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Site AdminPermalink Reply by John Morris on February 13, 2012 at 3:21pm

Nice Paul!!!

Paul, that looks like a factory built machine to me. I have seen saws like this before and I can't remember the brand. Some of that metal work in the body of the saw looks pretty fine to be a home built unit. You cannot find any markings on this saws cabinet?

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JourneymanPermalink Reply by Ken Rasmussen on February 13, 2012 at 5:10pm

Interesting looking saw. 3 speed? If so, im guessing a wood/metal saw. What size are the wheels? That will give you saw size

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Master CarpenterPermalink Reply by Mike Dillen on February 13, 2012 at 5:16pm

I thought maybe a DO-ALL, but it would have a blade brazer on it. Anyway nice score!

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JourneymanPermalink Reply by Paul Whitmarsh on February 13, 2012 at 6:26pm

i have to get it cleaned up some to look for any markings, but i still say  its a homebuilt. According to the guy i bought it from, he got it from a younger guy that said his grandfather built it.  Supposedly the grandfather was a machinist.  Also if it was from around Marquette my cousins fabrication shop is only 30 miles from Marquette..  the motor is a 1/2 horse craftsman, there is a wood idler wheel on the belt from the motor to the transmission.  The transmissior is from a vehicle not sure of the make yet but it is a 3 speed. Some of the welds on the support structure look pretty "bubble gummy" so i know that they are not factory.  Over all though it has good bones and something that i can work with.  On another note does anyone know if  the wheels need tires on them for the blade to run on, or on them style saws were they just bare metal. P.S. ill post some pics of the drive system.

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Master CarpenterPermalink Reply by Mike Dillen on February 13, 2012 at 6:33pm

I think they would have been leather or rubber, something for the blade to grip so it tracks.

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Site AdminPermalink Reply by John Moody on February 13, 2012 at 6:54pm

Paul that is awesome. Nice saw. Wait what is all that white stuff around?

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Site HostPermalink Reply by Ron Dudelston on February 14, 2012 at 5:38am

Nice saw Paul!  Is it 3 phase?

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Forum HostPermalink Reply by Gene Howe on February 14, 2012 at 6:39am

Looks like a meat saw. I know it's not, but that's the first thing that popped into my mind when I first saw it. 

I would think it would make a great dedicated re saw machine. 

Wouldn't it be great to spend a few hours (days?) with the old gentleman that built it? What a wealth of Yankee ingenuity and info he must have.

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JourneymanPermalink Reply by Ken Rasmussen on February 14, 2012 at 7:25am

Paul....The wheels will need tires. It will help in a couple of different ways, tracking for one. They will require a crown to keep the blade running in the middle of the wheel. I would call Bobby at http://www.woodworkerstoolworks.com/, he will be able to help with anything you may need for the saw.

On the subject of tracking, I dont see any way of tensioning the blade. Are the tracking and tension adjustments on the bottom wheel? That would be another clue that is ho-made.

Paul Whitmarsh said:

i have to get it cleaned up some to look for any markings, but i still say  its a homebuilt. According to the guy i bought it from, he got it from a younger guy that said his grandfather built it.  Supposedly the grandfather was a machinist.  Also if it was from around Marquette my cousins fabrication shop is only 30 miles from Marquette..  the motor is a 1/2 horse craftsman, there is a wood idler wheel on the belt from the motor to the transmission.  The transmissior is from a vehicle not sure of the make yet but it is a 3 speed. Some of the welds on the support structure look pretty "bubble gummy" so i know that they are not factory.  Over all though it has good bones and something that i can work with.  On another note does anyone know if  the wheels need tires on them for the blade to run on, or on them style saws were they just bare metal. P.S. ill post some pics of the drive system.

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JourneymanPermalink Reply by Paul Whitmarsh on February 14, 2012 at 6:30pm

here are some more pics of my saw.   when i got it the motor was a 110 volt 1/2 hp 1 phase 1750 rpm, i just switched it tonight to a 3450 rpm 1/2 hp.  i believe it was originally built to cut metal, which i did do when i got it home even with a dull blade.   The tension screw is on the top wheel, underneath and behind the wheel.  the tracking adjustment is on the front of the top wheel.  The framework of the machine is made out of 3" x 4" rectangular tubing, there is even a piece of steel pipe verticle in the back of the machine.  The table is a solid piece of 1/2" flat stock. 

the tracking wheel is the knob in the center of the wheel, tension is in the middle behind the wheel

 

Picture of the running gear, note the 1/2 hp motor.

pic of the cast iron 3 speed transmission

drive pulley behind the bottom drive wheel, made out of flat stock

 

rear framework, note steel pipe column on right

 

underside of the table

last picture is bottom wheel, motor to left is the one that came with it

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JourneymanPermalink Reply by Ken Rasmussen on February 14, 2012 at 7:51pm

Paul.....You might want to think about the motor switch. Here is a calculator to find SFPM. You will want around 4000 for cutting wood.

http://www.vintagemachinery.org/math/sfpm.aspx

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