Some of you may know I enjoy restoring old machines.
I am now the proud owner of an old Emcostar multi machine, in fact not one but two of the beasties.
Intention is to restore one for myself to use which will enable a downsize of shed space, getting rid of 3 wood lathes, bandsaw, bench saw, table saw, chop saw, belt sander, bench grinder, thicknesser, and maybe some more stuff.
Keeping only the Emco, cnc, metal lathe, and scroll saw, smaller bench with only one vice less storage easier to keep clean and tidy init?
Yes I know all about the restrictions of capability, unreliability of age and difficulty in sourcing parts but for me it allows a working shed in a smaller home so has to be the way forward.
The machines I have are both in working order but have probably had umpteen different owners since their build in the 1970's and as such have suffered plunder of attachments which brings me to the point of this post.
Have you had one of these machines yourself in the past? Have you kept bits from it when you got rid?
Do you still have them? Are you willing to part with them for my usage of?
I have searched the interweb and found muchly documentation, mostly in foreign language but speaking Grumpish gets me by with that, certainly enuff to get me happily stripping down and working on them.
Any further info on sourcing parts / attachments would be gratefully received and for those who wonder what the hell I am ranting about look here Alles over Emcostar init?
I am now the proud owner of an old Emcostar multi machine, in fact not one but two of the beasties.
Intention is to restore one for myself to use which will enable a downsize of shed space, getting rid of 3 wood lathes, bandsaw, bench saw, table saw, chop saw, belt sander, bench grinder, thicknesser, and maybe some more stuff.
Keeping only the Emco, cnc, metal lathe, and scroll saw, smaller bench with only one vice less storage easier to keep clean and tidy init?
Yes I know all about the restrictions of capability, unreliability of age and difficulty in sourcing parts but for me it allows a working shed in a smaller home so has to be the way forward.
The machines I have are both in working order but have probably had umpteen different owners since their build in the 1970's and as such have suffered plunder of attachments which brings me to the point of this post.
Have you had one of these machines yourself in the past? Have you kept bits from it when you got rid?
Do you still have them? Are you willing to part with them for my usage of?
I have searched the interweb and found muchly documentation, mostly in foreign language but speaking Grumpish gets me by with that, certainly enuff to get me happily stripping down and working on them.
Any further info on sourcing parts / attachments would be gratefully received and for those who wonder what the hell I am ranting about look here Alles over Emcostar init?
