Ping Leon

On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 9:23:42 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote:
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> I had a Craftsman RAS like yours many years ago. =20

Those tools belong to Jonas, not me. The 3-wheeler is his, also. He like=
s repairing those sorts of things. I'm not so mechanically inclined.

That area looks clean, now. It wasn't too long ago, he and his son cleane=
d up that area.... part of the task of making room and installing that larg=
e cabinet, behind the RAS.
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> I saw a piece on the Northfield foundry in youtube several months ago.=20
> IIRC they are more into refurbishing old equipment these days.

When considering buying the Dallas Northfield, I had contacted Northfield f=
or a history of that jointer. Northfield is still in business, unlike oth=
er old machine manufacturers. They have the record of production date, spe=
cs, and where it's been (owner's name, also), since it left the factory. =
Yep, parts are still available for many, if not all, those older machines.

Sonny

On 8/9/2016 8:28 AM, Sonny wrote:
> Here's some pics of the barn tools. I had forgotten, there's a
> Powermatic planer against the back wall, also. The 12 X 12 posts,
> near the RAS and Unisaw, supports the I-beam. A bit of the lumber
> cache, also.

Thank you, that is quite a layout. I wish my stash of lumber was as big
as yours. :!)

I had a Craftsman RAS like yours many years ago. I originally bought it
in 1979 and kept it until about 1987. I bought a Craftsman TS in 1983
and never again used the RAS. And then replaced the Craftsman TS with a
Jet cabinet saw in 1999 and replaced that with the ISO SawStop about 3
years ago.




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> The jointer pics are of the Cresent, in New Iberia, that Hub had sent
> me. That Northfield, in Dallas, that's the pics you had seen. I
> didn't go to Dallas, to look at it.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/43836144@N04/
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> Sonny
>

I saw a piece on the Northfield foundry in youtube several months ago.
IIRC they are more into refurbishing old equipment these days.