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    I found a bench with a grinding wheel mounted that was foot powered at an antique store. It was $125. I passed on it but it's been there for a year or so cause I've seen it twice.

    My stepdaughter has a grinder that is pulley driven. Right now he has it belted to a motor, but wouldn't be hard to swap to something manual.

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    I kind of want to look into some form of inertia driven system once I move into a permanent house. Think of a one ton stone wheel driving an overhead shaft that's started with a bicycle system (low geared). I saw a similar system in one of the old machining workshops that was run off of a tractor engine outside the building. It used big wide belts to power whatever pieces they needed at the time and then could be shut off when not needed.

    There are tons of ways our elders lived without the convenience of electricity.

    On the other hand, I only have about half of the tools listed. I really want to get all of them but I want to spend the money on getting really nice ones.
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    James, I was at Lehmans last Saturday and they had a static display of a pulley and belt system that most likely was powered by a water wheel. There was enough pulleys, you could have powered a full shop at the same time. I would love to have that in a shop with a good year round location to power it.
    They also had a good deal on hand tools. A couple I would love to have was a two man cross cut saw, with or without handles. And a one man rip saw for sawing trees into lumber. All brand new with German metal. Very nice.

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    I once went on a call where the grandfather had died years prior and the family had just closed it up. When we went in it was like a time machine. It had a pulley system with belts which were about four to six inches wide and ran several pieces of equipment. I was told they were promised to on of the family members. He had originally run by one of those large steam engines. The newspapers on the work bench were about 20 years old so I do not know if all of it was a hobby or a profession.
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    Ive got 10/10 and more. BUT... I am seriously in the market for a economical Hit & Miss engine antique style or a steam engine (Not a HUGE one) ... If anyone has any leads, I would love to hear about them!
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    We see those every now and then around here. Mostly at antique or pioneer day type events. They will have them on display and sale one from time to time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stormfeather View Post
    Ive got 10/10 and more. BUT... I am seriously in the market for a economical Hit & Miss engine antique style or a steam engine (Not a HUGE one) ... If anyone has any leads, I would love to hear about them!
    That is on my list of things I want to get someday.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stormfeather View Post
    Ive got 10/10 and more. BUT... I am seriously in the market for a economical Hit & Miss engine antique style or a steam engine (Not a HUGE one) ... If anyone has any leads, I would love to hear about them!

    had a couple of h & m engnes on a local farm auction last fall - they sell well and don't come cheap $$$$$ ....

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    Got 8/10 mising the Scythe and the Bike Pump. Making a foot powered grind stone would not be that tough. I remember my Oma's sewing machine. It would take some time but I would be able to create it.
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    Regarding the steam engines, there are groups out there which rebuild and show those things. YOu might check to see if there is one in your area. I would imagine if you were to make a couple of meetings that someone would come up with one. By then you would probably find out what the going price would be and have a bunch of people you could use as a resources.
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