12-04-2012, 12:52 PM
Thanks everyone, and special thanks to Ed for getting the pics posted here for me.
Re: Porter Cable,, according to my research on this, Porter cable built machines such as this, then the company was sold to Logan, i think in 1947.
Gerard- i switched out a very ancient motor on it, that was only 1/4 HP, specs said it came with a 1/2HP, so i installed a 1/2 HP
In the pics there is a cast rear cover over the drive that i didn't install, due to wanting to test run it first. It will be installed today.
The louvered door on the base is not original, it just had a metal plate with 4 bolts holding it, which i thought was a pain to access the motor etc, so i had that louvered door that was a perfect fit in width, just had to cut 2 inches off the height. Much nicer now with access to the motor/belts etc.
The test run produced nice results in aluminum that i tried first, now i will be trying some steel, facing, a key way for sure, things like that.
Runs nice and quiet. Thanks again.
Re: Porter Cable,, according to my research on this, Porter cable built machines such as this, then the company was sold to Logan, i think in 1947.
Gerard- i switched out a very ancient motor on it, that was only 1/4 HP, specs said it came with a 1/2HP, so i installed a 1/2 HP
In the pics there is a cast rear cover over the drive that i didn't install, due to wanting to test run it first. It will be installed today.
The louvered door on the base is not original, it just had a metal plate with 4 bolts holding it, which i thought was a pain to access the motor etc, so i had that louvered door that was a perfect fit in width, just had to cut 2 inches off the height. Much nicer now with access to the motor/belts etc.
The test run produced nice results in aluminum that i tried first, now i will be trying some steel, facing, a key way for sure, things like that.
Runs nice and quiet. Thanks again.
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