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Thread: Old Bench Saw
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8th September 2015, 07:41 AM #1
Old Bench Saw
This has me intrigued. Looks like a double decker - like someone's mounted a smallish bench saw (seller says it takes a 9" blade) on the base of another machine.
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Both bases look like cast iron, and while the top one is probably very ordinary, the bottom one might be off something more interesting?
Anyways, posted for your perusal.
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8th September 2015, 10:59 AM #2
Hi Vann,
Is that the base of the saw underneath, or an anvil!?
CheersAndy Mac
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8th September 2015, 12:41 PM #3
You're right Andy, it does look like an anvil. I'm assuming it's now part of the saw, and part of the sale (not that I'm going to make an offer - too far away).
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8th September 2015, 12:49 PM #4
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8th September 2015, 03:41 PM #5Senior Member
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It doesn't look much like my 1950 Tanner. But it does look like a Walker Turner. I have a WT Driver Line and can take some comparison photos if you're interested Vann.
Also see:
http://vintagemachinery.org/photoind....aspx?id=12863
http://vintagemachinery.org/photoind....aspx?id=15781
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8th September 2015, 03:44 PM #6Senior Member
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If it is a WT, then I'd be very interested in getting my hands on those wings. Mine doesn't have wings fitted. Hmm, I wonder how much it would cost to ship two heavy cast iron parts from NZ to Sydney?
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That look's like the saws used by type setters to cut linotype blocks.
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8th September 2015, 08:34 PM #8Originally Posted by Andy Mac
Originally Posted by L.S.Barker1970
...but I'd say Graham has hit the nail on the head. It does look like the two saws in the links .
Originally Posted by Oldbikerider
I'd be willing to strip and pack the parts you want, if you can wait until I'm up there in January.
Let me know if you want to take this further.
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8th September 2015, 09:08 PM #9
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9th September 2015, 02:54 PM #11Senior Member
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Let me enlighten you then
Here's my 1950 Tanner, you can see that the base casting is quite different to the saw in Vann's picture.
Graham.
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9th September 2015, 02:57 PM #12Senior Member
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Vann,
Thanks for the generous offer. If you had been closer and were able to verify the saw model etc. then I would have jumped at it, particularly as the fence aluminium casting is cracked on mine too. But purchasing remotely, then all the work of shipping the wings which may not even fit does not sound like a sensible thing to do. But thanks very much anyway.
Graham.
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10th September 2015, 11:28 PM #13
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