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I totally get it about not making another project — I’ll be dead by the time I finally get to the real project I wanted to make in the first place. But, these were so cheap and so fast it wasn’t funny. It’s an old index card catalogue, obviously, and the white stuff in the bottom is 3/8”...

As far as the Atlas shaper is concerned, no, to the best of my knowledge there was just the one size at 7”. Similarly the MF (A,B, or C) horizontal miller were various versions but still the same size of machine with a 4-1/2” x 18” table. Their smallest lathe offering was the 612 at 6” swing...

That is remarkably fast. I think it would be more 8 — 10 days for me, and most of that would be fretting over the design. I toy with the notion of making a folder or two, or actually just a custom built box cutter for working, but it’s questionable whether I’ll ever get around to it. Nice...

That’s a fantastic find. Not only is the grinder a true Deckel as opposed to a copy, but both machines sharing the same provenance is truly remarkable.

I think you mean 29 strokes per second, not per minute. At the latter rate it would hardly be worthwhile but at the former, heck, it’s crazy useful. When does it arrive....?

That’s a pretty cool machine alright. When I was glazing we bought a hand held nibbler for cutting and trimming our flashings — it worked okay but I hated the myriad of little crescent moon shaped chips that embedded into everything. Getting them off my glass cutting table (which was covered in...

Here’s some information if anyone wants to read on them. A very early maker in the US, and yes extremely well and heavily built. Nothing was of an amateur or hobby standard at any time during their manufacture, industry only. http://www.lathes.co.uk/springfield/

Wow, beautiful job!

I made these quite a few years ago. They work okay but can be a little fussy. Three point adjustability to correct for notoriously uneven concrete floor is handy and I used to have bigger Nylatron rollers but I scavenged them for reuse already so the brass tubes are a half-baked substitute...