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Come on out to the shop for a minute. Lotta pix.

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KWK

KWK

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A quick tour of my little shop where I make….Whatever!
Grab some banana bread or some cookies and a cup of coffee.
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Worked on a Delrin muzzle brake last evening for my HW50. Maybe I can finish it today.
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It presses on adding an inch to the length for a slight leverage increase. Not pressed on fully yet. I prefer a slightly longer and slimmer.
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Needs finished and buffed.
Stop over again soon! Karl
 
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I am duly impressed & envious! A MAN'S Disneyland! Sorry if that wasn't politically correct. I've dreamed of having a "haven" like yours. My dad was an ace tool & die maker & designer. I just didn't have the talent in that area to follow in his footsteps but always wanted the "toys". He used to make drum hardware for me & came up with stuff that was years before it's time, standard equipment on drum hardware nowadays.
 
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cast said:
I like that atlas mill very nice.
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Thank you. Both drill presses are manufactured by Atlas Press Company. The blue Craftsman is earlier and made for Sears. I custom tinted the original color. The grey Atlas has a production table with coolant trough with a pipe threaded hole for a drain back to the coolant pump. I have an additional spindle for it with #2 morse taper. Look close you'll see both machines share certain parts. Electrical switch, quill return assembly, table lift, quill feed pinion and shaft, lock handles. Both were available with either table.
The Craftsman/Atlas is from about 1940. The Atlas was available in 1950
I have several of these in bench top version stored away
 
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UCChris said:
Absolutely beautiful! My shop consists of a Dremel, hand drill, and hand files.
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Thanks. The steam car was made by hand. Only used the drill press to align parts of the engine to keep square and true during soldering. The piston and cylinder are made from brass tubing. Two screws mount the engine and one mounts the front axle. Otherwise, the whole thing is soldered together. The body is folded up out of one sing;e piece of tin from a 5 gal metal paint can. The crankshaft/rear axle is made from a piece of coat hanger bent very precisely and true. I bought the wheels.
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KWK,
Nice versatile shop. That Burke Cincinnati is an antique. Never saw one that small. Very nice.
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The Burke #4 is fairly common. I know of several for sale. eBay and Farcebook. The earlier #1, 2, and 3 were flat belt machines driven by lineshaft. Originally a Conneaut machine but really clapped out. Burke moved to Cincinnati and built a very slightly updated #4. I found a good Cincinnati made machine missing a few things. So I put that on the Conneaut base and assembled the machine with a new coat of paint. A lot of work to prep and repaint vintage machines right. Sold all the extra parts on eBay and paid for it. I still need to rebush the x axis feed screw. Could really use a new feed screw and nut there. I'll do it one day. I have a universal table and a vertical head for it. The original single phase Master motor with 5/1 reduction makes a hypnotic sound. Repulsion start/ Induction run.
Power feed only runs one direction so it only climb mills under power feed.
EDIT After looking at my machine I remember I put the Conneaut door on the Burke made in Cinci base. The Cinci base didn't have the cast iron door that I liked so I bolted hinges and the latch I made on from inside the base and moulded them with body putty to look original.
Anybody see my old trapping basket hanging above the Burke Milling machine in picture #2?
 
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Scotty1 said:
Just wow! Also spied some vintage AR speakers!
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Want to rebuild those to use in the shop. Fortunately I still hear well enough to enjoy my vintage Harman Kardon Citation 11 preamp, 15 tuner, and 12 amplifier. I have a nice old HK 330 for in the shop.
We enjoy mostly Jazz and classical around here. I spend a little time on Audiokarma forum. Mostly reading
 
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