hand powered scroll saw

[curtis rosche]

any one ever seen one of these? its a hand scroll saw from 1920s . american boy delta scroll saw. it looks like the last picture just with a different hand wheel.

[Jim Koepke]

I have seen pictures of treadle powered scroll saws.

Here are a few links:

http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/advert/aw83.htm
http://www.scrollsaws.com/SawCollection/SawsFoot.html
http://www.owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.aspx?id=3355
http://www.pctradingpost.net/footpower/

And a Book from ca. 1895 on the net:
http://www.finescrollsaw.com/historicalbooks.htm

Looks like fun.

jim

[Bill Houghton]

that was Delta's first product. From there to the Unisaw was...quite a bit of development.

[Will Krautkramer]

I have one of these, got it last summer at an estate sale. Its a neat little saw but I haven't got around to finding a blade that fits mine yet.

[curtis rosche]

wouldnt be a chance any one wants this one is there?