Photo Index - Connell & Dengler Machine Co. - Wide belt driven. 8' tall

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Connell & Dengler Machine Co.
Rochester, NY

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Band Saw
Machine Size:
Submitted By:	Roy Wakeman

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Wide belt driven. 8' tall
Date of Manufacturer:	1886
Serial Number:
Last Updated	3/24/2010 11:14:43 PM

Comments:

I saw the photo of this 1886 Connell and Dengler bandsaw in an article in Fine Woodworking on Woodworking Machines, Taunton Press, 1985. I thought it was a particularly beautiful machine and wanted to share it with other OWWMer’s. The photo and article were reprinted from “Mechanical Advantage: About woodworking machines, and a visit to Rockwell and Powermatic” by John Lively. Fine Woodworking, Issue #30, October 1981, pp. 68-72. Photographer John Lively.

"It ran with a ghostly silence, without the slightest whisper of mechanical noise or vibration – just a gentle, low-pitched whoosh as its wheels fanned the air." p. 68

"With its spiral-spoked wheels, its gracefully curved main frame, fluted column and contoured base, it looked more like sculpture than like a machine for cutting wood. There could be no doubt that its makers were as much concerned with the aesthetics of its form as with the smoothness of its operation." p. 68

Permission to post the photograph on www.owwm.com from Fine Woodworking. Copyright The Taunton Press. Photograph may not be altered and may not be duplicated or used for any other purpose without written permission from the Taunton Press.

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Comments: 8 ft 1886 Connell & Dengler band saw
Source: “Mechanical Advantage: About woodworking machines, and a visit to Rockwell and Powermatic” by John L

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