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#Post#: 43976--------------------------------------------------
See Saw.
DIR By: Drew 5292
Date: December 2, 2012, 12:00 pm
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Been a while getting 'round to posting on this, as I didn't
really want to until I was at a certain point in the story.
A good few months back, Mr Scruff put me on to an example of
something I wanted to a) make a certain aspect of living how we
do over here easier and b) tick a box and give a nod towards
industrial history and make further use of the grey Fergie
whilst I was at it. The example of which I speak was a pretty
hefty table saw which was for sale on the Traction Talk forum.
Conveniently, it was made at a long-closed foundry not ten
minutes walk away from the pub in-which I was born, in Oldham.
And, peculiarly, it was being sold at a damned reasonable price
by a chap whose surname was 'Oldham'...I had to have it. Not
because I'm particularly proud of being originally from the
toilet that is now Oldham; rather I'm aware of the Industrial
Revolution town of importance it once was...and that matters
where history and heritage are concerned.
So, I contacted the fellow and made no attempt to haggle the
price, with Millsy offering to collect from Surrey on my behalf,
stashing it in Rutland, near his home, until I could collect.
That collection was planned for August, but the stars just
weren't lined-up correctly. So, the back-end of October saw me
set off in the boinger AIDS-mobile, all Ifor'd up, intent on
collecting 1.5 tonnes of iron, cast in the shape of a saw in the
late 19th century by W.B. Haigh & Co. Ltd.
Kindly lifted on to the trailer by a gentleman called Ron, whose
yard had harboured the kit for a few months...
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Angular art-shot at Watford Gap Services...
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Interesting double-pulley arrangement on this.
As it was intended to be driven by steam, probably an engine
powering a multitude of tools, turning the thing off and on
wasn't really do-able. So, a free-running clutch-pulley was
fitted to the end of the drive-axle, with manually moved claws
shifting the drive-belt from one pulley to the other...
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And beneath, we have the clutch lever...
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Beautiful adjuster wheel arrangement for the cutting width
gate...
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And the foundry name cast proudly in to the side...
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The saw had sat on my trailer for a couple of weeks, while I
awaited a local farmer to come with his Manitou and do the lift.
However, as he farms veal stock, a few recent calf births saw
him occupied until last Thursday, when he came and did the
biznai whilst I was away from home, dropping it nicely on a site
I'd previously set for it.
Check out that blade...
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Whilst it was on the trailer, I attacked it with some spanners
and did a little service. And as testament to both the original
build and to previous ownership, all nuts gave way with a
reassuring amount of resistance...nothing was seized and the
gate adjuster moves with the precision of a micrometer.
There was a slight amount of play in the bronze tube-bearing at
the blade end. However, whilst not impossible, getting a new
like-for-like bearing made to fit would be at a very prohibitive
cost. And asking an engineer to re-build the axle to fit the
existing bearing would be equally pricey. So, under sound
sheddist advice from Mr Scruff, I dropped a thin shim in the
bottom half of the particular bearing. And whilst this does
continue to allow lube-leak from the bearings at both ends, the
blade now runs truly vertical, with no play at all. So as long
as the little oil-feed baths are kept topped-up and well wick'd
during what will be regular use, I fancy the chod will most
certainly outlive me and my sons.
Just need to re-fit the clutch lever, (which I removed as it was
fouling the folks on the lift) await the arrival of some 4"
belt, get the Fergie going and get cutting.
#Post#: 43977--------------------------------------------------
Re: See Saw.
DIR By: hippydave
Date: December 2, 2012, 12:07 pm
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is that the wood to the slaughter pile its sat next to.
#Post#: 43978--------------------------------------------------
Re: See Saw.
DIR By: Drew 5292
Date: December 2, 2012, 12:15 pm
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That's part of it, Dave.
The longer lengths are pretty cheap Oak which I get from a
sawmill, the chords from a trunk when they square it off. It
still needs a year-or-so drying and I'll just keep adding to it.
However, I recently did a smart deal on sufficient cubic meters
of well-dried Oak to keep us warm for the next 5-10 years, some
of which is the organized pile of logs. I've yet to collect the
rest; but as it's under cover and in a safe part of the world,
I'm in no rush.
#Post#: 43980--------------------------------------------------
Re: See Saw.
DIR By: hippydave
Date: December 2, 2012, 12:21 pm
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can it not be utilized for anything else other than just
burnifecation seems a shame just to turn it into ash.
#Post#: 43985--------------------------------------------------
Re: See Saw.
DIR By: Drew 5292
Date: December 2, 2012, 12:32 pm
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I do put some from the sawmill to one side and make picture
frames, shelves, boxes or such-like from it. It takes some
working to remove scarring from poorly cared-for band-saw
blades...but workable it is. However, the rest is gash Oak and
often very knotty and irregularly shaped. But at 28 Euros for a
2 m3 roll, against what would usually be 40 Euros for a dried
cube of Oak log, the sawmill often wins my trade. I just got
such a deal on the logs in the pic (and the rest where they
stand) that it was difficult to refuse such a seasoned haul.
#Post#: 43993--------------------------------------------------
Re: See Saw.
DIR By: genem
Date: December 2, 2012, 12:51 pm
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That machine is a thing of rare beauty. Envy sir, envy.
#Post#: 44004--------------------------------------------------
Re: See Saw.
DIR By: Drew 5292
Date: December 2, 2012, 1:02 pm
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I'm humbled to own it, Genem.
Going to post a vid of it in spin, when that happens. I'd do it
now if I had the belt, as I've a small 3-phase portable engine
which, with a bit of a start spin, would keep it turning; 'tho
not at anywhere close to the kind of revs needed to cut, as it
has only a small pulley to turn that which the saw has and not
really the torque to generate sufficient throw/fulcrum from a
standing start.
The Fergie's the tool.
#Post#: 44005--------------------------------------------------
Re: See Saw.
DIR By: Gadget
Date: December 2, 2012, 1:08 pm
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You just watch your fingers young man :eek: from one bench saw
user to another. Did it come with a ribbing knife to behind the
blade?? It helps stop the wood closing up after its been cut and
jamming the blade.
#Post#: 44038--------------------------------------------------
Re: See Saw.
DIR By: Calum
Date: December 2, 2012, 2:45 pm
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Top bit of kit!!
#Post#: 44042--------------------------------------------------
Re: See Saw.
DIR By: simon109
Date: December 2, 2012, 3:14 pm
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Solid bit of kit, very nice.
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