Photo Index - Oliver Machinery Co. - 182 Disk Sander

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Oliver Machinery Co.
Grand Rapids, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Sander
Machine Size:	15"
Submitted By:	Dave Potts

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	182 Disk Sander
Date of Manufacturer:	1940-ish: s/n 51759
Serial Number:	(View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated	9/5/2004 12:16:41 PM

Comments:

A visit to the iron capital of South Jersey (a.k.a. Jos. Fazzio's) turned up an Oliver 182, a 15" disk sander. The machine was quite dirty and the paint was in really bad shape, but the machine was relatively complete and was also single phase. I had a yard helper plug in the machine to be sure it ran and then made the purchase. The table-tilt shaft had been sawn off at some point in the machine's past and the table trunnion's rack/sector gear had also been removed and was gone. I'll try to fabricate this someday in the future, but for now, the sander will run as-is in my basement shop.

I did use the normal protocol of ZEP Super Purple degreaser and a pressure washer to de-grime the machine, followed by a day-long dunk in the electrolysis tank for all of the components, except for the main pedistal and motor-- a body grinder & wire-wheel was used there.

The paint selected is Sherwin-Williams industrial enamel and we went with their Liberty Blue for the color. Krylon Gold Leafing paint was used for the *oliver* nameplate. I still need to rebuild the table-tilting shaft and handwheel and repaint the Oliver builder's plate. There were also tags on the machine for the War Production Board and for the Pullman Car Company.

Photo 1:

Comments: Here is the machine as purchased
Source: my camera

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Photo 2:

Comments: Still needing it's switch and some other hardware, the sander gets moved indoors
Source: my camera

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Photo 3:

Comments: Catalog Image from 2 sides
Source: Early Oliver Catalog as found on the web

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