Bench Saw
J. V. Romig describes making an 8-inch bench saw.
Making An 8-Inch Bench Saw (original article)
Oct 262010
Eight-Inch Jointer
J. V. Romig explains how to build an eight-inch joiner.
Building An Eight-Inch Jointer (original article)
Foot Powered Grinder
C. Raber describes how to make a foot-powered grinder. It could be used as a starting point for powering other simple machines.
Foot-Powered Grinder For Small Shop (original article)
Homemade Refrigeration
John Gorrell describes how to build a homemade refrigeration machine.
A Homemade Refrigerating Machine (original article)
Shaper
W. Clyde Lammey describes how to make your own shaper. This might be a good starting point for your own design.
Oct 012010
Belt Sander
Here is an article by W. Clyde Lammey that describes how to make your own belt sander. This design could serve as a foundation for your own design.
Front Wheel Drive
If you think the front wheel drive is a modern invention, think again. In fact there were experiment with front wheel drive from the beginning of the automobile era. In early nineteen hundreds American engineer John Walter Christie was working on front wheel drive designs. This article describes the benefits of front wheel drive using the example of 1929 L-29 Phaeton (Cord Automobile).
Chainsaw
This short article describes a portable two-man chain saw originally designed by German engineer A. von Westfeld. The description of the cutting chain sounds very familiar to the one in a modern chain saw. I’ve searched for more information on this engineer but could not find much.
