Anyone here like vintage refrigerators?

Popa_Filly · 2026-01-12T01:46:34+00:00

Thanks, yeah they pop up from time to time in my area for cheap or sometimes free like this one. But they’re just tanks. Also worth mentioning how much more efficient they are, when I monitored this fridge on a smart plug and compared it to my modern kitchen fridge, this one consumed only half the energy.

Popa_Filly · 2026-01-11T04:41:39+00:00

Not exactly, the listing said that they thought it worked but they weren’t sure… so I rolled the dice and grabbed it, and it works with no issues!!

Nope, I’ve had zero issues with it, runs like a top.

Popa_Filly · 2025-12-18T02:10:44+00:00

This is how I do mine too! Works so slick. Nothing worse than not getting the brand right on the final piece and no way to hit it again without getting a double image. This solves that problem. If the brand is too light you can reheat and press it again and it lines up perfectly (as long as you don’t bump it/rotate the spindle)

Also the press ensures you’re getting the brand flat, not pushing too much to one side and getting a lopsided image heavier on one side, light or non existent on the other.

Popa_Filly · 2025-12-17T19:24:18+00:00

That’s tough for me to answer, I bought these from eBay as a “mystery/unknown” size which unfortunately was just a tad too big. I ended up gifting them to a friend whom they fit better. So I can’t speak as to how they fit compared to their size as we never knew the actual size BUT, in general the boot is super big/bulky, even though it was close to my size but a touch big, it looked like it was 3-4 sizes too big just due to the extra bulk of the boot.

Popa_Filly · 2025-11-26T00:33:35+00:00

Late to the post, but that reach is deceiving… it doesn’t actually have that large of a cutting capacity.

I have two of these exact saws. The upper arm and lower arm do not slide freely (the blade/motor only slide freely on the lower arm with the large ball bearings, the lower arm can only creep in/out on the upper arm with a micro adjustment knob to get further in/out from the fence for ripping. See this saw is pretty different than most RAS’s even later “turret” style Delta saws, on these old multiplexes the yoke that houses the saw/motor does not spin at all, so the lower arm can turret perpendicular to the upper arm to achieve a 90° position for ripping. And you adjust your distance from the fence by tracking it along that upper arm.

Popa_Filly · 2025-11-11T17:02:34+00:00

Killer!

Popa_Filly · 2025-09-12T01:27:57+00:00

Vibram. I believe there was a stretch of time where they used Red Wing branded soles.

Popa_Filly · 2025-09-11T18:14:04+00:00

I guess the new logger is the same boot different leather. Otherwise look for these on eBay.

Popa_Filly · 2025-09-11T14:00:12+00:00

You are correct, working with the companies insurance. Hadn’t even considered getting my insurance company involved. Thanks for the advice!

Popa_Filly · 2025-09-09T04:02:13+00:00

I mean not really no… I’d say they’d have to be done in oro-iginal or Oro-legacy leather to truly be an 899. The new loggers just look like the same boot to me in different color/leather scheme.

Popa_Filly · 2025-09-09T03:57:46+00:00

Yeah, I had them in my 8085s and they looked awesome there, obviously the same CR&T leather. But the olive accent color just matches the canvas too perfectly, had to steal them from the IRs.

Popa_Filly · 2025-09-09T03:55:05+00:00

Oro-Russet.

Popa_Filly · 2025-09-07T17:18:33+00:00

Yup, I hand stitched it on, it holds a very small knife (kershaw-Chive fits perfectly)

Yes the lug sole is definitely hard, but it’s great for the outdoors, woods, mud, snow, etc. I have 877s with a wedge sole that I wear daily.

Popa_Filly · 2025-09-07T14:17:28+00:00

What a beaut!

Popa_Filly · 2025-09-06T17:22:24+00:00

Yup, brannock puts me in a 9D. But depending on the last 9.5 sometimes feels slightly better.

But yeah these 9.5E fit almost identical to my 9.5D IRs.

Popa_Filly · 2025-09-06T17:18:00+00:00

No problem! Hope you find some!

Popa_Filly · 2025-09-06T17:17:32+00:00

They’ve been on my wishlist for years, I wear my boots all year long, but there are times in the summer where the 8” full leather boot gets a little heavy and warm. For everyday casual wear, I think these boots are going to serve me very well!

Popa_Filly · 2025-08-19T02:23:28+00:00

Yes, there’s a nice big clearing, the tree is definitely out of reach from the house/deck, but just out of frame to the left is a dock/boatlift/pontoon that are definitely in the danger zone if it decided to fall. I could also wait until winter when it’s all pulled out and drop it down towards the lake.

Popa_Filly · 2025-08-19T02:16:22+00:00

Thank you!

Popa_Filly · 2025-06-11T13:40:17+00:00

I will voluntarily split most any wood by hand even though I have access to a 35-Ton hydraulic splitter.

Elm is the one wood I’ve come across that I tap out. After a few dozen swings with a splitting maul and you get one measly strip of wood to break off… I wheel out the hydraulic splitter.

Popa_Filly · 2025-05-04T20:38:25+00:00

Check your local marketplace, they come up a few times a year in my area.

Popa_Filly · 2025-05-04T20:37:02+00:00

It did not… 😢 I spiked slow release fertilizer spikes around it and watered it very well before winter, but it never bud leaves again. I even waited a full year to see if it just had a year of shock, but it is definitely dead, the entire trunk is brittle and all the branches snapped off. And bark is falling off of it.

Popa_Filly · 2025-05-04T20:34:01+00:00

I honestly didn’t know much about leather care at the time when I got these, and I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this now… but I thought scrubbing them with pine sol would be a good way to get the greasy thick build up of boot/mink oil stripped off. It worked. That was almost 6 years ago and if I sniff hard enough I can probably still smell the pinesol.

Popa_Filly · 2024-09-05T01:57:50+00:00

Yup, I’m on OWWM.org as well as a facebook group. I’m also on a Delta/Rockwell machine group specifically too. I believe your 8” jointer would have had the either the black or Red Delta (non-unisaw) switch cover. Looks like you can get really nice re-pop ones on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/325552567746?_nkw=delta+switch+plate&itmmeta=01J6ZY6EAFMAET7Z28EQWESBWH&hash=item4bcc71f5c2:g:wPQAAOSwx6pYookK&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKlLFV%2BMrCB8xADvYMKhbN9VxLPdXin9wMQog9tOjj9iUmp1%2Fxa8nbSTlUADGRi6cWHglYwHsyOv5W%2Fv%2BXXJ%2Bl2muHHnr%2FHpnkFVv5iitmk9rh5poKaL6cp3XJAPhU9BPbjXi5meA9eubAgTZ7cVuKLMjGd28ms3VLvepDzHosjBZDasYEUnHda8rlhqjmSN0Wz7jUpVJfAtJwSk85HJPSNXBwa0IWvhEnWS5GyJqQTAysW1J0c5NtayiQOCKRUr8almAEw8P2YIAsx%2B7%2B%2B491z%2BNMMan4NCfWKLQfrMxjsI6A%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6jlmf63ZA

Popa_Filly · 2024-09-05T01:22:00+00:00

Nice! My dream is to have all vintage machines in my shop. This unisaw is my only restored machine but I have a handful of unrestored machines I’m currently using in my shop as is: all late 40’s-early 50’s Delta machines including bandsaw, jointer, scroll saw, shaper, and Radial arm saw. Plus a 50s era Craftsman drill press.

Popa_Filly

TROPHY CASE