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Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by SusanYaeger » Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:47 pm

Another banner day at the Model T Museum, thanks to our great VolunTeers and donors.

Two line shafts have been installed in the Vintage Garage Machine Shop and the amazing machinery, dating from 1912 to 1920s is up and running! Congratulations to Jerry Kramer and all those who worked on this project and all who donated the machines that include a hacksaw, lathe, drill press, and more. An upcoming issue of the Vintage Ford will include more details of who donated all the machinery and steps of installation.

Another volunteer crew continues to work on installation of the tin ceiling in the new dealership showroom entry. Wait until you see that completed! Our VolunTeers can do ANYTHING!

Click here for a short YouTube video: [https://youtu.be/NTcJGzj1ha8]


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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Dan McEachern » Tue Jan 15, 2019 6:51 pm

Looks Great!!!!


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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Bill Anziani » Tue Jan 15, 2019 7:22 pm

Looks awesome! Thanks to everyone involved


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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by KeithG » Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:32 pm

That's really nice! Congratulations to Jerry Kramer and all the others who helped on this.
And Thank You to Susan for posting this.
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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Sean Butler » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:06 am

How cool! Thanks to everyone involved. Can't wait to see it all in person. :D
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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by CudaMan » Wed Jan 16, 2019 11:05 am

How close will Museum visitors be able to get to this running machinery? Just thinking about the period correct lack of guards and possible liability... :?
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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Dan_Jensen » Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:19 am

I don't see any washers on the shaft. :o
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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Farmer J » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:32 am

The liability we face in the museum would be no different than what you face when you give rides in an old car without seatbelts or other modern safety items. The machinery can only be started by authorized personal. The machine shop has a barrier at the door that discourages unauthorized entry but allows anyone to look inside.

We didn’t think about the washers that move back and forth to keep the line shaft clean until after the shafts were installed. Hopefully someone will come up with a way to add them without disassembling the shafts.

We still have about three feet of line shaft left that can drive another machine; would really like to find some sort of small vertical milling machine to put there.


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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Spade » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:43 am

Wish I could have known about it sooner. I have a post drill I would have donated. Its been in the family since the turn of the century.


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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by cessna53195 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:52 pm

Nice work, looking forward to a visit..


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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Farmer J » Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:53 am

Spade, We already have four post drills, one of which is very nice and will soon be mounted in the Vintage Garage. It is a hand crank model. If anyone needs one let me know. We are running out of room to store extra items. Jerry

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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by FreighTer Jim » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:23 pm

I watched the short video.

Very impressive ...

I did not see the vintage prototype line shaft ice cream maker tub
specifically designed by JK .... :?


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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Dan_Jensen » Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:56 pm

I did not know about washers on a line shaft until I went to the OCF in 2016, someone asked about them and their function. When the person in the machine shop explained their function it made sense to not have a lot of oil flying off the shaft. Should be easy enough to add them, couple of cardboard circles with a split then glued together. Thanks for posting the video.
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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Mark Gregush » Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:07 am

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I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! :shock:

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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Farmer J » Sat Jan 19, 2019 10:17 am

Dan and Mark, Both great ideas. We may experiment using material other than steel. I did add grease zerks to all the bearings to minimize drips and frequency of lubrications. Thanks for your thoughts.


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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by tdumas » Sat Jan 19, 2019 8:55 pm

Usually there is a board by each machine to
shift the belt from the driven pulley to an idler pulley so the operator could either power the machine or stop it so the machined part could be placed on the machine or removed from it. I did not see any means to accomplish this and all machines were running all the time.


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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Chad_Marcheese » Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:00 pm

It all looks fantastic. Line shafts are just so memorizing to me. So mechanical, so basic.

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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Dan_Jensen » Sat Jan 19, 2019 10:31 pm

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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Steve Hughes » Sat Jan 19, 2019 10:45 pm

So Spade, that post drill has been in your family since 2000 huh?


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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Farmer J » Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:09 pm

Ted, Every machine has a clutch and can be turned on or off as the line shaft is running. The clutch mechanism is built into the machine on all except the lathe. It’s clutch is mounted on the wall above the lathe.

Dan, Thanks for the info. We will definitely try the cardboard rings.,

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Re: Museum Lineshaft up and running in Vintage Garage Machine Shop!

Post by Sean Butler » Sun Jan 20, 2019 12:03 pm

Just For Fun - Lineshaft setup in Surf City:

https://youtu.be/qh08B2-uQl8
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