Thread: Daniel's J.A.Fay Bandsaw.

Hi all,

Just to get in on the action, this is some more from the same 1894 J.A.Fay catalogue that Matty has (sorry about the angled shots, the cover on my book is not in the best of condition and I don't want to risk playing with it too much until I can get it looked at):

Introduction and the certificate from the 1989 International Exposition held in Paris, thought it might help to give some insight as to what was going on at the time this bandsaw was in production.

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The list of agents in Australia for these machines, note that it lists Queensland, Victoria & NSW, the badge on Matty's bandsaw only lists Sydney. Could this mean it is an earlier build date that the time of this catalogue??

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I decided to look up the Sydney address, just to get an idea of the distributors location compared to the city. Assuming the street is the same and has not been renamed/zoned, this would be the current location:

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I was surprised at how close it was to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, but then I remembered we are talking circa 1880's, the bridge wasn't started until 1923 and not completed until 1932, puts the age of the bandsaw into perspective.

Cheers,

Camo

g,day matty and you too rob,
Matty I reckon your a bastard for making me sell that saw,im missing it badly,you should never have raised the issue of selling it.
The one and only consolation is that its back in a woodworking home and will be cared for.look forward to seeing its restoration progress.Now,about that monogram blower,mmmmm,powder coat Royal Blue?

Originally Posted by clear out

Great score Matty,
My first bandsaw was a 24 inch Crescent from the US similar blade guides and plain bearings,guards the same also.
A mate who was an aircraft sheet metalworker made me guards from gal steel.
Sold it to buy my 30 inch Barker.

H.

Thanks Henry, my brother and I actualy restored a 1909, 32 inch Crescent for the old man, so I am familiar with them, nice old bandsaw.
Love hearing you stories/expierences Henry, sounds like you have done many things in you life, great to have such a wide scope of knowledge.
These Car's of yours I would like to hear more on one day, I do a little panel beating on the side now and then, so restoration work on old car's interest me.

Camo, your a star, thanks mate for putting up that information !
Cam, this H.P.Gregory company interests me, might have to do some sniffing around the internet some more, I did some a while back and found some great adverts in some old news papers stating also that H.P.gregory were merchants for J.A.Fay.

Daniel, you are right, but I am a very Happy bastard indeed, last few days I have been on cloud 9, found a guy to re rubber the wheels as well !!
It is with out doubt a beautiful machine, and I hope to do a really thorough job in restoring it !
I meant to say also found a Home for that grey Blower and passed it on to Rob, he was very happy as he is re-building his dust system soon, so thank you again !
speaking of blowers, your other little one with all the decoration I would paint in a dark grey colour, it will look great !!

Melbourne Matty.

Originally Posted by danielhobby

g,day matty and you too rob,
Matty I reckon your a bastard for making me sell that saw,im missing it badly,you should never have raised the issue of selling it.
The one and only consolation is that its back in a woodworking home and will be cared for.look forward to seeing its restoration progress.Now,about that monogram blower,mmmmm,powder coat Royal Blue?

LOL , I was laughing out loud when I read this. Hi Daniel.

Thanks for the blower Daniel and Matt, it looks like its going to blow like Mad , that circumference and the HP , I think it was 3 HP or was it 5 ?? either way it should do the job. my system has been a little weak since adding a few extra machines a few years back.

Rob

Originally Posted by auscab

LOL , I was laughing out loud when I read this. Hi Daniel.

Thanks for the blower Daniel and Matt, it looks like its going to blow like Mad , that circumference and the HP , I think it was 3 HP or was it 5 ?? either way it should do the job. my system has been a little weak since adding a few extra machines a few years back.

Rob

Glad you can put it to good use rob, belonged to a close friend of my father who was an extremely talented german woodworker/stairmaker.he left it with us to repair and then he died.he'd be glad its being put to good use.