Rescued from the Junk Yard

[Shane Whitlock]

It's been a while since I have posted any turnings so I thought I would pop in and say Hi.

I have been busy with a few other projects and since I did use a lathe on one of the projects I figured I would show a couple of them off here .

One of my many hobbies is restoring old wood working machines. That's what got interested in turning, after restoring an old lathe. One of the projects I have been working on is restoring a Rockwell 1/2 inch shaper with a 2 HP Leason motor. It was in pretty good shape, just needed some rust removal, a few adjustments and a new fence that I made out of chunk of curly maple I had kicking around under the bench.

http://www.shanewhitlock.com/photo/d/695-2/IMG_0902.jpg

The other project is a Milwaukee drill press I rescued from going to the junk yard. It was in pieces and in rough shape but the bearings were good so I completely stripped it down, rebuilt and repainted it.

What it looked like when I got it:
http://www.shanewhitlock.com/photo/d/698-2/IMG_0870.jpg

You can see how rusty the column was (right side of pic) so I turned some plugs, shoved them in the ends and mounted it to my lathe. Cranked her up to about 600 rpms and hit it with some 150 to 2000 grit sand paper. Its nice and purdy now. :D
http://www.shanewhitlock.com/photo/d/719-1/IMG_0878.jpg

and this is what it looks like now. I think it will be a great DP. It has a huge 1/2 HP Baldor motor on it and 3 1/2" of quill travel, which is a lot better than the 2 1/2" on my new Delta. It will be nice drilling pen blanks without having to stop and raise the table.

http://www.shanewhitlock.com/photo/d/711-2/IMG_0895.jpg

I also really like the built in light underneath the head.
http://www.shanewhitlock.com/photo/d/715-2/IMG_0898.jpg

If you are interested you can see a few more of my restro projects by Clicking Here. (http://www.shanewhitlock.com/photo/v/wood/misc/)

Thanks for lookin ... I should have some christmas turnings down soon and will post them here when I am finished.

Happy Turnings,

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Excellent restorations Shane!

[Henk Marais]

I don't often go to the turners forum but the heading of your post cought my eye and I had a look. Very nice restoration. hope you put them to good use.

[Ron Erickson]

Real nice job on that drill, a lot of satisfaction in saving a tool like that, congratulations.

[Raymond Overman]

Nice find Shane. That's down right purdy now.

[Don Stutsman]

Shane,

Outstanding work! You are obviously a man of m any talents - I visited your web site and observed additional exquisite work you have done.:)

[Matt Meiser]

Nice work on all the restorations. Isn't it fun?

[Rasmus Petersen]

nice work !! wish u lived close by have an OOOOLD lathe stuck in my garage that needs a doing over...

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice work Shane! Impressive restore with the drill press! Love the curly maple fence - would hate to slide anything up next to it - might scratch it!

Hope to see some of your turnings again soon!

[Paul Heely]

Nice job Shane. The fence looks so nice I'd be afraid to use it. The drill press looks great too.

[Tom Hamilton]

Nice work Shane! Have you posted your projects on the OWWM forum? I know those folks would be very pleased to see what you've done.

Best regards, Tom

[John Hart]

Geez...That's what I call "A Nice Job"!!!:)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Shane that is excellent. Great job on both. The drill is impressive.

[Jim Becker]

Great restoration work, Shane! And I'm glad that the lathe got to play for the DP project, too... :D

[Glenn Hodges]

Excellent, you could join Sanford and Sons. I don't know why Americans throw good stuff away, but I am glad someone like you finds it.

[Shane Whitlock]

Hey everyone, Thanks for all the great comments. :D


...Love the curly maple fence - would hate to slide anything up next to it - might scratch it!

Funny story about the wood. Several months ago I hit the local try surgeon lookin for some burl. I looked over at the firewood pile and it was full of cury maple. I pointed at it and asked him what the heck he was doing and he about had a cow. The tree was suppose to go over to his saw mill but one of his new employees didn't know and threw it in with the firewood. It was all cut in 18 inch pieces and split into quarters. I got a full truck load of it for 20 bucks. :D Lots of nice pieces for small turnings (pens, ornaments and handles and such) but not big enough for large bowls.


Nice work Shane! Have you posted your projects on the OWWM forum? I know those folks would be very pleased to see what you've done...
Yes, I have posted most of my restros there, including this one.

Thanks again,
Shane Whitlock

[Ed Scolforo]

Excellent, Shane!

[Gary Muto]

Nice work Shane. I've got an old bench top radial drill press with surface rust on the shafts. I'm also missing the little pad that let's the set screw lock the powerhead down to prevent rotation. Your pictures motivated me to just get it done.