I posted this last year when I picked it up. It was in plug-n-play condition and works great. I initially cleaned it up but it had some sort of over spray and white paint all over it that I could never get all the way off.
I tried turpentine, mineral spirits, naptha, industrial cleaner, and nothing would take it off.
original condition
Then other day I was working on another project and attempted to pour some denatured alcohol into a cup. I got new glasses and my depth perception is just a little off, I missed the whole damn cup and spilled it all over. Some splashed up on the shaper so I wiped it off and noticed it removed the over spray … sweet.
I finally managed to fill the cup, so I dipped some 0000 steel wool in it and wiped the whole thing down. The over spray and old white paint wiped right off. Hit it with a coat of auto wax and looks good as new now :). I also did a little polishing on the table and hardware, painted the edge of the table and made a new fence out of some 1/2″ aluminum.
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1953/54 Walker Turner Vertical Spindle Shaper
Model 6111
Serial No. 0000413
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Share on FacebookHere’s a few pics of my most recent shop layout.
First one is standing at the south end of the shop looking north. Ya can see my Oliver table saw in the middle of the room and on the east wall is my Crescent jointer and planer, and the Yates American planer.
The next pic shows the west wall with my DeWalt radial arm saw, dust collector, Rockwell band saw, Dela Specialties band saw, Boice Crane scroll saw, and a Dewalt chop saw.
Next is looking at the east wall again towards the south end of the shop. Here ya can see my Rockwell radial ram drill press, Cincinnati 8 inch grinder and my South Bend lathe. Against the overhead door ya can also see a homemade surface sander and part of my 1800 wooden scroll saw.
Same machines but in this one ya can see my Rockwell finishing sander.
Next pic is taken from the north east corner of the shop. Same machines as posted above, just a different view, but ya can also see my Walker Turner shaper.
The last pic shows a couple more drill presses. An old Buffalo and a newer Milwaukee.
Hope ya enjoyed the tour.
Share on FacebookIt has been a while since I have updated my blog so I figured I would add some pics of my latest restorations.
First is an early 1900s 8″ Cincinnati grinder that I picked up at a school auction
Before restoration:
After restoration:
Next is a 1940s 6″ Yates American jointer Model No. J-31. I started restoring this a couple of years ago and never finished it, stuck it away in a rathole and forgot about it until a couple of weeks ago.
Before restoration:
After restoration:
And finally is this 1982 Rockwell radial m drill press Model No. 15-126
Before restoration
After restoration:
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more pics can be seen of each machine in my galleries.
Share on Facebook1941 Heavy 10 South Bend Lathe
Length of bed – 4 1/2 ft.
Serial No. 119631
Catalog No. 187R
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I finally finished the restoration on my 50 dollar South Bend.
Before …
After …
The tray I fabricated out of 22 gauge sheet metal. For the lips I took some 3/8th inch hard drawn copper and used a cut-off wheel in a dremel to cut a slot lengthwise in the copper. I then slipped it over the end of the sheet metal and soldered it all together.
I made a mistake when measuring for the tray and it ended up an inch longer than I wanted 
. Someone in the past had mounted a tray and I didn’t want to drill new holes in the lathe so I just made some clips out of brass and hung the tray using the old holes.
The drawer I made out of 26 gauge paint lock.
Every thing was stripped to bare metal then primed and painted and all the hardware was polished. New felts and wicks. New Bearings in the 3/4 hp instant reversing GE motor.
The paint is ALK 200 industrial acrylic enamel. I used two shades of gray. Lighter gray for the base, bed and headstock. A shade darker gray on the doors and covers, gear box and apron. And a little black for some contrast.
A huge thanks to Kenny (sicero from the Practical Machinist Forum) for selling the parts I was missing.
Thanks for looking,
Shane
A couple of weeks ago I posted a WTB ad in the local classifieds for an used and abuse metal lathe. I must of received more than 20 calls but most wanted more than I could afford. Then I got a call from a gentleman that I bought my big Boice Crane scroll saw from a year or two ago. He said he had a beat up South Bend lathe taking up room in his garage. I figured since it was a South Bend it would be more than I could afford but then he told me he only wanted $50 for it. I told him to consider it sold and I would stop by on my way home from work to pick it up.
He was right, it was beat up, ugly and missing a ton of parts. It was bought new in 1941 by the Utah board of education and I am assuming it was them that painted it green.
How’s this for clown colors?
All the gears between the head stock and the gear box were missing, along with the back gears, plus several more parts, all of which I was able to find when I made a post on the Practical Machinist site.
I pulled the instant reversing 3/4 hp GE motor and cleaned it up and put in new bearings. It purrs like a kitten now.
(pic taken before cleaning)
This weekend I stripped and painted the base, bed, legs and cross slide. Still got the apron, gear box, head stock and tail stock to finish.
Lookin better but I can see with the camera flash that I did a crappy job of painting it … lots of touch ups to do.
So $50 for the lathe and another $150 for parts, not to bad for a 10″ South Bend … I’m happy!
I’ll post more pics when I get it done.
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