Thread: restoring oldies

I reckon you are in the right forum.

Cant really help you as far as your choice of machines for restoration as I don't know what skills and other equipment you have at your disposal.

I have a background in engineering (metalwork) and have a lathe and a milling machine which are very useful in making and repairing parts for old broken machines.

My last restoration was a 500KG power hacksaw I bought from a scrap dealer for $70.00.took me over a year to get it to working condition .I am using it now but still have a small job to do on it to completely finish it.
My next restoration to do is my 1940's vintage Edgwick tool room lathe ,which I don't expect to start any time soon as I have a some other things that are of amore important nature to do .
I think you call them "honey do" tasks .
Just find some thing like an old jointer or planer and start on that ,some thing that will be useful to you.

There is one member on this forum who is in the US that has restored an old bandsaw and a planer ( cant recall what his Id is though)


Kev.

Hunting down a rare beast could be an exercise in futility. Better to let serendipity do the hard part, and you do the fun part of restoration. By pure chance, a co-worker some years ago was headed for the dump with an old TomLee tilt-top table saw, and asked me if I wanted it; of course I did.

For more deliberate search, flea markets and garage sales are great. Grab whatever suits your fancy at the time.

I can't recall his ID either, but I thought it was a jointer. IIRC, he also participates on Old Woodworking Machines ( Old Wood-Working Machines (OWWM) - Welcome ), which is a great source of documents.

Cheers,
Joe