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    Have a look in bottom RH corner ...

    (not exact but similar)

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    Quote Originally Posted by pmcgee View Post
    Geez - you are a magician Matty

    I have actually read that expo reference ... I don't know if it was from a web page listing out-of-copyright books from approx 1880-1920 ... or from looking up "Fay & Egan" when it was mentioned on the forum here ... but I certainly didn't make the connection to that poor bandsaw.

    It's great to learn from you guys.
    (It's lucky I'm used to looking like an idiot )

    Thanks so much,
    Paul McGee

    PS - what is with that orange colour? my barker is the same.
    Paul you may be looking for a bit to find that reference, can I assure you I wrote it last night before I went to bed, the pictures are from a 1893 J.A.Fay catalog I have, with the exception of the Columbian Fair which is a separate photo I also have.
    And as for looking like an "idiot" this is simply not the case, all of us are always looking, learning, searching and discovering this is what we do.
    It is only the Idiot's that stop and say they know it all...
    In any case I enjoy our posting and our banter together.

    Early Barker machinery were painted Charcoal or very dark Grey, I would say that paint may even be Red lead or something, not sure...
    Cheers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pmcgee View Post
    Have a look in bottom RH corner ...

    (not exact but similar)
    Ahh Pretty close but !!
    Well done mate !

    Melbourne Matty.

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    This photo is also similar but different to your catalogue picture ...

    It is at Glossary Bandsaw

    and says "A weighted lever (shown on the left of the image, at the rear of the machine) is designed to compensate for the blade's expansion or contraction as it rotates through workpieces."

    Really?

    Paul McGee

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    This discusses a history of Fay & Egan ... as well as 3 phase power from single phase

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    Quote Originally Posted by pmcgee View Post
    This discusses a history of Fay & Egan ... as well as 3 phase power from single phase
    Paul, Dana.M.Batory has written several great books on the History and preservation of woodworking machinery.
    These are printed under the Astragal Press banner.



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    It is maddening not to find something that you have found only a week or so before - and would normally copy and keep on the harddisk -

    This is again similar to, but not, what I am looking for -
    The illustrated history of the Centennial Exhibition ...
    The illustrated history of th Centennial Exhibition held in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of American independence [microform] : with a full description of the great buildings and all the objects of interest exhibited in them, embrac

    I pulled one of the plates ... that damn bandsaw again

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    Nope - the madness is over - I'm sure I was wrong/confused - which is somewhat reassuring cos it is my natural state of being.

    I think I was conflating (at least) two sources ...
    The Centennial Exposition Described and Illustrated which I linked to before, and Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Universal Exposition of 1889 at Paris
    Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Universal Exposition of 1889 at Paris. (Open Library)
    xx not this one - wrong volume xx

    Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Universal Exposition of 1889 at Paris - Volume 3
    Web view

    Oh well ... it's all interesting
    (luckily)

    Cheers,
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