11-19-2017, 10:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-19-2017, 10:35 AM by Rupert Lucius.)
Ken -
A friend purchased several SM 1's and removed their Baldor motors and installed said motors (NEMA 48) to several Viels.
He was going to "chunck" the skeletons - my response being a collector of treasure, asked for the skeletons - ask and you may receive - several months months later the skeletons arrived via UPS.
Rupert is going to ship one of the SM 1 skeleton to Ken. Ken did not ask, but Ken will receive.
No motor, no table ,no platen and no drive wheel - a Kalamazoo skeleton ready for a Penn motor with a Viel 3 3/4" drive wheel, perfect marriage.
THE REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN the Viel and Kalamazoo is the tower that supports the idler wheel.
The grinding belt is centered over the front of the Viel tower.
The grinding belt is offset to the right side of the tower on Kalamazoo.
Where the belt runs is important when making modifications - such as scissor sharpening and etc.
The Viel has a built in receiver designed to receive Viel accessories and etc. Very easy to attach one off accessories.
For a robust portable inexpensive machine nothing beats the Kalamazoo, nothing. Our Moderator Mark R. will back me up on that statement?
A friend purchased several SM 1's and removed their Baldor motors and installed said motors (NEMA 48) to several Viels.
He was going to "chunck" the skeletons - my response being a collector of treasure, asked for the skeletons - ask and you may receive - several months months later the skeletons arrived via UPS.
Rupert is going to ship one of the SM 1 skeleton to Ken. Ken did not ask, but Ken will receive.
No motor, no table ,no platen and no drive wheel - a Kalamazoo skeleton ready for a Penn motor with a Viel 3 3/4" drive wheel, perfect marriage.
THE REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN the Viel and Kalamazoo is the tower that supports the idler wheel.
The grinding belt is centered over the front of the Viel tower.
The grinding belt is offset to the right side of the tower on Kalamazoo.
Where the belt runs is important when making modifications - such as scissor sharpening and etc.
The Viel has a built in receiver designed to receive Viel accessories and etc. Very easy to attach one off accessories.
For a robust portable inexpensive machine nothing beats the Kalamazoo, nothing. Our Moderator Mark R. will back me up on that statement?