canada. Peavy Mart was from the Western part of...

Part of the process when I was taking the machine apart was to clean each part, remove rust and examine each part should it need...

From what I have been researching that is a very early machine with the cable advance for the X axis. Thank you for sharing. TonyK...

In 2012 I picked this Ammco Metal Shaper up from a friend that I had worked with at Ontario Hydro. I had also purchased a 6"Myford...

My first and only milling machine is a TOS FN20. There is a saying when looking for something. "If it is coming to you, it won't get...