I'd love to see a photo of it Jim.
I'd love to see a photo of it Jim.
This is the image from the ebay listing:
Old Mortisers.jpg
The Newbould is the lower one in the top image. The other is a James Cam from about the same time period.
I have since re-handled both of them. My first attempts at making handles for tang type chisels. Not great handles, but they work.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
BTW, congratulations on a phenomenal find!
Fred
There is a problem with adding a wood bed to these type of boxes.....there is a "gib" where the saw cuts...it is part of the swing arm. It is usually flush with the top of the metal plates...a wood bed would impede the use of the swing arm.
BTW: Mine is a Langdon No. 75
front end.jpg
That track is the gib, where the saw tends to ride.
crosscut.jpg
At the end of a cut.
Thanks Steven, something to look out for for sure. I'm thinking a shallow dado in that area would resolve that issue.
All I can say is WOW.
That's incredible.