Photo Index - Wilmarth & Morman Co. - No 1. Originally lineshaft driven.

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Wilmarth & Morman Co.
Grand Rapids, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Grinder, Surface
Machine Size:	12" grinding wheel.
Submitted By:	Jim Frahm

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	No 1. Originally lineshaft driven.
Date of Manufacturer:	1909-1921
Serial Number:	None noted
Last Updated	12/13/2016 3:34:04 PM

Comments:

This fully-manual antique appeared on Craigslist in Santa Barbara around Aug 2016, and after some time being listed there without results, the owner very graciously accepted a very meager offer from me to save it from the scrap dealers. I subsequently brought it up to Idaho and have now begun to restore it to as close to original configuration as possible. With the re-attachment of its overhead wheel dressing mechanism the grinder now looks much like the "#1" surface grinder of 1921 pictured in VM's publication 16405-A; the machine lacks the "adjustable swivel sub-table" of the pictured 1921 "#1" model, however, and is probably the earlier version mentioned in the ad.

Lacking a proper lineshaft system in my garage, and having removed the as-found electric motor in order to re-fit the original Wilmarth & Morman wheel dresser, I am now fabricating on a new electric motor drive similar to those often used on vintage lineshaft drill presses: an electric motor, driving a long, flat belt, mounted near the floor on some simple L-angle weldments. The existing bolt-down holes in the old grinder's base, together with its own considerable weight, should allow my welded drive assembly to become part of the machine without altering any part of it further, or irreversibly.

I'm now looking for additional Wilmarth & Morman grinder attachments, since the machine has obvious mounting points for such accessories and appears to support a full "drill grinder" setup (as shown in some of VM's other W&M literature and ads) on the back side of its existing surface grinding head.

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Comments: Overall view
Source: Craigslist

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Photo 2:

Comments: Table & grinding wheel
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Comments: Lineshaft pulley, with modern belt
Source: Craigslist

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Comments: Table height mechanism
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Comments: Grinding wheel cover
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