posted 10 years ago
I shared a woodworking shop with a friend for about five years, and we equipped it together. We got lucky and came upon some old Beaver and General machines, and they were real workhorses - a jointer, a drill press, and a tablesaw with a two-horsepower motor. They were heavy, but just fine once put into place on the shop floor. Heavy castings, good bearings, good motors. Good design, too. No bells and whistles like some of the more recent machines do have, but that was fine.
The Beaver machines we had were called Rockwell Beaver... so I don't know whether Rockwell just marketed in Canada as "Beaver" or whether Rockwell bought Canadian company that had been marketing under the name.
Anyhow, congrats on finding those machines and putting them to good use.
My online educational sites:
https://www.pinterest.ca/joelbc/homestead-methods-tools-equipment/
https://www.pinterest.ca/joelbc/mixed-shops/