Bueller's shed - a noobs journey through vintage machinery
So some of you may be aware I've been working on acquiring all the tools and machinery I need to set up a workshop at my parents place out in Lower Chittering. I've recently finished up restoring a 10" Woodfast Bandsaw and after today's addition to the shop (details later [emoji2]) I figured I should just have one thread for everything.
1966 10" Woodfast Bandsaw
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And today's addition... I'd been watching this one on Gumtree for the last week and while the price was good it was out in Helena Valley. I'm limited on space right now too so I put it on my watch list and figured I'd check it out in a week or two if it was still there. Woke up this morning and the seller had dropped the price from $450 to $250, that was all the motivation I needed for the drive. Enough talk, here's the machine in question. Couldn't be happier, I've seen these things selling for 4 times the price.
1989 Vicmarc VL200 Long Bed
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This came with a single phase CMG 3/4 HP motor which ran well so I'll just be giving it a fresh lick of paint after removing the minor rust. After that I'm on the hunt for a Waldown drill press and some sort of Aussie made 10/12" tilting arbor saw.