Don't these just wanna make ya make those ape sounds like Tim Taylor?
Anyway from left to right: Lortone 12", Frantom 18", and Frantom 24" Rock
saws.
An Ideal 24" saw that I am restoring. It needs some more work. A feed motor would be nice.
A copletely restored circa 1970 Highland Park 14" saw (no I won't restore your saw too!) Not only were the belts LEATHER, it didn't even have a cutoff switch. What did the guy do, unplug the motor every time he made a cut? Sheesh! Stand by Home Depot :)
OK, so these are smaller. A high speed 4" opal trim saw on the left
(probably an old Highland Park) and a regular 6" Lortone trim saw on the
right.
My homemade 4-barrel 48-lb. capacity rotary tumbler. Hey Terry, when
can I pay you for this thing? It's 90% my parts now anyway!
The high speed overhead sander, a locally made knockoff of the Richardson's
model.
A Richardson's bull wheel for polishing.
A Richardson's sphere machine grinding away on a 6-inch McDonald Ranch petrified wood
sphere. The best, baby!
The Titan! The prince of lapidary machines.
The rockshed. Think I got enough? The Big Stuff isn't even in the picture!
Another view of the shed and shop. Beautiful. <sniff>
