Mr. Redwood Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 Last Saturday was a woodworkers dream, my grandpa passed down his woodworking tools to me because he no longer found a use for them aside from retro furniture. All Rockwell Delta tools, borderline industrial but I cant use them in my shop because oh the size of the machines, I will make an exception for this Powermatic 100-12 but there were 3 problems.... 1. it was too heavy to move around my small shop, which I fixed by welding a heavy duty stand. 2. the motor was 40+ years old and needs alot of work which I am currently working on, and 3. it hasn't been ran since the 90's and I am paranoid about breaking this amazing tool. So I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to bring this to its formal glory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 I suppose if you're mechanically inclined, you could go through and give it a good cleaning and perform grease pints fills and make sure everything is aligned. Without running it, no real idea what it needs that is outside of it's former glory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 That cord is something special. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Z. Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 Make friends here: http://owwm.org 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Redwood Posted August 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 12 hours ago, drzaius said: That cord is something special. I noticed that, but it works so what am I to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 Canadian Woodworking forums have a very good Vintage Power Tools subforum that you might want to check out. Some of the guys on there have done spectacular restorations on some very old, heavy machinery. 20 hours ago, Don Z. said: Make friends here: http://owwm.org This too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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