Hello!

After engaging @Grandpadave52 (and enjoying it I may add🤣), I thought I would share this in case anyone is interested. 
https://www.blackburntools.com/articles/rose-tools-catalog-archives/sears/index.html

Rose Tools put an unbelievable amount of time and effort into scanning the catalogs amassed here.  I will give them credit where credit is due.  
 

Enjoy the walk down memory lane!

 

4 minutes ago, SigmundJake said:

Enjoy the walk down memory lane!

Thanks Jake.

 

I think have previously saved the link somewhere but lately my Memory Lane has been closed for construction

I so admire your ability to laugh about it! I still get mighty upset that I can’t remember 💩. I used to be good with numbers but not any more. Wife gave me a white board to help.  Liked it so much I got a second one. It does help some! 🤣🤷‍♂️

9 minutes ago, SigmundJake said:

I so admire your ability to laugh about it! I still get mighty upset that I can’t remember 💩. I used to be good with numbers but not any more. Wife gave me a white board to help.  Liked it so much I got a second one. It does help some! 🤣🤷‍♂️

I have a Note Pad app on my phone kinda like little Post-It notes. Trouble with that the notes have grown out of control too. I also have started setting up calendar and task reminder alerts on my phone calendar app. So far I still remember why I went to the bathroom and to automatically open my mouth as a fork approaches.

Thanks for the post @SigmundJake. Found my table saw in the 1954 link only $98.00.

Thanks for this resource. I am concentrating on machinery that had Craftsman tags and sometimes have trouble getting info.. 

5 hours ago, DuckSoup said:

Thanks for the post @SigmundJake. Found my table saw in the 1954 link only $98.00.

Good solid old steel too! Old CRAFTSMAN Products were amazing!

7 minutes ago, Woke up with wood said:

Thanks for this resource. I am concentrating on machinery that had Craftsman tags and sometimes have trouble getting info.. 

You possibly would like my jointer then. I got this about 8 years ago at auction for 10.00. I chose to make it functional, not a museum piece. Works amazingly well. Heavy old girl though. 🤷‍♂️

1 hour ago, SigmundJake said:

You possibly would like my jointer then. I got this about 8 years ago at auction for 10.00. I chose to make it functional, not a museum piece. Works amazingly well. Heavy old girl though. 🤷‍♂️

The thing about old cast iron is it can be a museum piece and completely functional at the same time. My first restore was a 1937 Craftsman-Walker Turner jointer. I ended up choosing Craftsman because everything sold under that name was also sold by the manufacturer under it's own name. Most of the big name companies were happy to have Sears market their machines to the consumers.  Since Sears never had a color scheme or a style for the machines, I decided to make everything my own colors and I might even make my own name badges etched in Brass just to confuse whoever ends up with them. Side note: if that Craftsman badge is embossed aluminum (not just printed) it might be worth $60. on EBay

7 hours ago, DuckSoup said:

Thanks for the post @SigmundJake. Found my table saw in the 1954 link only $98.00.

I just finished a Band Saw with an original price tag of $19.95.. Sears used to list all the replacement parts with pricing in the owners manuals. I am tempted to mail a check with an order for some parts just to see how they respond.. 

Hi I’m Jake! I’d enjoy seeing your finished product. I love old iron!

 

I called Sears about 6 yrs ago needing an arbor for my 2006 table saw. Essentially, they laughed at me. I did my research online and found they were manufactured by Steel City and branded with Craftsman Professional badges. I found a distributor in Canada that when I called, he didn’t speak English.(French?). Gave me an email address and I actually received the necessary parts. Put it back together and it is the foundation of my wood shop. It is a tad bit underpowered with a 1hp motor, but still cuts amazingly well and the cast iron has been polished often.  

42 minutes ago, Woke up with wood said:

The thing about old cast iron is it can be a museum piece and completely functional at the same time. My first restore was a 1937 Craftsman-Walker Turner jointer. I ended up choosing Craftsman because everything sold under that name was also sold by the manufacturer under it's own name. Most of the big name companies were happy to have Sears market their machines to the consumers.  Since Sears never had a color scheme or a style for the machines, I decided to make everything my own colors and I might even make my own name badges etched in Brass just to confuse whoever ends up with them. Side note: if that Craftsman badge is embossed aluminum (not just printed) it might be worth $60. on EBay

I believe I can learn a few things from you! I didn’t believe I could make something beautiful and still functional. I got an old post drill press that was modernized (1950’s?) with an electric motor that I need to put back together. I wouldn’t use it often, but still a cool piece.  I also have access to my dad’s Craftsman corded drill in the metal box. Possibly from 1964-65. I’d love to put new brushes in it, polish the metal case and put it under glass in my shop. I have a work space my dad only dreamed of. 

4 hours ago, SigmundJake said:

I believe I can learn a few things from you! I didn’t believe I could make something beautiful and still functional. I got an old post drill press that was modernized (1950’s?) with an electric motor that I need to put back together. I wouldn’t use it often, but still a cool piece.  I also have access to my dad’s Craftsman corded drill in the metal box. Possibly from 1964-65. I’d love to put new brushes in it, polish the metal case and put it under glass in my shop. I have a work space my dad only dreamed of. 

That's a nice saw, I passed up a couple of them that I should have jumped on... You can see from my pix that I work outside in the forest and I am surrounded by piles of junk that I dig through daily.. I'd be happy to teach you my techniques.. I opened up an old Craftsman hand drill a while back (the kind with the electricity hose) Mine also needed brushes but aren't a common size 8mm square if I remember right. I bought some slightly bigger ones planning to shave them but that project got sidelined.. I recently got a bunch of old machines and just finished re-furbing a little band saw.. there is also a bench mount drill press that is set-up for a bench  mounted motor but there is no base so I am considering my options. The post is the same size as 1 1/2" pipe so I might thread the bottom of the post and mount it with a flange. I want to keep it a bench mount motor because it's interesting and might add a jack-shaft with pagoda pulleys to increase the number of speeds.. We'll see...