Vintage power hacksaw video

[woodtickgreg]

A cool old vintage power hacksaw running. It is at a shop I go to for work. It has the coolest rythem when it's running, kinda like a shaper.

 

[ndnchf]

Cool video. I have its great grandfather, a Marvel Drawcut #2

 

[Charles Spencer]

Hey, is that a vise mounted on a brake rotor? Is that to rotate it?




And I agree; it is fun to watch power hack saws. I have a little Craftsman from the 1950s:

 

[ndnchf]

Good eye. Yes, the vise is mounted to a rotor so I can move it around as needed for welding. It a heavy rotor off a pickup, so it stays where I need it. My buddy liked it so much I made one for him too.

 

[Kevin J]

Charles,
I have a saw identical to your Craftsman but it is badged "IXL". Do you use regular hand hacksaw blades? Mine came with a blade that was 1" high.
Kevin J.

 

[woodtickgreg]

That's awesome for a home shop!

 

[Charles Spencer]

Do you use regular hand hacksaw blades?

Yep, that's a regular Lenox blade straight off the shelf. They're made in East Longmeadow, about 30-40 miles from where I live.

 

[ndnchf]

Not to go off topic, but here is a better photo of the vise/rotor combo. That's a piece of scrap bolted to it for attaching a ground clamp for the welder.

 

[brino]

Wow that saw is running fast!
I changed the original motor on my Marvel 9A from a 480V(if I remember correctly) to a 220V.
It went that fast and tried to walk itself across the shop!

I then changed the sprockets to slow it way down(and put some rubber feet on it) and now feel much better about it.

-brino

 

[woodtickgreg]

Wow that saw is running fast!
I changed the original motor on my Marvel 9A from a 480V(if I remember correctly) to a 220V.
It went that fast and tried to walk itself across the shop!


-brino

The saw is bolted to the floor in a very old shop in Detroit, if it's not bolted down or 2 heavy to move they will steal it. The shop is filled with very cool old vintage machinery from the past. Waiting for the day that I can see the power forging hammer running.