Makena Hess
Oliver #217 Band Saw Tire Change and Crowning
12-7-2020 We are back at the band saw again because we lost an 8" piece out of the lower tire. The tires were redone in 2009, and other...
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Makena Hess
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
Oliver # 217 Band Saw Fence
12-14-2019 This is a fun little story but first let me say that I have wanted to do a better fence for our band saw for a long, long...
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Makena Hess
- Nov 15, 2020
- 1 min
Greenlee 720 Hollow Mortise Chisel Sharpener
Hey, look what I found in the bay! I have been watching for one of these for about 25 years! Here's the eBay pics on 11-5-2020: Yea I...
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Makena Hess
- Nov 14, 2020
- 3 min
Griggio Shaper Fence Restoration
Hey all, we purchased this from our friend Bill Kerfoot with one other item during the pandemic. The maker was unknown to us at time of...
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Makena Hess
- Nov 7, 2020
- 3 min
#2 Emmert Patternmaker's Vise Restoration
11-6-2020 This is a #2 Emmert Patternmakers Vise with 5" x 14" jaws, and 1 set of bench dogs. We got this vise with a whole van load of...
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Makena Hess
- Oct 25, 2020
- 5 min
Rare Oliver 299 ITCH Head Planer
Rare Oliver 299 ITCH Head Planer Hey All, this machine story starts with Ron, a friend of ours, who also happens to be my planer mentor,...
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Makena Hess
- Aug 23, 2020
- 1 min
Holz 6 Wheel Power Feeder
Hey, we picked this feeder up in Chicagoland a long time ago in 2009. That was a crazy trip and I did not realize that one of the arm...
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Makena Hess
- Aug 22, 2020
- 2 min
Martin Shaper Fence
Hey Yall, Scored this shaper fence at an online auction, in Syracuse NY, a while back. All my plans of getting this moved, from NY to...
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Makena Hess
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
1975 Bridgeport Milling Machine
Hey All, Here is our Bridgeport Mill, as the title says, and we brought her home to the shop on 9-4-2013. This was an inside track...
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Makena Hess
- May 21, 2020
- 1 min
1937 Oliver #191 Table Saw Restoration
Hey all, We found this little guy on fleabay and it was up in MI. I have actually bid on several of these over the years but this is the...
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Makena Hess
- May 20, 2020
- 7 min
Oliver Model #66 Pattern Maker's Lathe Restoration
2-3-2020 Oliver Model #66 Pattern Maker’s Lathe Restoration. Hey this is Chuck Hess with another, in my humble opinion, great Oliver...
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