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Thread: Mystery Saw - Looks English.
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29th June 2018, 02:32 AM #1
Mystery Saw - Looks English.
A weird-looking saw showed-up on this side of the Ditch last week.
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It looks old English to me (though Matty will probably tell me I'm wrong and it's American ).
The crown guard and support arms look very much like they're off a Wadkin PK...
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...but the rest of the saw doesn't look right for a Wadkin. For instance the 4-spoke handwheel and its inclined shaft aren't familiar - Wadkin tended to use 3, 5 or 6 spoke handwheels. On the other hand, the broken handwheel looks like it had 5 or 6 spokes.
Another thing to note are the shallow tee slots in the table for the protractor - I'm sure there was a protractor posted recently with a matching bar (either here or on CWW).
Anyone able to suggest the origins of this saw? A frankensaw maybe?
Cheers, Vann.Gatherer of rustyplanestools...
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29th June 2018, 04:04 AM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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That crown guard support is a spit of a pk one. It looks like the top tilts. I can see M and AM cast into the front
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29th June 2018, 07:00 AM #3
I'll go one further and guess that bottom word is something like AMEMO which sounds like Italian or Spanish.... could be one of the odd machines that come from other European countries.
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29th June 2018, 11:00 AM #4
Maybe AMENIC or AMENIO
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29th June 2018, 12:38 PM #5Woodworking mechanic
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Casting looks like it reads “Made in America”
You can see an M up top, then below it the legs of an N then below that AME and the lower bits of what could be RICA
Just a guess?
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29th June 2018, 12:50 PM #6
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29th June 2018, 03:32 PM #7
Costa RICA?
But seriously. MADE IN (one line) to make the spacing right. I agree that AMERI would fit.
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I'm not 100% sure the next letter is a C - at first I thought it was a D (I blame shadows) but I now agree it's round - but comes up a little high for a C on the right-hand side. But C (& A out of sight) would make sense.
Originally Posted by Vann
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Maybe off a Wadkin PL (the tilting top predecessor to the PK). Anyway, I'm 99% sure that base isn't a Wadkin base.
Where's Matty when you want his wisdom?
Cheers, Vann.Gatherer of rustyplanestools...
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29th June 2018, 04:15 PM #8
When I first saw it I was thinking Oliver.... But definitely not that.. but certainly has the look of an Oliver machine which makes me lean toward an American manufacturer. Are you going to rescue this old girl Vann? It looks like its in a scrap yard.
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29th June 2018, 04:33 PM #9
I think that the broken handwheel is 4 spoke as well.... The castings are similar to the Oliver Machines as well.
Interesting electricals... On/off switch and a keyed switch then you come to the front and there are more switches.....sure this wasn't owned by the secret service.
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29th June 2018, 07:57 PM #10
I too have been looking at American machines (over on VM), but not found anything yet.
Unlikely (but not impossible). I don't have the room and the price is too high for a spec machine.
I believe the extra switchgear is for an extractor. I love the English MEM starter .
Cheers, Vann.Gatherer of rustyplanestools...
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29th June 2018, 11:02 PM #11
I was going to say Yates American no 1
Melbourne Matty.
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29th June 2018, 11:40 PM #12
Yates-American Machice Co. Inc. No.1
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30th June 2018, 08:22 PM #14Senior Member
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Hi Matty,
nice saw!
Would look so good next to a nice old jointer!
Both Americans so they could keep each other company in this hostile Antipodean world.
Have fun,
Alli
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30th June 2018, 09:49 PM #15
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