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1908 Article-Buffalo Specialty Co., Duplex Hack Saw |
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Machinery Magazine, V15, Dec 1908, pgs. 319-320 |
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8/14/2013 10:37:06 PM |
BUFFALO SPECIALTY CO.'S DUPLEX HACK-SAW
The hacksaw shown herewith is built by the Buffalo Specialty Co., Buffalo, N. Y. It is unusual in that it is designed to be used either by hand or by power. It may be placed on the workbench, where it will take up no more room than the ordinary bench vise. It is thus adapted for use in garages, stock rooms, tool-rooms, steamship engine-rooms, roundhouses, and bicycle and other repair shops.
As a hand machine, it is much easier to operate than a hand hacksaw, owing to the fact that the momentum of the fly-wheel tends to steady the movement, and owing to the fact also that the hand does not have to guide the hack-saw frame. The slide bearing on which the arm operates is made of such proportions as to insure accurate alignment and durability, thus reducing the breaking of saw blades. This bearing is adjustable to allow wear to be easily and quickly taken up.
The connecting-rod is adjustable, permitting saw blades to be used their entire length; the stroke is also adjustable to permit the sawing of large work, it being possible to set it for any stroke between 3 and 5 inches. The capacity of the machine is for stock up to 4 inches square. The length of the saw blade used is 9 inches, The speed, when power-driven, should be from 85 to 100 revolutions per minute. The net weight of the machine is 80 pounds. |
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1908 Buffalo Specialty Co., Duplex Hack Saw
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