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The not so identical twin bandsaws: Crescent & McPherson
A while ago I came across a 100 year old + Crescent bandsaw on Gumtree. It was located up in Burrum Heads and owned by a boat builder. I was charmed by it's looks and struck a deal to buy it. I just had to figure out how to pick it up. With some advice from @auscab, @L.S. Barker and @Woodlogic I landed on using an engine crane which worked really well. A couple of weeks prior to picking up the Crescent I noticed another saw, a McPherson also up that way in Maryborough which sounded appealing so figured I would kill two birds with one stone.
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It was a huge day leaving at 5am from Buderim to drive up load the machines then drive down to Brisbane to offload them at my place then drive back to Buderim where my father lives. I clocked up 620klms in the drivers seat in my 21yr old Hilux which is built for long distances!
I'm looking forward to restoring these two - I think it's going to be very hard to let one go when time comes ...