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Cutting dovetails, how hard can it be...
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 633434" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I cannot ever recall seeing that name! I once worked in a shop that still had a bunch of machines that ran off the old line shaft. Extremely efficient to say the least. I was involved in converting about thirty of the small presses over to motor drive from the line shaft. In that shop we had an old lathe that we used for spray metal work. It used an old time Ford "crash box" for a transmission with a 15 horse electric motor going into it. At one time it was a line shaft machine. That leather belting material used to come in rolls of different widths and thicknesses. I've probably made two hundred belts in my lifetime. When I made a new belt all the machine operators would be hanging around waiting for me to throw it the trash. They made really nice strops for sharpening knives. We are probably in a very slim minority here that even knows what a line shaft system is; let alone ever saw one in use!</p><p> </p><p>Now I feel really old!</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 633434, member: 25383"] I cannot ever recall seeing that name! I once worked in a shop that still had a bunch of machines that ran off the old line shaft. Extremely efficient to say the least. I was involved in converting about thirty of the small presses over to motor drive from the line shaft. In that shop we had an old lathe that we used for spray metal work. It used an old time Ford "crash box" for a transmission with a 15 horse electric motor going into it. At one time it was a line shaft machine. That leather belting material used to come in rolls of different widths and thicknesses. I've probably made two hundred belts in my lifetime. When I made a new belt all the machine operators would be hanging around waiting for me to throw it the trash. They made really nice strops for sharpening knives. We are probably in a very slim minority here that even knows what a line shaft system is; let alone ever saw one in use! Now I feel really old! gary [/QUOTE]
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