Pics from my shop!

No one has asked, but I'm putting these up anyway! So nyah nyah!


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>

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