Old machine manuals
Old machine manuals
From time to time someone posts here looking for information about an orphan. I've started a collection of manuals at http://machine.archives.verhey.org for posterity. If you have any scanned manuals for equipment that is not available on a manufacturer's website, I'd be happy to add it to the collection.
A note about copyright: Under Canadian law, as permitted by international treaty, copyright does not subsist in directions for the use and care of a useful article in the form of an instruction or repair manual that accompanies a product or that is supplied as an accessory to a service. Even if copyright did subsist in such matter, this archive is a non-commercial educational collection for the purposes of research and private study and therefore a permitted use under the copyright law of Canada and most other countries. That said, I don't want to discourage manufacturers from making the information available on their own website, so I will generally not be sharing anything that is available that way. One exception would be where there are errors in the version offered by the manufacturer that are corrected in a submitted file.
A note about copyright: Under Canadian law, as permitted by international treaty, copyright does not subsist in directions for the use and care of a useful article in the form of an instruction or repair manual that accompanies a product or that is supplied as an accessory to a service. Even if copyright did subsist in such matter, this archive is a non-commercial educational collection for the purposes of research and private study and therefore a permitted use under the copyright law of Canada and most other countries. That said, I don't want to discourage manufacturers from making the information available on their own website, so I will generally not be sharing anything that is available that way. One exception would be where there are errors in the version offered by the manufacturer that are corrected in a submitted file.
-
- Posts: 144
- Joined: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:34 am
Re: Old machine manuals
That is a nice gesture. There is also a manual section over on the metal illness site, it hardly ever see any activity and I don't know how long Adrian will maintain it. You might look there to see if there are any you would like to host.
James
James
Re: Old machine manuals
Right off the bat, I went to "Shapers" and found useful information. The files load very quick and this is a wonderful service that you are offering. There are many shapers but I haven't actually seen an operator's manual for the smaller ones. Many people think a shaper is so simple that you just figure it out. That isn't true and the Logan 8" shaper operator's lays out the basics clearly for users of Atlas, South Bend, basically A-Z . So this is good and also, right in the manual, is a unit I know of. I didn't expect to see this. It is described as "indexing centers" for the Logan 8''. I knew it wasn't Atlas and Rockwell didn't make a metal shaper(to my knowledge). So there it is, (if not Sheldon) with original grey paint. Units as these are not easily identified 60+- years later and If they don't fit, I'm not going to change them.
Now if it comes to where we are burning our furniture for heat, then yes. That would be another topic which cannot even be alluded to.
Now if it comes to where we are burning our furniture for heat, then yes. That would be another topic which cannot even be alluded to.
-
- Posts: 775
- Joined: Sat Jan 04, 2003 10:45 am
- Location: Albuquerque NM
Re: Old machine manuals
Is this for "metal" working tools (machines) or to include woodworking ones? There is (or there
was some years ago) one that at least started out for the woodworking crowd. I scanned and up-
loaded a whole bunch of the machines manuals I have acquired over the years. May still have the
files if you want them.
...lew...
was some years ago) one that at least started out for the woodworking crowd. I scanned and up-
loaded a whole bunch of the machines manuals I have acquired over the years. May still have the
files if you want them.
...lew...
Re: Old machine manuals
I started with metal working machines, but I don't see why it couldn't include wood working machines as well. It would be simple enough to add additional categories. Contact me by PM if you find the files.
Re: Old machine manuals
Good Morning Lew,Lew Hartswick wrote:Is this for "metal" working tools (machines) or to include woodworking ones? There is (or there
was some years ago) one that at least started out for the woodworking crowd. I scanned and up-
loaded a whole bunch of the machines manuals I have acquired over the years. May still have the
files if you want them.
...lew...
If you still have the Website URL that you uploaded to
could you post it here.
Thanks,
Ken.
One must remember.
The best learning experiences come
from working with the older Masters.
Ken.
The best learning experiences come
from working with the older Masters.
Ken.
-
- Posts: 775
- Joined: Sat Jan 04, 2003 10:45 am
- Location: Albuquerque NM
Re: Old machine manuals
I just went through my e-mail and bookmarks and don't see what it was. I think it probablyken572 wrote:
If you still have the that you uploaded to
could you post it here.
Ken.
came about from a thread on Usenet (rec.woodworking) or on the bb woodworking.org.
It's been a long time ago. I haven't found any of the up-load files either.
...lew...
Re: Old machine manuals
http://www.ozarkwoodworker.com/
This gentleman has a lot of both metal and woodworking machine manuals for sale.
All of them are first-rate reproductions carefully cleaned up, copied and bound.
--earlgo
This gentleman has a lot of both metal and woodworking machine manuals for sale.
All of them are first-rate reproductions carefully cleaned up, copied and bound.
--earlgo
Before you do anything, you must do something else first. - Washington's principle.
Re: Old machine manuals
Lew and all, I think y'all are talking about http://www.vintagemachinery.org. There is a ton of woodworking, but also a good bit of metal working manuals - for "vintage" machines. It saved me the time and trouble of buying reprint manuals a couple of times, so I went ahead and donated.
Edit - the site is a bit hard to navigate, so here's a better link for finding a manual for a particular machine. Note that they classify everything by who it was badged by - i.e., Sears sold things made by several manuf's, but would be filed under Sears-maker
http://www.vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/pubs.aspx
Edit - the site is a bit hard to navigate, so here's a better link for finding a manual for a particular machine. Note that they classify everything by who it was badged by - i.e., Sears sold things made by several manuf's, but would be filed under Sears-maker
http://www.vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/pubs.aspx
Last edited by rudd on Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:48 am, edited 1 time in total.
-
- Posts: 775
- Joined: Sat Jan 04, 2003 10:45 am
- Location: Albuquerque NM
Re: Old machine manuals
That site doesn't seem to have any of the manuals for the actual machines. I couldn't even find a
radial arm saw in the Sears category. I know I up-loaded the manuals for two models of them.
...lew...
radial arm saw in the Sears category. I know I up-loaded the manuals for two models of them.
...lew...
Re: Old machine manuals
I don't see your name on the list as someone who uploaded, but I see around a page of Sears Craftsman radial arm saws - all newer stuff than I would expect on that site - oldest being 1959, newest being 2000.
Go to Sears-craftsman in the second link I posted, then use the pull down menu above the list to sort for only radial arm saws.
I fixed my wording in the above post. One would look under "Sears" -maker
Go to Sears-craftsman in the second link I posted, then use the pull down menu above the list to sort for only radial arm saws.
I fixed my wording in the above post. One would look under "Sears" -maker
Re: Old machine manuals
Good Morning LewLew Hartswick wrote:I just went through my e-mail and bookmarks and don't see what it was. I think it probablyken572 wrote:
If you still have the that you uploaded to
could you post it here.
Ken.
came about from a thread on Usenet (rec.woodworking) or on the bb woodworking.org.
It's been a long time ago. I haven't found any of the up-load files either.
...lew...
Thanks for taking the time to look.
Ken.
One must remember.
The best learning experiences come
from working with the older Masters.
Ken.
The best learning experiences come
from working with the older Masters.
Ken.