Luxy1205--Your "Lolly" is one beautiful peice of machinery!!!Would hate to use her and put a scratch or dent on her!!!Now "Eggbert" is all business-use him if you put another scratch or dent in him no one would notice.He's kinda like the Crown D150 amp in a "roadies" feild case that gets more scratches and dents in the front panel after each show the amp is used in.My Dad didn't actually own the X-12he borrowed it from a freind.Later he bought a Stihl saw-can't remember the model-he had it for years and years-it cut MANY truckloads of Hills firewood before it "died"Of all things he bought a Poulin to replace it-as a former tool tech advised him to replace the Stihl with another one or have it rebuilt.Don't know what became of the Poulin after Dad gave up his tools to my brother-guess he has it.Remember that dreaded brand at the tool shop.Got to the point we didn't fix those-sold the customer a new machine.Chainsaws weren't that shops main business-was other tools-like drills,recip saws,electric pavement breakers,wallbreakers(Those were so fun to fix--and try out!!)Coredrills-another fun one to try out-and last but not least masonry saws-another fun one to fix.And of course LOTS of air compressors.And the air tools used with them-nailguns.Also a few powder actuated nailguns-again fun to test out!!Most just needed cleaning like a regular gun.With the air powered nailers-you put a service "kit" in them-piston,nail drive shaft,and seals.And rotary hammers for concrete work.The job was a temp one-didn't pay much but was FUN!!!You would get to fix and try various tools.Will say--You do FANTASTIC work on your tools in restoring-repairing them-you could get paid top dollar at a tool shop as a tech!For me its now giant shortwave broadcast transmitters.Somehow--the tools were more fun to fix.Just doesn't pay as much.We used to have a guy who worked here-his hobby was fixing chainsaws.He has retired.He doesn't fix saws anymore-does other work instead-he said he got tired of working on them.
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Thanks for the compliments!!! "Lolly" was a gift for them. They didn't even know about it! She sits nicely on a shelf in their den! My "Eggbert" will never be used. He's the one that started my fascination with 150's! He's also an inside joke with people we know. He will be painted with mirage paint, it'll be a flip between red and blue. He will forever be in our house! Ha Ha! That's so cool that you got to work on all of that stuff!!! That's what I'm doing now! My husband restores antique cars for a living so he uses the heck outta his tools! He'll bring home grinders, buffers, drills, sanders, you name it, it's been rebuilt. I would love to fix the concrete saws!!! I need to add one of those into my collection! Once I have some time, I will rebuild my 1948 Mall circular saw and use it! That's it too, most of anything just needs to be cleaned! Most electric stuff needs to be cleaned, oiled, and the commutator needs to be shined back up where the brushes hit it! On the chainsaws though, most of them need a new carb kit because their gaskets are hard like a potato chip! Ha Ha! Gotta love gasoline that turns into varnish goo! Ha Ha! You just spoke my language with the "shortwave broadcast transmitters"!!! I love rebuilding my clock radios!!! I'm overly fascinated by tube technology! I'm really focusing on tubes, but I am learning solid state/transistors too! For fun, I take apart old computer and tvs for the circuit boards. I de-solder them for the resistors, transistors, diodes, capacitors, and etc. Mainly for the capacitors since back in the day the caps in the old radios were made with horse hair, wax, and snot! Ha Ha! Gee, can't imagine why those didn't last long! Ha Ha! Also, from what I've noticed too, the rectifier tubes seem to go bad on almost all of the radios I fix. That would be a 35W4 tube. What all do you do with your shortwaves??? I enjoy working on saws mainly for us alone. We've done some in the past for people, but it doesn't pay. You're basically just doing it for fun and that's rewarding, but not when it's for customers. Most people don't want to buy a restored saw because you don't want to cut with it! I see too many people restoring very nice saws, wanting over $500 for them and they never get it! It's worth it, because I know how much labor, love, and money goes into doing that. Now, there are some exceptions with saws. I know there are a few out there that are very rare and if they are restored people would buy them.
-Michelle
Thanks for the compliments!!! "Lolly" was a gift for them. They didn't even know about it! She sits nicely on a shelf in their den! My "Eggbert" will never be used. He's the one that started my fascination with 150's! He's also an inside joke with people we know. He will be painted with mirage paint, it'll be a flip between red and blue. He will forever be in our house! Ha Ha! That's so cool that you got to work on all of that stuff!!! That's what I'm doing now! My husband restores antique cars for a living so he uses the heck outta his tools! He'll bring home grinders, buffers, drills, sanders, you name it, it's been rebuilt. I would love to fix the concrete saws!!! I need to add one of those into my collection! Once I have some time, I will rebuild my 1948 Mall circular saw and use it! That's it too, most of anything just needs to be cleaned! Most electric stuff needs to be cleaned, oiled, and the commutator needs to be shined back up where the brushes hit it! On the chainsaws though, most of them need a new carb kit because their gaskets are hard like a potato chip! Ha Ha! Gotta love gasoline that turns into varnish goo! Ha Ha! You just spoke my language with the "shortwave broadcast transmitters"!!! I love rebuilding my clock radios!!! I'm overly fascinated by tube technology! I'm really focusing on tubes, but I am learning solid state/transistors too! For fun, I take apart old computer and tvs for the circuit boards. I de-solder them for the resistors, transistors, diodes, capacitors, and etc. Mainly for the capacitors since back in the day the caps in the old radios were made with horse hair, wax, and snot! Ha Ha! Gee, can't imagine why those didn't last long! Ha Ha! Also, from what I've noticed too, the rectifier tubes seem to go bad on almost all of the radios I fix. That would be a 35W4 tube. What all do you do with your shortwaves??? I enjoy working on saws mainly for us alone. We've done some in the past for people, but it doesn't pay. You're basically just doing it for fun and that's rewarding, but not when it's for customers. Most people don't want to buy a restored saw because you don't want to cut with it! I see too many people restoring very nice saws, wanting over $500 for them and they never get it! It's worth it, because I know how much labor, love, and money goes into doing that. Now, there are some exceptions with saws. I know there are a few out there that are very rare and if they are restored people would buy them.
-Michelle
Love your collection !
Hi there ! I had already seen some nice images of your loving hand-mixers and now i am happy to "meet" them again ! I love your way of collecting, which is quite similar to mine, I must say : I have a large amount of vintage cleaners and floor polishers ( only the ones that are fascinating to me for some reason), but also stand-mixers and kitchen electrics from the 1950's, fans, telephones, etc I collect all the things i like and could divide them into 5 or 6 main categories which give a sense to any addition ( vintage electric kitchenalia, fans, telephones, vacuums, portable turntables, 1980's toys from my generation ). The limit to be a hoarder is a serious risk for me today ( all the stuff is in my apartment ! )even if i always keep everything as clean as possible and plan to storage most of the stuff in a more suitable place as soon as some extra money will be available...
I was impressed and sorry for your recent loss...reminds me that I started collecting "funny smelling" old electric machines when my granny Bruna passed away in 1986 - I was eleven at the time - and I was given the few poor machines she used for cooking ( and often played with when I was I child ) : an old mixer, an electric coffee grinder by moulinex, a small fan and a LESA electric vacuum-brush. I still have those machines and have beautiful childhood memories with them and all this has helped to keep the memory of my grandparents freshly alive, even after so many years !
Cheers from italy and congratulation for your collections !
Hi there ! I had already seen some nice images of your loving hand-mixers and now i am happy to "meet" them again ! I love your way of collecting, which is quite similar to mine, I must say : I have a large amount of vintage cleaners and floor polishers ( only the ones that are fascinating to me for some reason), but also stand-mixers and kitchen electrics from the 1950's, fans, telephones, etc I collect all the things i like and could divide them into 5 or 6 main categories which give a sense to any addition ( vintage electric kitchenalia, fans, telephones, vacuums, portable turntables, 1980's toys from my generation ). The limit to be a hoarder is a serious risk for me today ( all the stuff is in my apartment ! )even if i always keep everything as clean as possible and plan to storage most of the stuff in a more suitable place as soon as some extra money will be available...
I was impressed and sorry for your recent loss...reminds me that I started collecting "funny smelling" old electric machines when my granny Bruna passed away in 1986 - I was eleven at the time - and I was given the few poor machines she used for cooking ( and often played with when I was I child ) : an old mixer, an electric coffee grinder by moulinex, a small fan and a LESA electric vacuum-brush. I still have those machines and have beautiful childhood memories with them and all this has helped to keep the memory of my grandparents freshly alive, even after so many years !
Cheers from italy and congratulation for your collections !
Luxy1205:
I work on the SW transmitters for a living-hope it continues.The youngest of the rigs here are 30yrs old-500Kw one is from Germany-AEG S4005,the other from Switzerland-BK55.500Kw it has an early first generation solid state modulator-its holding up well since some guys who know this rig better than me rebuilt them.There are 3 General Electric 250Kw SW transmitters here-going on 50 yrs old.They were built during the Cold War era as this site was-commissioned in 1963 By then Pres Kennedy.Then there are 3 Continental Electronics 420A tranmsitters that are 65 yrs old-they have been repainted-they are the same colors as your "Lolly" saw.Hate to use them.Tube technology abounds here-and some tubes cost over $150,000 so we handle them carefully.Come in Washer sized crates shipped from France,Germany,or Switzerland.We so wish for new transmitters-but won't happen.New rigs are now 1.5 Mil each!!!
In my goings with tools,radios and such you have two classes of people that deal with them--"Users"(Eggbert would be a Users machine)"Lolly" would be a "Collectors"
Machine-one that won't get used.Users USE their things-Collectors as a rule-don't.
The concrete saws I worked on were Masonry brick&block saqws-these had gas motors or electric motors and were used to cut bricks and blocks to size.They used 14" diamond coarse grit blades-these blades would cost $400-$800 to buy.They could be used wet or dry-depending on the blade.Wet--no dust-but messy,muddy slurry that has to be cleaned out of the machines pan.water pumps have to be cleaned.Dry saws are messy too,in another way.The concrete dust flies all around the machine-gets sucked into gas or electric motors causing many problems.For the electric saws start and run motor caps have to be replaced.The gas motors-like that on chainsaws or lawnmowers.The dust and slurry wrecks havoc with them.The tool place had an account with a another shop to rebuild the gas motors.Same with gas powered aircompressors.I worked on the pumps and other parts.
I have to operate,maintian and repair the transmitters at our plant-I am the mid shift supervisor-work with 1,2 or three other guys.A transmitter that failed earlier in our shift is fixed-bad tube.The failed tube figure its still new enough to get it reimbursed under warrantee.For motor communtators-use a motor dressing stone-available from Graingers or large motor repar shops-the stones do two things-clean and polish the communtator bars-and "seat" new brushes installed in the motor.You use them while the motor runs.Saves alot of time.No one I know wants to clean motor armature communtators by hand.I like tube tech too,but is quickly being superseded.You can now by 500Kw SW transmitters with only like 2 tubes in them.There are now all solid state medium wave(regular AM)transmitters up to 1 million watts output.For this still prefer the tubes-I liken it to tubes(elephants pulling the load)or solid state(ants pulling the load)You need THOUSANDS of transistors in a 1 meg tranmsitter-but only 2 tubes.Very large tubes at that!I have worked on all types of tranmstters new and old.It is kinda interesting-but can be a pain at times.And you are hurried to fix it at min airtime lost.
I work on the SW transmitters for a living-hope it continues.The youngest of the rigs here are 30yrs old-500Kw one is from Germany-AEG S4005,the other from Switzerland-BK55.500Kw it has an early first generation solid state modulator-its holding up well since some guys who know this rig better than me rebuilt them.There are 3 General Electric 250Kw SW transmitters here-going on 50 yrs old.They were built during the Cold War era as this site was-commissioned in 1963 By then Pres Kennedy.Then there are 3 Continental Electronics 420A tranmsitters that are 65 yrs old-they have been repainted-they are the same colors as your "Lolly" saw.Hate to use them.Tube technology abounds here-and some tubes cost over $150,000 so we handle them carefully.Come in Washer sized crates shipped from France,Germany,or Switzerland.We so wish for new transmitters-but won't happen.New rigs are now 1.5 Mil each!!!
In my goings with tools,radios and such you have two classes of people that deal with them--"Users"(Eggbert would be a Users machine)"Lolly" would be a "Collectors"
Machine-one that won't get used.Users USE their things-Collectors as a rule-don't.
The concrete saws I worked on were Masonry brick&block saqws-these had gas motors or electric motors and were used to cut bricks and blocks to size.They used 14" diamond coarse grit blades-these blades would cost $400-$800 to buy.They could be used wet or dry-depending on the blade.Wet--no dust-but messy,muddy slurry that has to be cleaned out of the machines pan.water pumps have to be cleaned.Dry saws are messy too,in another way.The concrete dust flies all around the machine-gets sucked into gas or electric motors causing many problems.For the electric saws start and run motor caps have to be replaced.The gas motors-like that on chainsaws or lawnmowers.The dust and slurry wrecks havoc with them.The tool place had an account with a another shop to rebuild the gas motors.Same with gas powered aircompressors.I worked on the pumps and other parts.
I have to operate,maintian and repair the transmitters at our plant-I am the mid shift supervisor-work with 1,2 or three other guys.A transmitter that failed earlier in our shift is fixed-bad tube.The failed tube figure its still new enough to get it reimbursed under warrantee.For motor communtators-use a motor dressing stone-available from Graingers or large motor repar shops-the stones do two things-clean and polish the communtator bars-and "seat" new brushes installed in the motor.You use them while the motor runs.Saves alot of time.No one I know wants to clean motor armature communtators by hand.I like tube tech too,but is quickly being superseded.You can now by 500Kw SW transmitters with only like 2 tubes in them.There are now all solid state medium wave(regular AM)transmitters up to 1 million watts output.For this still prefer the tubes-I liken it to tubes(elephants pulling the load)or solid state(ants pulling the load)You need THOUSANDS of transistors in a 1 meg tranmsitter-but only 2 tubes.Very large tubes at that!I have worked on all types of tranmstters new and old.It is kinda interesting-but can be a pain at times.And you are hurried to fix it at min airtime lost.
