Long before I had a garage I started buying back the items I had to sell when I sold my house north of Seattle. As many here know... I had a minor problem getting that garage built... and so one of the things I found at an estate sale just about a mile from here sat in the back on my pickup under a tarp for over a year.
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It's a Childs & Co 0000 Vertical Milling Machine. It's a baby milling machine. But not so small I can't do some things with it. And better than not having one. Here it is mounted up on a stand at the end of my lathe... which is going to get some work soon as well. The lathe is functional, so it's not coming apart until I get these other things built/repaired/restored. The main issue with the milling machine was the motor being lock-solid frozen-up. Unfortunately, I think that may have happened while it sat so long in the back of my truck.
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So, though repairing the mill wasn't really on the agenda right now, on the floor in front of the lathe sat a small table saw I got, for free, (begged to take it, in fact) because the owner didn't want it to go to the dump. The saw is somewhat worthless (maybe) and I agree because I thought the motor on it appeared to be similar, if not the same, as the one on the milling machine. I was getting tired of kicking that saw around so today I decided to see if the motor was something the milling machine could use. Well, one thing led to another and now I'm committed. And, fortunately for me, the motor was the correct motor, and it even works! Yay. Free is sometimes good.
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There's not a lot of pictures of these out there on the ol' Interwebs, but here's a similar model and what it'll look similar to very soon. Enjoy the process.
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