I made a special 800 mile trip in the wee hours of the morning over two years ago to grab this genuine Yates American Machine Company 430 Stroke Sander Base in the rural hills of Pennsylvania.
 
While this one was significantly cleaner and in much better condition than most of the pieces I have refinished, she was still no “walk in the park”.  I believe the majority of her makeup is cast steel, not cast iron (so significantly heavier due to the density difference). The crank mechanism was also frozen due to age and lack of use.
 
While there was no serial number with the base to reference her age, you can see the two sales ads from the turn of the century in the early 1900’s. If she isn’t already 100 years old, she’s very close to it.
 
After being completely disassembled and having decades of scale and rust blasted away, she was meticulously crafted to leave the new finish you see here. Lifts the 120lb glass top effortlessly.
 
Make it yours and take it to your airplane hangar, your man cave, your new office desk, dining room table, poker table, or whatever else you can imagine.