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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===
2.4 - Decal Reproductions
===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===
===3.4 - 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===
===3.11 - DeWalt===
===3.12 - Greenerd===
===3.13 - J. A. Fay & Egan Co.===
===3.14 - Kneisley Electric Company===
===3.15 - Millbury Machine Co.===
===3.16 - Montgomery Ward===
===3.17 - Newman===
=== 3.18 - Northfield===
3.19 - Oliver
===3.20 Thomas Robinson & Son===
===3.21 - Parks===
===3.22 - Powermatic===
===3.23 - Sprunger===
3.24 - Tannewitz
===3.25 - Walker-Turner===
===3.26 - Whitney Baxter D. ===
==4 - Electrical ==
===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
7 - Gas Engines
8 - Gas Traction Engines
===9 - Metalworking Machinery===
10 - Publication Reprints
===11 - Steam Engines===
12 - Steam Traction Engines
- General Description of Traction Engines (1908)
- Farm Motors-Steam Traction Engines (1917)
- Modern English Traction Engines (1896)
- 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===