Photo Index - Baxter Machine Co. (C. M. Baxter) - 36" Wood Wheels

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Baxter Machine Co. (C. M. Baxter)
Lebanon, NH

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Band Saw
Machine Size:	36"
Submitted By:	Jesse Zabski

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	36" Wood Wheels
Date of Manufacturer:
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Last Updated	9/28/2011 9:46:32 PM

Comments:

This is a 36” wood wheeled bandsaw made by Baxter Machine Co. out of Lebanon NH, currently sitting only 10 miles from its original production plant. I believe the saw to be somewhere around 100 years old. Amazingly I think it is all original and still functions as it should. It has been living in the basement of the shop for 10 or 15 years, purchased and installed by my father – where he got it from I am unsure. It stands 7’6” tall and has a 36” span from the blade to the inside of the arm. The belt shifter is still intact and functional, although the belt is attached to a dedicated Robbins and Meyers motor so there is no need to switch it from tight to loose. The shifter handle is on the left side of the machine with a rod running along the underside of the table. This is a left handed machine. I am unsure of the weight, but it is obviously very heavy. There is actually a ring on the very top of the C where one can attach some sort of lift to move it. What else? Of course, it is beautiful. I have a great admiration for industrial design and the curves of this saw simply make me smile. Please excuse the mess in the pictures – I am in the process of cleaning out the shop. I will be uploading cleaner pictures soon, trying to show more details of the shifter arm, table attachments, adjustment wheels etc.

Photo 1:

Comments: Right side of saw
Source: Original photo by me on a very cold day...

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Photo 2:

Comments: Top wheel and assembly showing height and tilt adjustment
Source: my camera during disassembly

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Photo 3:

Comments: Tight/loose pulley and shifter. The shifter rod runs underneath the back table through two basic brackets to the left hand side where there is a small handle to push it in and out. Originally meant for a line shaft.
Source: Original photo by me on a very cold day...

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Photo 4:

Comments: attachment of table and lower (wooden) saw guide
Source: my camera during disassembly

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Comments: Upper image: tight pulley and axle. Lower image: height adjustment, name badge and "No. 3" imprinted into arm (above and slightly to the left of the badge)
Source: my camera during disassembly

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Comments: looking down on upper assembly
Source: my camera during disassembly

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