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Was checking out the old machine shop at the county fairgrounds in Des Moines and saw they still use a hand-cranked drill press from the 1940s.
It got me thinking, what's the oldest piece of gear you guys still use regularly in your own shops?
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kelly.keith6mo ago
My grandpa's 1952 Delta bandsaw still cuts perfect curves every weekend. It just needs a fresh blade and a little wax on the table now and then. They really built that stuff to outlast all of us.
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wendyc536mo ago
That 1952 bandsaw is probably more reliable than my car. My neighbor has a Delta drill press from around the same year and the thing just hums. They used to make stuff with actual metal you could fix yourself. Now my new saw needs a software update to cut a straight line.
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