repairing old equipment

  1. whitmore

    Restoring magnetism to an old mag base

    One of my mag bases was much weaker than the others, and presumably needed remagnetizing. After stumbling over it yet again, it occurred to me that (1) it's probably an alnico magnet that is flipped by the paddle, and (2) those alnico magnets are generally assembled with their base block...
  2. N

    South Bend 9A

    I have the opportunity to purchase a South Bend 9A for about $600, but the problem is I know that the back-gear is damaged and the main drive gear. My questions is do people think the ways are in any way salvageable? I have included pictures. No tooling comes with the lathe. Just want to know...
  3. Ulma Doctor

    Vintage Leland 100# Dual Action Mixer Rebuild

    I get to work on some interesting equipment in my normal work. last week was no exception. i had a new customer look me up out of the blue, sayin' that he heard through the grapevine that i worked on food processing equipment. he made an appointment to drop of his industry venerated leland 100#...
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