Bosch Wfd 2072 Manual Woodworkers
BasicsUser Name:kruckerReal Name:Keith RuckerLocation:Tifton, GA, 31794, United StatesBirthday:Occupation:Agricultural ScientistContact InfoContact Member:Homepage:Favorite Link 1:Favorite Link 2:Date Joined:BioMy name is Keith Rucker and I live in Tifton, GA. That's in South Georgia, about 200 miles due south of Atlanta right on I-75 and about 60 miles north of the Florida line. Now that you know who I am and where I live, let me tell you a little about my interest in old machinery.I guess it really all started about 1986. I had just finished high school and not sure if I wanted to go to college.
I got a job as an apprentice in a machine shop. Now, the guy who owned this machine shop was not all that much older than me but he really was an 'old timer' when it came to his shop. The majority of the machines he owned and operated would easily be classified as 'Old'. The newest machine in the shop had a little brass tag on it that said 'Made in Accordance with the War Production Board' - that's WWII.
Actually he had several machines from that period, some with stamps on them where they had served on Navy ships during the war. Those were the new machines. There were also several machines in the shop that ran off of old flat belts. Most of these machines had been converted with an electrical motor but this guy even had an overhead line shaft to run some things.
These machines may have been old but they had been well cared for and were still capable of doing precision work.I spent two years working in this shop. After I had been there about 6 months or so, if I ran into a snag on how to get a job done my boss would just say 'Figure it out'. Needless to say, I learned a lot while working there.It was also during this time that I landed my first 'Old Iron'.
It was not woodworking machinery but instead a huge old machinist lathe. I was wanting to buy a small lathe to play around with at home when one of our regular customers came in the shop. Somehow I mentioned to him that I was looking out for a lathe and he told me to drop by his shop that evening on the way home from work. This guy was a mechanic by trade mostly doing work on heavy equipment.
When I got there that evening, he moved a pile of junk up against a wall of his shop and beneath it all was this huge old machinist lathe. Now I was wanting a small lathe and this thing was huge! It looked to be in pretty good condition for its age (I later found out that the company that made it went out of business in the late 1800's). Of course it was designed to run off of an overhead line shaft but had been converted to a three phase motor at some point in its life.
It still had the matching step cone pulley for the drive shaft. I really did not have room for this lathe but I also could not help to be interested.
I asked how much he wanted for it and he said the price was that I had to haul off this old power hack saw when I took the lathe. Two for the price of one - free! This guys brother drove a wrecker as a moonlight job so we used his wrecker as a crane to load the machinery up on a trailer and I hauled it to my home. The bad new is that the lathe is still sitting right were I put it, in a barn at my parents home. I have never had a shop big enough to set it all up. It will make a great wood lathe one of these days.After two years in the machine shop, I decided that there had to be a better life and left for college.
About 6 years and a MS degree later I finally finished up there. This is where my woodworking really started. Woodworking had always been an interest of mine. Fortunately for me, my high school teachers didn't see my educational potential until late in my Junior year.
What this meant for me is that I got to take all kinds of shop classes - Metals Tech., Wood Tech., Drafting and the like. Got a whole year in the wood shop and I really took to it. Most of the kids in there didn't want to be there but I just ate it all up. The last quarter in Woods, my teacher let me do one big and pretty advanced project rather than the three or four little trinket shelves and serving trays. In short, I got a lot of good experience. Once I got out of college (and shortly thereafter, married), we bought a home and I started to set up shop. A machine here and there until I had enough to start doing some serious woodworking.
A large portion of the furniture in my home was made in my shop.Like so many people, when I first started setting up shop, I bought machines I could afford at the time rather than buying quality. Because of this, as my skills increased so did my need to have quality tools - not the tools that I had bought. So, I have slowly been replacing many of the 'mistake' purchased I made early in my shop buying days. Fortunately, I have slowly learned that one can still buy quality without paying an arm and a leg by buying vintage machinery on the used market. As such, my shop seems to be finding more and more vintage machines to replace the newer junk that is being sold on today’s market.In addition to my home shop, I also volunteer at a local living history museum (the Georgia Agrirama) in their woodworking shop. Let me tell you about it.
Bosch Wfd 2072 Manual Woodworkers Parts
A wood frame building with a 7HP steam engine mounted on a vertical boiler. This is belted up to an overhead line shaft which has plenty of vintage machinery belted up to it. Included are a great Crescent Machine Company universal woodworking machine - includes a table saw, huge band saw, and a 16' jointer - all in one machine. Also belted up is a 24' planer, a nice big turning lathe (will turn stock over 8' long), and a mortising machine.
They also have a dovetail machine that cuts multiple dovetails but it is not currently in working order. And did I mention this really cool hand powered tennoning machine - has a big handle that you move back and forth and two plane like cutters that shave both the top and bottom of the tenon until it is the right thickness. Unfortunately, right now the boiler on the steam engine is leaking a little water and is temporally out of commission. PLEASE NOTE: VintageMachinery.org was founded as a public service toamateur and professional woodworkers who enjoy using and/or restoring vintage machinery.Our purpose is to provide information about vintage machinery that is generallydifficult to locate. VintageMachinery.org does not provide support or parts for any machineson this site nor do we represent any manufacturer listed on this site in any way.Catalogs, manuals and any other literature that is available on this site is madeavailable for a historical record only.
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