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  1. 31st December 2020, 10:53 AM #1
    DerekC
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    Default Vintage 18 inch bandsaw

    Just picked up this 18 inch bandsaw and would be interested if anyone can help me find out more about this saws history and manufacturer and vintage.


    Branded NILE and has a Queensland Machinery Company Limited Brisbane plate screwed to it. Unusual 2 part cast table, original bearings.

    Currently in working order but fitted with a 3 phase 3 hp motor (don’t believe that is original) but it does have a motor mounting hinge cast into the feet.

    Originally fitted with a flat belt pulley by the looks of the drive shaft on the main wheel.

    Depth of cut is around 7 1/2 inches.

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  4. 31st December 2020, 01:42 PM #3
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    I know nothing about this saw but I had a guy machine something for me last week and he has one. He's got it hooked up to a VFD in order to slow it down to cut metal which he said does the job well. Nice little saw by the looks and isn't too big like some of the other older gear which is a pain to move.
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    Great looking bandsaw!

    NLA Trove has lots of hits for Nile 18" bandsaws in Qld. Mostly 1930s-60s. By the '50s all advertising seems to be secondhand classifieds. However, here is a retail ad from January 1950:
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  6. 2nd January 2021, 10:37 AM #5
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    Thanks for the help. Indeed, there seems to have been lots advertised in the 40s and early 50s (or one unit that was hard to move). Next job is to find a sparky in Brisbane to give some help with a vfd so I can fire it up. If anyone has recommendations, or direct experience themselves would be keen to hear. Thanks, Derek.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DerekC View Post
    ...Next job is to find a sparky in Brisbane to give some help with a vfd so I can fire it up...
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    Wouldn't a sparkie in Perth be of more use ?

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  8. 7th January 2021, 07:45 PM #7
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    No, Brisbane. Can’t work out to update my location but been here for a while now.


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    Default 18 inch bandsaw

    20210126_162436.jpgdear derek, hi my name is clinton nice to meet u. i also have a nile 18 inch bandsaw that was in my grandfathers factory. he past away last september and left me this bandsaw. i too have no documentation etheir i will show some photos, i would like to ask if you could share some table mesurements as i have no table at all. i have restored the bandsaw up to standard except paint[ had a shiitty baby yellow that i dont like so i went with metalic blue. my is a 3phase as well. my come with a 2hp or a 3hp motor i am not sure which one. any help is greatly welcome, yours sincerly clinton.20210127_172646.jpg
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  10. 27th September 2021, 08:08 AM #9
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    Hi Clinton, sorry I can’t help you. I sold the saw a couple of months back to make space for some other gear in the shed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DerekC View Post
    Hi Clinton, sorry I can’t help you. I sold the saw a couple of months back to make space for some other gear in the shed.


    mate, I have one. Newmarket QLD 4051
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