Hi from Nashville TN

[kepe]

First post, so it was only proper to introduce myself. I am a 46 year old practicing welder, which means I hack at most of it. Glad to be here, and hope stick around for quite some time, learning and giving any advice that I am able to give. Thanks!

[chenry]

as a felow nashvillain welcome

[littlefuzz]

Just a little south of Nashville, welcome.

[mnm4l1f3]

welcome.

how long u been welding for? whats ur preference?

[kepe]

Thanks guys...nice to see that some fellow Nashvillians are lurking here

mnm4|1f3, I have been a hobby welder for about 20 years. I have, until recently, welded with stick or OA on cast iron. I restore old machinery, so welding cast is essential. A few weeks ago, I splurged and got a MM185 gmaw and then a week later dipped in the old wallet for a MM Spectrum 375 plasma. I am like a kid in the candy store now!

[chenry]

by all means show us the old machinery

[lewray]

Another fellow Nashvegas here..

Glad to see ya post here and welcome.


Yeah Id like to hear more about some of the machinery repairs too

[SWells]

Welcome kepe, good to have you aboard. I'd be curious to see the machinery pics too.

[Engloid]

I'm in Knoxville. I'm out of work right now, but have a promise of work within the next couple weeks. Anything much going on in Nashville? I'd love to hit a short shutdown or something.

[kepe]

I don't have and pics of the welding equipment yet, but I do have some of the restoration work I have done on a drill press....

The restored pic doesn't include the motor, which was torn apart when the pic was taken. The DP is a 1957 Buffalo Forge No. 18 with a jacobs Super Chuck 14N. Several of the heavier pieces were de-rusted using electrolysis and the smaller pieces were sand blasted. The column was placed in a lathe and spun with 60g sand paper then emery cloth and then polished up with a high speed polisher. Every bearing was replaced and all non painted pieces were polished. All hardware is Grade 8 stainless and it has 4 coats of primer and 2 coats of industrial machine paint.

I have 5 drill presses that are currently in need of restoration. Two are smaller table top models from the mid-50's and my two prize drill presses are from 1904 and 1909, respectively. The 1904 is a Canedy-Otto 22 line-shaft driven DP and the 1909 is a Champion Blower and Forge 20 hand crank/line-shaft driven DP. I will take a few snapshots of them when I get a chance

[lewray]

Thats a great before and after photo

I have an old AIRCO welder 250 amp cc machine and was thinking of painting it up and make it look pretty too

Lots of detail I see all cleaned up and painted....good stuff

[littlefuzz]

Nice... Old machines have much more style than the new stuff

[chenry]

might be time to start a nashville area chapter

[longevity-inc.com]

Hello from CA! Nice work on the drill and welcome. There is plenty of useful info on here for you to get on your feet.

[kepe]

lewray, Thanks. Go for the restore as I am sure it will turn out great! Take plenty of pics

Littlefuzz, sure does, plus it is much stronger than anything I could get today for the money I have in it. I will end up selling it as soon as I get the Champion DP finished, but that project is on hold because I am currently working on a fabrication table and a welding table. The fabrication table is a 6.5'x4.5' hydraulic double-scissor lift table and the welding table is a 4'x4' pneumatic rotating scissor lift table.

chenry, think so? lol

longevity-inc.com, thanks.

[kepe]

Engloid, sorry...I must have missed your post. There is a ton of construction going on here, so there may be work here....I don't get away from home much, I am not totally sure of what is available. I am on permanent "shutdown", and loving every minute of it

[NOMADMAD]

nice restore job. im curently workin on an old buffalo forge no.2 angle & t cutter. contacted a company that still sells the replacment blades and punches so after i get it sandblasted repainted and put back together i will put a post in to show the work. not sure as to the year of the machine though havent found much luck on info from the internet but hopefully soon. good to see others ot there that like to keep the history alive.

[kepe]

Excellent...best of luck

[Bruce]

Nice drill press, older stuff is easier on the eye. Single phase or 110?

[kepe]

It's a 1P 110V 1/3HP motor.