Hadnt seen anything like this before.
https://nh.craigslist.org/tls/d/wolf...959409347.html
Hadnt seen anything like this before.
https://nh.craigslist.org/tls/d/wolf...959409347.html
Carl that is something I have never seen before either. Sure makes cast iron ugly. Maybe that is one of Matthias Wandel's ancestors saws.
Why don't you pick that up and let us know how it works out.
Seems like it was an old belt driven machine.
That is one of the coolest looking machines that I have seen. So much more inviting than a green or grey chunk of cast iron and steel. Would be real interesting to know the history of it.
How funny to read your guys' perception. I happen to think a nice shiny cast iron top is far more sleek and beautiful looking! The thought of wood on wood contact and the grinding nature a sliding mechanism would cause makes be cringe! Guess Im just a different breed.
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Pretty cool looking. Someone definitely had a need they couldn't afford at the time it was built.
I like the attention to detail, ingenuity, and craftsmanship of the project.
It would be interesting to see how "accurate" it is. I bet at one time, it was pretty darn functional, maybe still is.
It's worth the $$$$ just to use as an assembly, or out feed table. You won't build something like that for $200.00 today.
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Besides being terribly ugly (to my eyes), I can only imagine that it's a pretty bad saw to try to keep in tune.
Wonder how the motor is supposed to be mounted?
I think its beautiful, it very well looks like 1880s components and joinery. Square head bolts, Babbitt bearings, the arbor assembly and sliding table assembly cast parts look very nice. I doubt that saw was really any trouble to keep tuned up.
Wood frame machines with iron parts started in the 1850s or so and Beach was still making wood framed sliding cut off saws well into the 20s probably even longer.
Darcy, your comment made me go back & have a better look. At first glance, I just saw something neo-rustic with a bad stain job, got turned off & looked no further. My bad.
I now agree that it is a fine looking piece of machinery. I still think it would be a struggle to keep it finely adjusted though.
Lol, I wonder if it's homemade.