Photo Index - Wilbar Co., Inc. - 8" tilt-table saw

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Wilbar Co., Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

True Manufacturer:
Wilbar Co., Inc., Philadelphia, PA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Table Saw
Machine Size:	8"
Submitted By:	Jeff Joslin

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	8" tilt-table saw
Date of Manufacturer:	1928
Serial Number:
Last Updated	6/2/2011 10:49:28 AM

Comments:

No surviving examples of this saw have surfaced so here's a picture taken from an ad in the December 1928 Popular Mechanics. (To see that ad, click on the Wilbar name, above, and then select the "Images" tab.)

Motor is 1/3 HP and has shaft on either end. Table top is 12x16. Comes with drill chuck, sanding disk, emery wheel. A scroll-saw attachment was available.

Photo 1:

Comments:
Source: December 1928 Popular Mechanics

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