Montgomery Wards Logan Refurb

[bmwrd0]

Nice! I picked this on up at an estate sale on the last day, as I had seen it on the first day, and thought (hoped?) someone would buy it. But no one did, so I made a low ball offer and they accepted it. It is an AAMCO 6" from the thirties. I am still figuring it out, but it took a back seat when I picked up the little mill and then the lathe.

[bmwrd0]

Kind of a side project, but know that the lathe is in its place, mostly, I need to clean up the rest of the shop, and get things organized.

it's kind of a disaster right now, but I am using that as an opportunity to make some necessary changes to how I have things laid out.

under the main bench

and under the second bench. I now have a much better use of space, and am in the process of going through all of the drawers and getting rid of all the misc. junk that accumulates over a decade. Having somewhat better organization of needed hardware

like having all of the boxed fasteners together, and things like that. As I do a lot of restoration work on older things, I like having a selection of age appropriate nuts, bolts and screws on hand.

[Uncle Buck]

Great progress! I am going through the same thing and it is very time consuming  for sure, but well worth the effort.

Just press on, it's all we can do right.

[Uncle Buck]

LOL! How could I forget OCG! Yes it was a given that you would have a cherry " real shaper" in your shop! Oh my what a fine specimen it is too!

[Uncle Buck]

bmw, there are tons of old manuals on how to setup and operate a shaper to be found on the web.

Just make sure when you do get around to using it, pay it great respect and don't underestimate the potential for very severe injuries, even from small shapers. Those suckers pack ALOT of power, so just pay close attention getting use to it.

[bmwrd0]

Good advise to remember. Thanks UB!