Once again you've reminded me of my dad. He passed 3.2021. He retired from Sears Roebuck & Co. in the late 70s, they carried mostly Craftsman tools. As I go thru his many owner's manuals of all his machinery and tools they're all Craftsman. I do believe he (or my grandfather, his dad, had one of these). Thank you!
"Not ANOTHER bench grinder restoration!" I say to Myself just before I sit there and watch the full 20 minutes of the video in complete awe. Loved the method of using dry ice to constrict the part to fitting into place. Also like that you colour matched the original paint work and kept the original decal in place. Top job! :)
Wonderful job. Made at a time when craftsman tools were of the top quality you could buy . Unfortunately now made in China by the lowest bidder . I'm 15 years older than that grinder , but the memories are there . My brother and l pooled resources and bought that model for our dads 50th. birthday .
Lucky for us they made a lot of them and they can still be found in pretty good shape. A testament to their quality. I've got a pretty rare craftsman tool grinder/hone coming up as a restoration video this summer. Thanks for watching.
I have this same grinder... I was a kid when my father had this in his workshop. I am 65 now. I was looking to find out how to change the belt? That was a Monumental task in itself still not sure if I can get the shaft out though? I'm going to try to save the bearings. Dads grinder is in excellent shape for how old it is.. Great job on refurbishing this beauty of a grinder... Thank you for memory lane as well.
Great Job making that old girl look new again. I have my nieces father-in-law's 1947 Craftsman jig/Scroll saw made by King/Sealy. It is in great shape with I believe it's original belt still running the old girl! Was able to clean belt off and it had the part number of belt that I found in a 1947 sears tool catalog! They made the belts well back then as well as the machines!
Very nice job! Excellent quality of work, good job with the camera, and great results! You really got my respect when you did the touch-up around the existing label... Thanks for posting!
Back at the time Craftsman was well made! I have thought about the ice method in the past, my concern is the moisture it may create where bearing seats on the shaft. Possibly some anti sieze on shaft would be good to have where bearing sits to negate the moisture issue. Only other thing I might have done is use the old stones and put the dressing tool to them, they had the look of aluminum had been ground on them. As always, another nice job, enjoyed the video. Thanks!
Beautiful work! Subscribed. I've watched this video three times now. I like the dry ice method too. I typically just put the part in the freezer, then heat the bearing and it drops into place.
I must say three things. 1. You definitely have the perfect workshop. 2. You are taking restoration to a new level on YT. 3. I love your video editing (detailed and no cutting corners for making it short). If this is your first YT video of many then we are not going to be disappointed at all. Subscribing today for not missing out 😊
Great job, very professional, that's a great lesson for teaching when you love your work, you have it done the right way... just wandering, why you haven't used the thicker grinding stones?
That was a great restoration and you did a good job matching the colour as well. I hope there will be lots more to come but I have subscribed so I don’t miss them. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
I have to admit, when you said you needed to match the paint I figure'd you were just going to drag it up to Lowes (assuming you are in the US). Then you just eyeballed a perfect match. Nice!
Hi ACME Restorations. I have enjoyed both of your very well made videos and I have subscribed. Both videos are great and well edited, this looks like it is going to be a brilliant channel. Congratulations on your work so far. All the very best, with love from the UK Brother.
You sir, have earn’t yourself an 11th subscriber 😊 hands down, for your first video this is incredible, both presentation, editing and the outcome of your restoration project. You’ll go far on RU-vid I’m sure, just don’t forget your first bunch of subscribers 😂
Thank you! That means a lot to me. Put in a lot of effort and am pleased with the outcome. Also got a really nice grinder out of the deal :) . More coming..
Excellent restoration and video. I'm particularly impressed with the color match. I've been restoring Craftsman machine tools for about 30 years and haven's been able to match the paint. Would you be willing to share your paint formula?
This is a professional restoration by a professional restorer 😃 Question please: How long have you had the “Locktite” for? it’s very expensive here in Australia, don’t want it buy 1 tube for 1 job then it goes off after 1 use. Fantastic restoration, many thanks for sharing.
I have one of these. Had to replace the cord on the motor in the stand once, but other than grinding wheels it hasn't needed anything and ist still quiet and smooth.
Nice. I probably could have gotten away without new bearings, but since I was restoring it anyways what the heck? Purrs like a kitten now. Thanks for watching.
@@AcmeRestorations If end up restoring mine, I'll definitely replace the bearings. It was given to me 25 years ago for free because of the bad cord (shrug) so I have been just using it since. I think its going to out last me though. ;-) BTW, I recommend getting a link belt for it that won't take a set between uses. It'll stay smooth as the belt ages and you won't have to disassemble to change anything.
Nice work, You need to make some paper washers for were the labels came off. The label cushions the wheel from the metal washer. Keeps the wheel from cracking.
I replaced the grinding wheels with new ones. If I decide to reuse those old ones I'll do that though. Great tip and I had not considered that. Thanks!
The original grinding wheels were much higher quality than the ones you replaced them with. The back sticker that you saved could have been reproduced. Overall a very nice restoration.
Yeah, I'm waiting until I can find wheels that match the original width. 1 1/2. They aren't easy to find. I just put those wheels on for the video; only ones I could find on short notice that fit that large shaft.
Thanks for the video. Both discs (or however they are called) are spinning simultaneously in the video. But, if I understand correctly, either of them can be turned off separately?
Very nice restoration on a very cool old grinder. The dry ice trick was amazing. I always wondered why heating up (expanding) stuck bolts helps them come out. Wouldn’t freezing (contracting) them work better? Anyway I’m looking forward to more videos. Great job. 👍🏼
Awesome restoration, especially putting the "Ball Bearing" decal on, but I have to ask, why didn't you reuse the original grinding stones? They're much thicker than the Kobalts. I'm looking forward to more videos from you.
Not worth the risk for 70 year old stones. Also, not the grit I wanted, so I'm trying to find some that are the right size and the right grit from a quality producer. Great question. Thanks for watching!
@@AcmeRestorations Might as well add a parts washer and powder coating kit to that to-do list. Seems to be the current trend in getting millions of views! ;)
@@gforcekaras LOL. I've noticed! I'm more of a purist; no power coating unless called for. (and I'm not working on cars so no need for a parts washer) :)