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I'm really not here to show off this tool, as much as I am to see if any of you folks may have a source of information on this, as I couldn't find much, with my computer skills. My dad handed this off to me over 30 years ago, but there was a sales receipt stuffed in the manual as sold to his brother in 1959. Best I can find Remington Arms produced these in the early '50's. It uses a long 32 caliber power round as opposed to the more modern tools using a 22 short round, shown for size comparison.
Cool! Assume you've seen this?
Yep, just did. Works just like I remember my dad using using it when I was a kid, fastening 2 x 4's to the basement floor and the sounds bouncing off the concrete walls. I'm wondering if the cartridges are still available somewhere. I read as much as I could find on line.
Made a drill chuck arbor for my antique blacksmith's drill press. Used a 1/2-20 bolt to thread the chuck on, then filed a flat on the shank for the set screw in the drill press to seat against. Just need to pick up a chuck key now.
I've got same/similar drill but have never set up. Bought at swap meet and missing a bracket that dude said he'd send me. Even gave him $10 extra for postage but of course never received.
I've had this one for quite a few years, used to have a different chuck on it but that one ended up on my floor standing drill press. Happy to have a working drill press in my box truck shop finally. The auto downfeed arm on mine is broken off, I need to find a piece of metal to braze on again.
Actually picked up a second, fully functioning hand crank drill press this summer, will be giving that one to my dad once I've cleaned it up. He has one but it is in pieces and a few critical parts are broken.
This evening I tore down my second post drill, a Champion Blower & Forge No.98. Overall it is in excellent condition, but I figured I'd clean everything up and give it a repaint. I'm pretty sure this bland, grey paint is original. Should I repaint in the original color, or switch it to black with gold lettering like my Star Forge No.146?
I have rebuilt several Singer Featherweight sewing machines and the standard color is “Japan Black” with gold scroll highlights. Striking look. Then one day my wife said she wonder why they only came in black? “Ask Henry Ford I guess?” She liked a blue one… ? odd but I have a few quarts of Crusader marine engine blue left over so….she has a blue one.
After clear coating it, it looked terrific. She goes to the quilting shop to have these sewing get togethers, those women all love it. I found another guy on line years later online selling paint jobs for these machine in all kinds of colors…every one looks great compared to the original black
I think a super high gloss black with the gold scroll highlights would be very impactful …
After clear coating it, it looked terrific. She goes to the quilting shop to have these sewing get togethers, those women all love it. I found another guy on line years later online selling paint jobs for these machine in all kinds of colors…every one looks great compared to the original black
I think a super high gloss black with the gold scroll highlights would be very impactful …
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I spent many hours as a toddler watching my mother sew clothes for our family on her Featherweight. It was exactly like that one except it was black. It was the first mechanical thing that fascinated me. I think one of my sisters may still have it.
@1911. These have a cool history…. They came out in the 1930’s and were sold door to door in many areas around the country. They’ve evolved little beyond a few mods. I have a receipt in one of the cases my wife has it was $140.00 in the late 1940’s. There are even several books detailing serial number, productions, countries of origin. I bought several of them for her from good to basket cases. They were cheap then… In the 1960’s they had white ones with the power cords permanently attached…
Here is the original black version
Here is the original black version
Picked up this hydraulic table for cheap today. No idea what the capacity is but made for lifting/sliding horses for CT scans. It's a beast - 66" x 88" and ~3500lbs. Only drops to 20in but raises to 72in. Round plate rotates and power slides back and forth. Not sure what I'll do with it other than just use a heavy/adjustable table.
Some people just live right
I have no idea what this was designed for, but I couldn't resist it when I saw it...character flaw, I guess
There's a simple pin pivot between the handle and wrench, and it doesn't take much to move the wrench independently of the handle. I haven't measured it, but it can't be a pound·foot, based on my calibrated elbow.
There's a simple pin pivot between the handle and wrench, and it doesn't take much to move the wrench independently of the handle. I haven't measured it, but it can't be a pound·foot, based on my calibrated elbow.
It's part of a set, 00002–50284–01. I can't recall what the torque spec on it is, but the set is called out for use in the AC section of several FSM's that I've seen. Off the top of my head, most of the 14mm fittings there are 13 ft/lbs, so maybe somewhere close to that.
Thank you for doing the legwork for me...I got off my butt and looked:
It is, in fact, a 14–mm open end wrench.
I love this site. I had completely forgoten about Operation: CHARM
It is, in fact, a 14–mm open end wrench.
I love this site. I had completely forgoten about Operation: CHARM
I guess this is sort of a tool: Operation CHARM, for anyone out there who hasn't seen it, is a backhanded compendium of manuals and shop aids. For Toyota, it currently contains info on models from 1982–2013, and includes stuff like shop labor estimates, etc.
It made me get off my butt and OCR my 40 manual, too. Ginning as I write this...
It made me get off my butt and OCR my 40 manual, too. Ginning as I write this...
Also, I looked through the 80 and 100 series manuals, and didn't see it mentioned there. It is listed in the TSB AC002-98 for R-12 conversion, and, for Land Cruisers, through 1993, which I guess was the last year for real refrigerant.
You should share over in this thread:
