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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===
===3.4 - 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===
===3.11 - 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 - Shopsmith===
===3.23 - Sprunger===
===3.24 - Tannewitz===
===3.25 - Walker-Turner===
===3.26 - West Side Iron Works (J. Jackoboice) ===
3.27 - Whitney Baxter D.
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===
- Matthias W. Baldwin (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)
- Corliss, George Henry (1888)
- Cordesman, H. J., Sr. (1919)
- Davis, Aaron (1857)
- Disston, Henry, Obituary (1890)
- Lovett Eames and Gardner T. Eames (1904)
- Egan, Thomas P. (1922)
- Evans, Oliver (1906)
- Farrar, Chilion M., Obituary (1907)
- Greenleaf, Clements A. (1893)
- Hoard, Charles B. (1895)
- Huber, Edward (1904)
- Joslin, Edward (1901)
- Kearney, Edward J. (1922)
- Kelly, Oliver Smith (1918)
- Leffel, James (1875)
- Medart, Philip (1899)
- Medart, William (1899)
- Mills, James (1913)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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) (1916)
- Development of the Steam Traction Engine in America (Part 2) (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===