Next weekend I take delivery of a large Crescent Universal Woodworking Machine so I had to get my mortiser done this weekend. I already had it tore apart and stripped, just needed to paint it and put it back together. I hate to have more than one restoration going on at a time, to many parts laying around makes it easy to loose stuff and forget how it all goes back together.

 

I am not real thrilled with my pin striping, had the shakes real bad today, so I will give it another coat of paint and redo the striping, but that will have to wait for a later date when I get some other projects done. I am also not real thrilled with the pin stripes on the head, was trying to get fancy, so I might come up with something different there, but overall I am very happy with the way it turned out. The mortiser works great and I am looking forward to using it.

 

Anyways, here's some pics...

 

As purchased

How it looks now

 

 

Thanks for looking,

Shane

 

Marvelous if you asked me.

Wow what a transformation! That is amazing.

 

A great job on that one Shane.

Shaky or not, it looks great. You do some wonderful work Shane. I'll have to get a shot of my Fay and Egan. It looks a lot like the Crescent. Just not as pretty as yours.  I see you have a hose to blow the chips away on yours too. Mine was all rotted. I went to the car mechanic's shop and he gave me a piece of radiator hose. Works perfect. Love the curly piece that you used for your hold in. bob

Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments

 

 

Bob I would love to see pics of your Fay and Egan.

Shane, this is absolutely beautiful, I wish I had the patience and the resources to pull something like this off, well actually, I would need mechanical ability and I don't think I am there.

One question, what was your first machine you restored? And how long did it take you, and what were your biggest pitfalls if any?

Thanks John, My first restoration was an old 1936 Walker Turner lathe. It's what got me hooked on restoring the old machines.

It was ugly, used and abused when I got it

with parts busted or missing

but I was able to make it beautiful again

This one didn't take long to restore, maybe a week or two after finding the parts.

 

The biggest pitfall is tracking down parts for the old machines. Sometimes ya get lucky and find a part, other times ya just have to make them.

 

Beautiful pics of beautiful machines . Wow -

Shane , you do a great job on those machines. Love the lathe.  Having the skills and machines to make the parts is a big asset. I could look at your work all day long! ;>)

How did you strip it down before you painted it?

Thanks again for the comments guys.

 

dragon1 the paint on the mortiser was in ruff shape and flaking off so I removed the majority of it by hand with a paint scrapper similar to this one, then finished it off with a wire wheel mounted to a small angle grinder. A random orbital sander with some coarse grit paper also works great, but if the paint is in fairly good shape and being a pain to get off then I will pull out my 8 inch angle grinder and attack it with a 6 inch cupped knotted wire wheel. It makes a mess but will remove the paint in a hurry.

Great job Shane...........I appreciate you sharing your pictures and wonderful restoration work with this group. 

 

Thanks Again ~ Dan 

Amen Brother! This is golden, absolutely a joy to view Shane, thanks for coming back and checking in with us and posting your pics.

Dan Wyatt said:

Great job Shane...........I appreciate you sharing your pictures and wonderful restoration work with this group. 

 

Thanks Again ~ Dan 

here is a few shots of my Fay and Egan 472 mortiser. Not anywhere as pretty as Shane's. bob

 

Wow Shane, you out did yourself here.  That mortiser is a beauty.  I love the stirrup to pull the chisel back up.  I keep watching for a mortiser around my neck of the woods but only turn up Asian made benchtops.  I'll keep looking.

 

Hey, its good to find you again.

 

Lamar

 

Hey Lamar, Thanks for the comment. 

 

Keep on looking, one will pop up some day

 

Good to see ya here,

Shane

Very, very, very beautiful work!

Thanks Dave

Shane you just dont miss a detail when it comes to these old machines.  Nice work. 

I hope it rubs off on me.

Doug