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1907 article - A new Acme metal saw table |
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1907-02-07 The Iron Age |
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7/25/2014 8:42:22 PM |
A new motor driven circular saw machine particularly adaptable for accurately cutting sheet brass and copper, brass and copper tubes and rods, fibre, commutator bars, and like materials, known as the Acme metal saw table No. 2, is now built by the Hub Machine & Tool Company, Philadelphia. This machine is larger throughout than the old type saw table which has been on the market for some time. and is made either for belt drive from a line shaft or with contained motor drive. On the machine illustrated a 1-hp. Westinghouse direct connected motor provides the drive, the starting box being conveniently located on the front of the machine, as shown.
The table top, which swings entirely open, being hinged at the back, is 22 x 24 in. in size. The slitting gauge is adjustable so as to take work up to 12 in. wide. and the cross gauge will swing from 90 decrees either way to practically any angle. The various adjustments can be made to 1/1000 in. Saws up to 10 in. in diameter are used on this machine, attaining a speed of 1500 rev. per min. The center of the saw mandrel is only 1 in. below the surface of the table, thus allowing the use of saw blades of small diameter. The saws may be adjusted to various heights, while a patent holder is provided for removing and replacing them on the arbor. This machine is built wholly of metal and is entirely self-contained. The direct connected machine weighs complete 450 lb. |
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The Acme Metal Saw Table No. 2, Manufactured by the Hub Machine Tool & Tool Company, Philadelphia.
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