Just got this neat old tool

[itsjustjay]

I gave this machine to my father. I was just curious though, could this sort of machine be useful in a cue making shop?

Its 2 HP and has 1/4" & 1/2" collet. The motor can be mounted above the table (pictured) or below the table. The foot peddle moves the table upward for pin routing.

 

[Guerra Cues]

I like the door stopper idea.

 

[Cue Crazy]

Might be able to square point stock up with It. If a power-feed was added as mentioned above, then You may be able to do billet and even V-grooves, if the machine was stable enough. I mean who knows, may be several things you could do if You put your mind to It, but would have to try to see how well It worked before You would know for sure. With 1/4 and 1/2 You would have a few options of what type of tooling you could run In It. Not the same as a mill, but something like one.

Greg

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

Altho I am not overly experienced in some of these machines, the first thing that popped into my mind was V gooves for sneaky petes.
And if that is the case, I would love to have that one. I believe your rip fence is movable and that would work great for
sneakys once you have it set at the correct angle.

Me wishes I could find one like that at an auction, cause I would find room for it in my tiny shop.

 

[Mc2]

I gave this machine to my father. I was just curious though, could this sort of machine be useful in a cue making shop?

Its 2 HP and has 1/4" & 1/2" collet. The motor can be mounted above the table (pictured) or below the table. The foot peddle moves the table upward for pin routing.

Sorry, I don't see where this machine will do much for cue work other than take up space. If you where into cabinet making maybe? Do yourself a favor and leave it where it is at.

Jim.

 

[KJ Cues]

I don't see that table moving in ANY direction other than up & down via the
foot-pedal as stated by the OP. The table is fixed. Do you see any hand-wheels???
Jim is right, you'd be hard-pressed to find a use for this in cue-making.

KJ

 

[FLYINGSNAIL]

can be set up for venner spliter. Just have to set up a vertical mount on the rail and clamps.

 

[JoeyInCali]

Might be handy as a door stop.

 

[itsjustjay]

Thanks for the replies, I was just curious. Like I said, I gave it to my father for his shop. I collect old tools so I find a lot of interesting machines. I outfitted my fathers shop with over 20 machines, almost all vintage US metal and a few shopsmiths.

Well Joey, it's over 200lbs so it would make a real stout door stop.

-J

 

[James Sarenich]

It looks like an old mortiser. We had one like that when I was in high school.

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

You might have got it. Brings back memories of gr 12 shop class.
Looks very reminiscent of the motise and tenon machine we also had.

Square type of outer with a bit in the middle, right?

I Googled it, you get the Cupey Doll. maybe you could make windows in the butt with the Mortiser.
And speaking of butts, I will get mine kicked for that suggestion.

 

[itsjustjay]

I'm sorry, I should have been more specific in the first post.

It's a Rockwell overarm router/shaper. It shares a few parts from the Delta light duty shaper. In the upper position it's a pin router and in the lower position it's like a router table. I think you could also run special shaper bits designed for router chucks or maybe it had a special arbor for standard shaper bits.

It's an interesting machine, most were sold to schools. I believe they were very expensive back in the day.

-J

 

[Tooljunkie]

What you have there is a Rockwell/Delta inverted Pin Router. They are great for making duplicate parts for Cabinet making or manufacturing. It could also be used as a jointer by using the fence currently installed and a straight router bit.

 

[63Kcode]

Neat piece. If it was in my shop I am sure I would find something to do with it. I tend to make do with what I have.

Larry

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

I'm bad, sorry. Altho it did look like the old mortise machines we used in High school, it doesn't have a hand wheel on the side.

 

[rob@BPQ]

veneer splitter

i have this exact machine in my cue shop with a crosslide. it is the perfect veneer splitting machine. Kenny Koo split eighty veneers with it when he was visiting panama city. it usually takes 3 seconds to split the veneer with a 1 inch 90 degree blade. if any wants pics i have some available.
robert harris

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

I'd like to see some pics. When you say, splitting a veneer, I can't visualize it
using a spinning blade.

 

[rob@BPQ]

veneer splitter

thanks for asking heres the pics. this is what i and kenny m have been using for the past couple years.