Well, I finally got my Logan (Broadhead Garret badged) 8" shaper up and running. It turned out to be a little heavier than I expected, and had to break it down a bit to move it into my basement. Anyway I finished re-assembling it last week, and made a few test cuts with it. and uploaded a video to youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t_y3BSxYgg
Also I put back together a Rhodes 7" shaper I took off a guys hands a few months after I got the Logan.
It's clearly a much older machine, originally intended to run off a line shaft. anyway with a motor and wrinkly dink gear reducer I got it running yesterday, and took a few cuts. Even though the Logan is much newer, and better featured with the variable speed drive, I actually feel like the Rhodes is a more substantial machine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LuHKFaGKdE
I don't think I can keep both machines, (the Rhodes is taking up space in the garage that I might need for some machine I don't even know I need yet) and I'm being very careful not to fill my basement with anything I'm not actually going to use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t_y3BSxYgg
Also I put back together a Rhodes 7" shaper I took off a guys hands a few months after I got the Logan.
It's clearly a much older machine, originally intended to run off a line shaft. anyway with a motor and wrinkly dink gear reducer I got it running yesterday, and took a few cuts. Even though the Logan is much newer, and better featured with the variable speed drive, I actually feel like the Rhodes is a more substantial machine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LuHKFaGKdE
I don't think I can keep both machines, (the Rhodes is taking up space in the garage that I might need for some machine I don't even know I need yet) and I'm being very careful not to fill my basement with anything I'm not actually going to use.