the old stuff is the stuff that was made well and still works these days, I have a shop full of old machinery and it all works better than anything you would buy today

I have the same saw gave one hundred 25 dollars for mine but had work I had to do got it up to $ 1700 but it works great no vibration at all you will love it

😊 I'm a woodworking nerd and really appreciate what you're doing with this amazing piece of equipment. Thanks for sharing.

Killer find👍👍👍👍

Congrats on such a great find. Amazing Ohio made tool! I love buying vintage power tools. Missing some of the new technology, especially dust collection, but always built to last. Plus I enjoy cleaning them up and getting them running again. You really understand how to use a tool when you go thru that effort.

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

That's also how you find out the nuances of each machine, and how to really dial it in!

That is a crazy deal you got! Whoever was selling it had no idea what they had. Suprising with all the easy resources.

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

I think he knew - he was simply happy to have it going to a home that would love and feed it.

@mikek7193

12 күн бұрын

I wonder if Logan offered a couple of years of magazine subscriptions to sweeten the deal?!

Can’t wait to see you resaw something.

It's like "Antiques Roadshow - Shop Edition"!

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

I think you're onto something there...

@mikek7193

12 күн бұрын

The show would have to do a remote to have someone perform an appraisal on-site!

What an amazing machine. All the power and size you could want for less than the price of a good quality hobbyist saw. Let's see more vintage machinery please.

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

Oh, Im working on it!

Awsome score - lucky you.

Well, if I ever need to resaw a log cabin in half, I know who I'm callin'. Great tool!

quite the find! there are many similarities with my 1915 crescent bandsaw, mine however has no guards or covers anywhere. babbit bearings are great, at least until they need to be replaced. mine are still good after over 100 years though. you may find babbit material in other places too, mine has babbit in the upper guide rod area where the rod slides up and down and also around the quadrant for the tilt system

Hey Logan...those old machines are awesome...watched your vid on hd36 mods... haven't done mine yet.being working on mods for 54" circ mill...but the old band saw...real cool...got a 30" one all cast no tags anywhere...babitt bin change to pillow blocks...no guards whatsoever...40"wide...7' tall...also have a McFarland Spilke...20 " hand powered planer 4-6" blades razor sharp...made in Ohio...only god knows when...great vids keep them coming..tx

It's a ship saw used for cutting the wooden frames for a ship. 👍😎🍻

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

This one was in the rock island armory, meant for making gunstocks.

i ran one very similiar to that at a aircraft factory in the late 80's monster blade took two to do it have fun with it thnx

Wow dude. What a steal! Just that motor is probably $1k. Just the motor.

Love it, Logan! I am jealous! 😊

Cosmoline is easily removed by kerosene. The right handed fence facilitates removal of the fence when not needed without removing the blade. There is a special grease used on motors (Mobil Polyrex EM) don’t use any old grease you happen to have laying around from greasing your car. Babbitt Bearings are fine. Easy to repour if needed. P.S. I can’t really see in the video if your dust collection is mounted but if it is you might want to move it up a couple feet higher. It will make the drops so much easier.

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

I've been able to remove the Cosmoline with naptha pretty easily. Some of the "dried bits" are a little harder to get off. Ill keep an eye out for the Mobil Polyrex!

@davidt8438

2 ай бұрын

@@popularwoodworking Polyrex EM (for Electric Motors) nice saw by the way.

What a machine!

That's a really cool bandsaw

You got a great deal on a great machine. BTW, that’s an eye bolt on the motor for lifting, not a hoist!

Man what a find!!! One of the great American-Made Power tool Manufacturers!!! Have you contacted Northfield Foundry? There are possibly one the last manufacturers of these type real cast-iron monsters!

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

I know of Northfield. I haven't had an opportunity to buy one of their machines....yet 😀

Worked in a shop at a state university. MIOSHA wanted us to replace our old 36 inch band saw because didn’t have modern guards and they weren’t available. Got specifics at what the guards are. Had a sheet metal worker to fabricate a guard for the saw and I did plexiglass parts for it and it passed. I think it was older than that one from the 30’s. We had an ancient stationary disk sander too, the motor spindle went through and had a six inch rotary sander, that was a challenge to make guards but we got it done.

Nice saw!

Wow ... would I wouldn't give to have a saw like that! That right-hand fence and tilting table will really come in handy for knocking the corners off square turning blanks. Looks like you may be missing the table pin ... at least there is a place for one in the slot for blade changes.

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

But, you'd lose all the joy of going to town with a 2" spindle roughing gouge! Yes, the pin is missing....Ill turn one.

Henry Walke Co. in Norfolk Va. has been around since the 1800's , bought stuff there back in the 80's. Cool saw , don't lick the lead based paint and you'll be just fine ...your in more danger sitting in traffic and being struck by a meteorite LOL

@bobmazzi7435

2 ай бұрын

I'd add, don't sand it either. But, as long as it's in place and not flaking all is good. Of course, some of us grew up driving cars that used leaded gas so we've had our dose of lead for decades.

@JohnSmith-xs4sx

2 ай бұрын

@@bobmazzi7435 i think i would just clean that machine real well and maybe hit it with a light coat of spray can acrylic clear or something to seal it up , not as a concern about lead but to keep it from flaking off any further. There were millions of house painters and home owners literally swimming in lead paint for centuries and it did not cause a mass extinction event....that im aware of anyway:)

LOGAN, I HATE YOU!!!! LOL I am so jealous! what you have is considered a pattern makers band saw. You stole it its mine I paid for it in all my taxes lol. Get hold of myself. Pattern saw thus the 45 deg tilt ability as you have. I worked in Plant engineering for a company in Muncy PA., SPROUT WALDRON, an OEM capital equipment CO. in the food and grain industry. This was a must in pattern making, to produce the pattern draft angles required of all the odd shaped patterns. I would use this after hours on my own projects what a Jem please take care of her you will not out live her!!!!! If I had space, I would have something like this. DO HER PROUD!!! As to dust collection cover the bottom best you can as well as to the motor side then cut a 4" port opening near the downside. Out of movement areas this will help. Love her she will do you well for ever.

This saw is almost as big as the one Jimmy Diresta has. Outstanding.🙂🙂

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

His is 42". The problem with anything over a 36" saw is that the bottom tire needs recessed in the floor (or installed on a platform).

I had a 36" Yates/American. That bandsaw could out cut anything that is around today.

Holy Buckets, you got the huge saw for a tenth of the cost plus it was “owned” by the military so at least they probably greased all of the zerk fittings on a regular schedule. In other words it didn’t just sit there for 70 years as evidenced by the inventory that included turning it on, they wouldn’t just do that out of the blue.

WOW

Dannnnnggg that is one huge big boy WOW

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

Bruh, what do you think about the bandsaw though?!🤣

@rudyg528

2 ай бұрын

@@popularwoodworking sweet

Congrats on a wonderful saw. Does it have a foot brake? The wheels will keep spinning for a long time. And what is the RPM of the motor?

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

Nope, no foot brake! However, with the VFD controlling it, I have it programmed to stop over 10 seconds.

Nice find. No way I’d ever put those orange urethane tire on those wheels. Send them out to get rubber or vulcanized then trued up to the center. You just can’t put tires on and hope for the best.

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

Oh the irony here. Just wait for the 3rd video. Long story short: The orange tires flew off.

@augustwest8559

2 ай бұрын

@popularwoodworking Yikes hopefully it wasn't a expensive blade. Tires are so important to a good running bandsaw. How smooth it runs and tracking of the blade. Good luck

I’d check the lube in the oil port… and stay away from detergent oils

kieth rucker over at vintage machinery just did a complete rebuild on one probably bigger than that it took a while

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

Yep, his was working on a 42" for Jimmy derista.

Very interesting. So there are still blades sold for such a saw, eh?

@GeraldJensen

2 ай бұрын

Most blade manufacturer will make whatever blade you need to whatever specs you give them.

WOW! What a beast. For $2000, you can barely buy a decent 14" Asian import.

@oliver299d

2 ай бұрын

they don't make a decent asian import, they're nothing like the old American ones.

Spoiler alert, the saw is not turned on in this video

So sad we make nothing now.

apparently you don't know how to setup a gantry. The legs should splay out so that they are more stable, and that they will not rock. The way you have them, they are an extreme hazzard. Vertical is fine on a gantry that has vertical supports, but inwards is never a good thing. I didn't know cool blocks were a thing in the 50s... Try un-twisting the goose neck, it will put more pressure on each segment, if you tighten it, it loosens it. My bandsaw fence Delta is to the right also... probably more common than you think... there's a little support to the left, but most of it is to the right.

@popularwoodworking

2 ай бұрын

You know, of the dozens of times I've used that gantry, I'm not sure WHY i set the legs up canted in this time. I know that's not how they go.