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Welcome to VintageMachinery.org Knowledge Base (Wiki)!
The VM Knowledge Base is a wiki based tool for topics related to the use and restoration of vintage metalworking & woodworking machinery, electric motors & controls, and steam & gas engines. Feel free to learn something as well as contribute to our knowledge base.
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1 - VM Information
This section contains basic information about the VM web site and the OWWM forums.
2 - Restoration Topics
The following topics will cover machinery restoration
2.1 - Bandsaws¶
2.2 - Bearings, Babbitt
2.3 - Bearings, Ball & Bronze
2.4 - Decal Reproductions
Whether you call them decals, badges, or nameplates, we have instructions on creating them plus a library of artwork that you can use.
2.5 - Drill Presses
2.6 - General Maintenance¶
2.7 - General Reference
2.8 - Jointers and Planers¶
2.9 - Line Shafts and Flat Belts¶
2.10 - Lubrication
2.11 - Restoration Tips
2.12 - Sanders¶
2.13 - Scroll / Jig Saws
2.14 - Sources
2.15 - Tablesaws
3 - Manufacturer Specific Information
This section will contain information specific to a manufacturer
3.1 - American Wood Working Machine Co.
3.2 - Atlas Press Co
3.3 - W. F. & John Barnes Company
3.35 - Black & Decker Corp.
3.4 - Boice-Crane
3.5 - Buffalo Forge
3.6 - Canedy-Otto Manufacturing Co.
3.7 - Craftsman
3.8 - Crescent Machine Company
3.9 - Dayton
3.10 - Delta
3.10.1 - General Information
3.10.2 - Delta Bandsaws¶
3.10.3 - Delta Drill Presses
3.10.4 - Delta Lathes
3.10.5 - Delta Sanders¶
3.10.6 - Delta 12-14" Table Saw
3.10.7 - Delta Unisaw
3.10.8 - Delta Radial Arm Saw
3.10.9 - Delta Planer
3.11 - DeWalt
3.12 - Greenerd
3.13 - J. A. Fay & Egan Co.
3.14 - Kneisley Electric Company
3.15 - KTS Industries
3.16 - Millbury Machine Co.
3.17 - Montgomery Ward
3.18 - Newman
3.19 - Northfield
3.20 - Oliver
3.21 Thomas Robinson & Son
3.22 - Parks
3.23 - Powermatic
3.24 - Shopsmith
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3.25 - South Bend Lathe Works
3.26 - Sprunger
3.27 - Tannewitz
3.28 - Walker-Turner
3.29 - West Side Iron Works (J. Jackoboice)
3.30 - Whitney Baxter D.
3.31 - Yates American
4 - Electrical
This section contains information on electrical topics
4.1 - Motor Information
4.2 - Magnetic Starter Information
4.3 - Three Phase Information
4.4 - Overload Protection Information
4.5 - Rotary Phase Converters
5 - Frequently Asked Questions at Vintage Machinery
6 - Biographies & Obituaries
- Baldwin, Matthias W. (1921)
- Bancroft, John Sellers (1919)
- Barnes, Benjamin Franklin (1919)
- Bement, William B. (1895)
- Blanchard, Thomas (1906)
- Blandy, F. J. L. (1875)
- Blandy, H. (1875)
- Bovaird, David (1890)
- Bradley, Christopher C. (1916)
- Brown, George W. (1896)
- Bullard, Edward P., Sr. (1907)
- Burdict, Orrin C. (1905)
- Charter, John, Sr., Obituary (1901)
- Corliss, George Henry (1888)
- Cordesman, H. J., Sr. (1919)
- Davis, Aaron (1857)
- Disston, Henry, Obituary (1890)
- Doane, William H. (1998, PDF)
- Eames, Lovett and Eames, Gardner T. (1904)
- Egan, Thomas P. (1922)
- Evans, Oliver (1906)
- Farrar, Chilion M., Obituary (1907)
- Greenleaf, Clements A. (1893)
- Hoard, Charles B. (1895)
- Huber, Edward (1904)
- Johansson, Carl Edvard (1924)
- Joslin, Edward (1901)
- Kearney, Edward J. (1922)
- Kelly, Oliver Smith (1918)
- Leffel, James (1875)
- Medart, Philip (1899)
- Medart, William (1899)
- Mills, James (1913)
- Muir, William (1888)
- Napier, Charles (1918)
- Newton, Charles C. (1906)
- Oesterlein, William (Wilhelm) (1920)
- Prescott, DeWitt Clinton (1920)
- Reed, Joseph B. (1912)
- Root, Elisha K. (1866 & 1916)
- Rumely, Meinrad (1904)
- Shepard, Sidney(1894)
- Schauer, Sherman Cornelius (1918)
- Seyfang, John L. (1890)
- Slate, Dwight (1906)
- Sweet, John E. (1917)
- Skinner, LeGrand (1922)
- Sweet, John E. Obituary (1916)
- Trecker, Theodore (1922)
- Trefts, John (1898)
- Trefts, George M. (1898)
- Weiss, Carl W. (1918)
- Westinghouse, George (1914)
- Whitney, Amos, Obituary (1920)
- Woods, Solomon A. Obituary (1910)
7 - Gas Engines
8 - Gas Traction Engines
9 - Metalworking Machinery
10 - Publication Reprints
11 - Sawmills
11 - Steam Engines
12 - Steam Traction Engines
- Development of the Steam Traction Engine in America (Part 1) (Aug. 1916)
- Development of the Steam Traction Engine in America (Part 2) (Oct. 1916)
- General Description of Traction Engines (1908)
- Farm Motors-Steam Traction Engines (1917)
- Modern English Traction Engines (1896)
- Steam Traction Engine Manufacturers
- The Thresher’s (Steam Traction Engine) Guide, Volume 1, Foreword & Table of Contents (1910)
- The Thresher’s (Steam Traction Engine) Guide, Volume 1, Chapter 1 (1910)
- The Thresher’s (Steam Traction Engine) Guide, Volume 1, Chapter 2 (1910)
- The Thresher’s (Steam Traction Engine) Guide, Volume 1, Chapter 3 (1910)
- The Thresher’s (Steam Traction Engine) Guide, Volume 1, Chapter 4 (1910)
- The Thresher’s (Steam Traction Engine) Guide, Volume 1, Chapter 5 (1910)
- The Thresher’s (Steam Traction Engine) Guide, Volume 1, Chapter 6 (1910)
- The Thresher’s (Steam Traction Engine) Guide, Volume 1, Chapter 7 (1910)
- The Thresher’s (Steam Traction Engine) Guide, Volume 1, Chapter 8 (1910)
- The Thresher’s (Steam Traction Engine) Guide, Volume 1, Chapter 9 (1910)
- The Thresher’s (Steam Traction Engine) Guide, Volume 1, Chapter 10 (1910)
13 - Videos
14 - Woodworking Machinery History