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What happens to old posts?
I have come into possession of an older Unisaw I wish to rehabilitate.
A number of years ago there was an excellent thread started by ChrisJ that chronicled his jouney as he refurbished a unisaw. A search does not locate it, nor does checking his profile for his posts.
Additionally, I am interested in a similar type thread as someone refurbished an older drill press.
Are these lost forever? It seems there was a trove of valuable information and insight from woodworkers that are no longer posting for various reasons. It would be a shame if these were no longer available.
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No inside knowledge here, but part of the problem is that the old
posts you mention were usually peppered with photos. A lot of them
were hosted by photobucket and of course are now gone.
Remember the days when guys would "bump" old threads to keep
them around? I don't think that happens much any more. Too bad
too. Some of those threads were gold mines of good info.
Maybe someone will chime in with more info and or a better explanation
than that. It would be nice to have access to those old posts, but I
suspect they are simply gone.
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(01-30-2018, 07:25 AM)srv52761 Wrote: What happens to old posts?
I have come into possession of an older Unisaw I wish to rehabilitate.
A number of years ago there was an excellent thread started by ChrisJ that chronicled his jouney as he refurbished a unisaw. A search does not locate it, nor does checking his profile for his posts.
Additionally, I am interested in a similar type thread as someone refurbished an older drill press.
Are these lost forever? It seems there was a trove of valuable information and insight from woodworkers that are no longer posting for various reasons. It would be a shame if these were no longer available.
If you are not a member, get on over to owwm.org. Lots of collective brainpower over there, probably most of the folks that would post on that subject here are also members over there.
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(01-30-2018, 07:25 AM)srv52761 Wrote: What happens to old posts?
I have come into possession of an older Unisaw I wish to rehabilitate.
A number of years ago there was an excellent thread started by ChrisJ that chronicled his jouney as he refurbished a unisaw. A search does not locate it, nor does checking his profile for his posts.
Additionally, I am interested in a similar type thread as someone refurbished an older drill press.
Are these lost forever? It seems there was a trove of valuable information and insight from woodworkers that are no longer posting for various reasons. It would be a shame if these were no longer available.
If you haven't already, I'd suggest that you go over to OWWM.org and sign up. There are tons of refurbishment threads there, along with group knowledge of any older machine you will ever have. The sister site, vintagemachinery.org has a wealth of statistical and pictorial information also.
Doug
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01-30-2018, 04:05 PM
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Is this the drill press restoration thread you're looking for?
https://forums.woodnet.net/showthread.php?tid=4978276
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01-30-2018, 06:11 PM
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(01-30-2018, 11:17 AM)MarkSingleton Wrote: ... Remember the days when guys would "bump" old threads to keep
them around? I don't think that happens much any more.
I think the reason there are fewer "bumps" today is that there is less need for them. The site software update made it so threads did not automatically evaporate after one year. If you look at the oldest thread, it dates from Nov 2015. I'm not sure, but I think it and subsequent threads will stick around. The problem of images no longer being available in many old threads is unfortunately very real.
But I agree that owwm.org is the best place for expertise on refurbishing old woodworking machines.
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(01-30-2018, 04:24 PM)Lynden Wrote: I think I found it....
http://www.niblet.us/thisoldserver/asset...0build.htm
WOW Good job Lynden .....
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Another place to look for old posts and links is in the Woodnet Power Index. This was a location where selected woodworking information was saved.
http://www.cianperez.com/Wood/WoodDocs/W...How_To.htm
