New toys for the shop...

[cvairwerks]

New toys getting ready to come home...The blast cabinet is a Vacu-Blast steel shot cabinet. We had some trouble loading it in the truck. It was probably close to a ton when we picked it up with the forklift. There was probably over 30 gallons of water in the media recovery system, along with an unknown amount of sand.

The drill press is an Edlund, probably an XLT. The forklift was really groaning when we moved it out to the trailer. I'm probably going to go ahead and split it off the base column due to it's height and weight. It's over 8' tall and I would bet close to 4 tons. The riveter sitting there is coming too and it's well over 4500#'s. There is one more riveter and two mills that are coming also that I don't have any pictures of right now,

 

[Alan H.]

Looks like some restoration projects will be underway soon.

 

[cvairwerks]

Will see how much needs to be done on the Edlund. It was heavily greased before being put in storage probably 18 years ago. I will most likely replace all the bearings in it while I have it apart. The riveters are only a couple of hours to overhaul the air end. It will take longer to strip and paint them than anything else.

 

[pineyfolks]

That's going to be a great drillpress. I have a smaller one in a similar design in my dad's garage. I always liked being able to raise and lower the spindle quickly without fooling with the table.