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WANTED $$: Antique old Flat
belt drive Machine Shop Machinery & Parts, Tools, found, bought, traded,
used
repaired, help & Information Collectors Network Website
by Richard Spens (also antique Woodshop, Woodworking Machine, Machines) |
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Antique,Used,Old, Machine Shop & Parts,
Tools, Woodshop Machinery Collector's / User's Exchange of Information
& Network.
WEBSITE under CONSTRUCTION
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ANTIQUE AND OLD MACHINERY WANTED,TRADED
REPAIRED.
I'm trying to recreate an
ca.1870/1920 Historical Overhead Flat Belt Lineshaft Metalworking &Woodworrking
shop Recreation. My goal is to help keep alive our machine shop
heritage and industrial History that has built, and still builds much of
our life today.. .........But I Need Your Help!!!.... I'm looking
to purchase pre. 1925 flat belt driven wood working or metal working
Machinery for this collection and for working, But there is more to this
thain acquiring... This shop will be non-profit, and not just for show
but for hands on demonstrations and real metal working. Children
espically enjoy the movement they can see and generate and easily see
with the handwheels, shafts, gears ect. on these old machines. They
should learn how this built their grandparents lives and still supports
their lifestyle. y.
I'm also interested in
trading
information and networking with other collectors
were interested in woodworking and metalworking machines.There are lots
of machines offered at nearly scrap that can be used by a hobbyiest. I
have planned this web site to be a place people with similar trades
crafts interests and hobbies can share their obsession and share
information, to get help for the machines that they want themselves, or
to refer to others who are looking for that machine for their
collection, or just a low cost machine tool to build and fix things
with. (provided they are willing to give up a little space and use a
winch, rollers, trailer and prybar to get it home. I buy the best and
most unique machines I can get at the time, when a better surfaces I get
that one, and can then show a progression of technology, or trade it if
I must to someone who wans it more for their collection or use.
I don't sell, but do refer Machines available to someone who is
looking for one at no advantige to myself in order to save a machine and
give it a home. Shareing information with others helps keep our HISTORY
from being melted down by the scrapyards. I trade and buy when the
oppertunity to upgrade to older/more complete Antiquies, or to complete
an area i'm trying to represent (ESPECIALLY GEAR CUTTING and GRINDING
Machinery).
I'm looking to purchase pre. 1925 flat
belt driven wood working or metal working
machines.
I'm especially looking for very old or ornate machines ,Grinding
machines, Gear cutting machines and the more uncommon machines,like
verticle slotters 4-6 spindle automatics, and machines made by Brown and
Sharpe, Hendy, Potter & Jhonson, Sloan & Chase, Newark, Winton, Gould &
Everhart. I would be glad to
pay a
15% finder's fee for information leading to the purchase
of the above mentioned machines please pass my name along to someone who
may have a shop, barn, yard or garage with one or more of these machines
for possible sale trad or just to show them off.
As I said before I'd like all of us interested in trading
information and networking with other collectors to use this as sort of
a loose club of Antique Woodworking and Metalworking machines collectors
and related trades & crafts.
I will
be glad to give free advice, help to those finding examining, buying,
transporting, repairing, using, antiques or machines that they have or
want.
I can be reached
at.
e- mail :
richardspens@antiquemachinery.com
or
richspens@aol.com
Richard
Spens
28515 W. 7 Mile Rd. Or Please call me at
(248)-474-2799
Livonia, MI 48152-3501
(shop is not in Livonia)
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Antique Machinery did'ent start out as a dusty collection of memorabilia.
It began as reaction to the lack of established museum's focus on our
industrial machine shop heritage, and also my wife's
questioning... "Whyyyyy.....What are you going to do with all this
junk?"
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