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Somebody stop me! Please!

Posted in quest on May 28th, 2014

Lately, I’ve been buying shapers like it’s nobody’s business (meaning I have no business owning this many shapers)  A few weeks ago, I received this little gem from the United Kingdom: It’s a very sweet little Sagar shaper with a Wadkin rolling table attachment and a very large set of box joint cutters on it. […]

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When is it OK to buy bearings in China for a classic American Old Woodworking Machine?

Posted in quest on Jan 4th, 2014

The machine in question is my Yates American Y-30 Snowflake Bandsaw. I had been using this saw as you see it on the trailer for a number of years. It only needed a set of guides and I had it running as my primary resaw. I ended up buying a big Wadkin PBR earlier this […]

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Moosehead Furniture: Dover-Foxcroft, Maine

Posted in quest on Nov 15th, 2007

At the begining of October, [IRS] auctions hosted the liquidation of the Moosehead Furniture manufacturing plant in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. Moosehead was a family owned business that had been in Dover-Foxcroft since 1959. Moosehead had a second manufacturing facility in Monson, Maine that wasn’t part of the liquidation. Early this year, the owners announced that they […]

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