# Shop Talk Live 32: Vintage Machinery Bargains and Blunders

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2013-05-24
- Length: 59m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2013-05-24-shop-talk-live-32-vintage-machinery-bargains-and-blunders
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.libsyn.com/shop-talk-live-32-vintage-machinery-bargains-and-blunders

## Summary

Matt Kenney discusses the challenges of sourcing and moving vintage heavy machinery, specifically jointers, highlighting the high cost of rigging and the technical pitfalls of buying 80-year-old equipment with Babbitt bearings or 3-phase motors. Mike Pekovic shares a 'smooth move' story about injuring his back while moving a cabinet and details a complex epoxy repair on a walnut table top. The hosts also provide a detailed primer on Stanley hand plane numbering systems and answer listener questions regarding woodworking for motorcycles and the legacy of Norm Abram.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2013-05-24-shop-talk-live-32-vintage-machinery-bargains-and-blunders#t=6) Introduction and Vintage Machinery Search
- [1:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2013-05-24-shop-talk-live-32-vintage-machinery-bargains-and-blunders#t=87) Buying and Moving Heavy Vintage Jointers
- [8:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2013-05-24-shop-talk-live-32-vintage-machinery-bargains-and-blunders#t=481) Technical Advice on Vintage Machinery
- [12:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2013-05-24-shop-talk-live-32-vintage-machinery-bargains-and-blunders#t=726) Listener Question: Wood Accents for Motorcycles
- [15:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2013-05-24-shop-talk-live-32-vintage-machinery-bargains-and-blunders#t=927) Discussion of Riesentgen Furniture
- [19:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2013-05-24-shop-talk-live-32-vintage-machinery-bargains-and-blunders#t=1197) Mike's Back Injury and Epoxy Repair Story
- [32:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2013-05-24-shop-talk-live-32-vintage-machinery-bargains-and-blunders#t=1954) Stanley Hand Plane Numbering Guide
- [40:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2013-05-24-shop-talk-live-32-vintage-machinery-bargains-and-blunders#t=2433) Favorite Tools: Bedrock Plane and Biscuit Joiner
- [50:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2013-05-24-shop-talk-live-32-vintage-machinery-bargains-and-blunders#t=3015) Listener Questions: Bench Top Attachment and Norm Abram

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Delta (product)
- Crescent (product)
- Oliver (product)
- Grizzly (company)
- SCMI (company)
- owwm.org (other)
- vintagemachinery.org (other)
- West Systems (product)
- DeWalt (product)
- Northfield (company)
- Stanley (product)
- Taunton (company)

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