Friday, January 27, 2006

The Rivett 104 Universal Grinder rebuild project

Slowly, I am rebuilding a 1950 Rivett 104 Unviersal OD grinder. It's missing some parts so I am having to recreate them as best I can from the manual I have.

It seems that the 104 wasn't produced in large numbers given that my machine is serial # 1177, Dec 1950, was the last of only 10 units made in 1950. Production ended a just few years later. Around 1100 were produced in the entire run. See the Rivett serial numbers page for a complete list of the serial numbers and production years. I haven't seen any other 104's since I purchased mine almost 10 years ago.

As time goes on, I will post some pictures of the progress.

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