A.A.Tyson Bandsaw

**auscab** · 20th January 2015, 08:02 PM

We have Two A.A.Tyson Bandsaws here . Both have been covered with timber covering
so no pictures in the raw . The wheels are 20" cast Aluminium the rest cast iron .
My one takes blades at 3570 long the height that my one cuts is 240mm and from its
cast base to the top of the top wheel its 1770mm high. There are a two more of these
saws pictured in threads on this forum which I have seen and Ive seen roughly three others
sell on ebay over the past few years.The one I bought I did up with a paint job and new rubber
to the wheels .
My one has a few fancy wood offcuts stuck to it.

For the last 35 years when ever we talk of the saw with my Dad he mentions
" AA Tyson, He was a relation of Mine " and for 35 years I have just replied " Yeah ? "
though about it for 5 seconds, and left it at that.

I rang him the other day and got a bit more information on A.A Tyson .

I was told he was an Uncle of Dad's and he remembered him coming around to visit in what
must have been the 1940s to 1950s
He had a daughter who is married and they are still alive , I was given the daughters number
and rang them .
I was told
A.A .Tyson is Albert Arthur Tyson and he was an engineer who at some time sold Oil and taught
engineering at Melbourne Tech .
They told me he was a chubby guy who joked a lot and was funny , and said he certainly made
friends easy .
He made Bandsaws at ( See Picture) 933 High st Armadale Melbourne Victoria Australia, and
worked with one other guy . The castings were done at another firm and were ordered in .

His son in law told me that he mainly made Butchers saws and he didn't know of woodworking
saws being made ??
This got me wondering if our woodworking ones are the basis for a 1940s or 1950s butcher saw ?
I did notice some of the steel covered saws seemed very neat in the way they were covered. but
they weren't great pictures.
I have seen one AA Tyson Butchers bandsaw on a Greys online add which looks nothing like the AATBS we have .
I was also told he took out some sort of patent for butchers saws . And that the
Butchers association may be able to help me .
Im thinking he must have done the woodworking Bandsaws as a side line because by
the sounds of it he did a lot of butchers machines. Unless there was two AA Tyson
Bandsaw makers in Melbourne after the war which I doubt ?

Then I was told that there is a picture of Albert Tyson standing next to one of his
bandsaws, I got exited, GOLD !!
I am waiting for the picture to be found. I would guess it's going to be of him standing
next to a butchers saw but you never know. I will post it when I get it.

Rob

**auscab** · 20th January 2015, 08:14 PM

These are a great solid little Bandsaw . no rattles like the sheet metal type.
I have my one mounted on two 4' x 4' Jarrah lengths of wood and the 3 phase
motor bolted down to that as well .
I like the idea of re doing the covering in metal with a brass wire top like can be
seen in old machinery catalogues , got to get around to that though, and Im busy.

Any one else with an A.A.Tyson Bandsaw, please put up your pictures here .

Rob

**auscab** · 21st January 2015, 08:59 AM

This is off a Greys online add for a AA Tyson Butchers saw.
It sold for $1409 on the 8/4/2014

Hows that , Its a slider , A sliding table .
All it needs is some twin Miter fences

and it would be a head turner.

Rob

**pmcgee** · 21st January 2015, 07:58 PM

There was an enquiry and pics about a beat-up AAT on here a couple years ago.
Same sliding table I think.
Cheers,
Paul

**jcge** · 22nd January 2015, 08:57 AM

I really appreciate you posting this thread Rob, and I'm compiling pics of my machine which I will post (esp some differences). Very interesting that your families connected to the maker. Have you noticed any serial numbers on your machines? Mine has a number on the top of the table in the corner just above the drive pulley...5031). I'll include it in the pics. Regards John .

**jcge** · 22nd January 2015, 09:01 AM

From a Gray's auction in Melbourne NOV 2011 (not my machine)2183635.jpg 2183633.jpg 2183634.jpg

**jcge** · 22nd January 2015, 09:05 AM

This one from ebay JUL 2014 (not my machine)$_571.jpg $_572.jpg $_57.jpg

**DSEL74** · 22nd January 2015, 09:07 AM

AA Tyson Engineers Melbourne 20" bandsaw-mybandsaw-003-jpg

AA Tyson Engineers Melbourne 20" bandsaw-mybandsaw-004-jpg

Plus another picture loaded thread:
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f27/ba...ration-159688/

**auscab** · 23rd January 2015, 01:38 AM

Originally Posted by jcge

I really appreciate you posting this thread Rob, and I'm compiling pics of my machine which I will post (esp some differences). Very interesting that your families connected to the maker. Have you noticed any serial numbers on your machines? Mine has a number on the top of the table in the corner just above the drive pulley...5031). I'll include it in the pics. Regards John .

Great pictures guys.

Love to see it John , Is it the green one Dale put up ? I'm looking forward to seeing the front of it, and the dust port in the cover of the bottom wheel. And how the guarding around the bottom wheel is attached and made if possible.
The differences will be good to see . The Upper guides between the two first machines I put up are different.
I haven't noticed any numbers, I forgot to look today , will check tomorrow.

Great pictures of the the Grays one and the ebay July 2014 , I was watching that ebay one go when it was up , never saved pictures of it though. The switch on it is a laugh

.

The Machine in this picture was the machine I used when doing my apprenticeship, It had an under powered single phase motor running it for a long time until it packed up . We had to open the top door and spin the top wheel and turn it on at the same time to get it going. Once it was up to speed it didn't stop, it was fine. I remember the first time a blade broke while I was using it, My Dad came upstairs from where he worked and handed me a roll of toilet paper

I almost needed it.
Bigger saws give a bigger Bang when they break

. You get to be able to tell by the sound before a blade goes though. Most of the time , not always.

**L.S.Barker1970** · 25th January 2015, 12:16 PM

Rob, thanks for taking the time to put this information and Pic's up on these beautifully made little bandsaws !
looking forward to seeing more, in particular the Photo of the man himself !

Melbourne Matty.

**jcge** · 27th January 2015, 02:43 PM

Rob - yes that is my machine that Dale posted....I can't edit my original thread as its now more than 730 days old

. I'm having a lot of trouble with formatting text and photo's on the forum...not sure why, so I've started a new thread for my machine here https://www.woodworkforums.com/f299/tyson-engineer-melbourne-20-bandsaw-192018. Regards John.

edit...IE10 is the culprit for my editing woes.....

**auscab** · 8th February 2015, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by L.S.Barker1970

Rob, thanks for taking the time to put this information and Pic's up on these beautifully made little bandsaws !
looking forward to seeing more, in particular the Photo of the man himself !

Melbourne Matty.

I don't think the Photo of AAT standing next to his saw is going to come to light . The guy who said it existed , either cant find it or it may be to hard for him to look for it ?
He wasn't to happy with me ringing and asking again .

It may somehow be found one day but it's not looking good atm.

Rob

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