Photo Index - Atlas Press Co. - S8-E

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Atlas Press Co.
Kalamazoo, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Table Saw
Machine Size:	8"
Submitted By:	Reuben Deumling

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	S8-E
Date of Manufacturer:	1940
Serial Number:	1685
Last Updated	8/17/2010 5:21:23 PM

Comments:

These Atlas badged bench saws are far less common than the Craftsman version. The period during which the Craftsman versions were sold runs from 1937 to sometime in the early 1940s. The Atlas versions have cast iron dust doors with an integrated on/off switch, and an Atlas badged Kingston-Conley motor, but are otherwise very similar. This saw has the later style base with the Art Deco stripes. Notable also is the fact that this fence is a later (symmetrical) style featuring a fence body of solid steel.

This saw was advertised only a few blocks from my house. When I discovered that the elevation gears were trashed, something that is all too common on these saws, I offered 1/4 of the asking price. Since the saw had been sitting on Craigslist for a while and clearly wasn't going anywhere the seller agreed to my offer.

Photo 1:

Comments: three-quarter front right view showing cast iron dust doors, integral switch
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Photo 2:

Comments: manufacturer tag
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Photo 3:

Comments: in transit
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Photo 4:

Comments: side view showing newer style motor mount
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Photo 5:

Comments: closeup of trashed elevation gear rack
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Comments: destroyed elevation gear & rack; another view
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