Photo Index - Seneca Falls Manufacturing Co. - The "RIVAL" Scroll Saw

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Seneca Falls Manufacturing Co.
Seneca Falls, NY

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jig or Scroll Saw
Machine Size:	16 inch
Submitted By:	Burt Hammond

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	The "RIVAL" Scroll Saw
Date of Manufacturer:	1880's
Serial Number:	n.a.
Last Updated	7/2/2011 8:25:45 PM

Comments:

This light duty amateur saw is missing its entire drive mechanism/table. The design is the older version with friction wooden arm connections (no pivot bearings). Seneca Falls Manufacturing's General Line Catalog No. 13, published in 1891 calls out on page 24, The New "RIVAL" Scroll Saw that "... has recently been reconstructed." What caused me to purchase this "unknown" scroll saw was the unique table bottom's universal swivel mount with its confirming June 12, 1877 patent date.

Physical measurements are: 2 feet long, 8 3/4 inch diameter table, 19 1/2 inch oak wood arms, 12 1/4 pounds and 18 inch height from extended upper arm to bottom of 6 3/4 inch diameter driven wheel. Minor cleaning revealed most of the pin striping and the original red paint under the table.

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Comments: The business end of a RIVAL Scroll Saw
Source: Author's 7/2/2011 photo

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Comments: Original paint under mounted table area.
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Comments: Decorative embossment on spokes.
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Comments: Pin striping examples on frame and oak wood arm.
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Comments: Universal swivel mount that was patented on June 12, 1877.
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Comments: Side view less the table. The bright sun makes the paint job look better than what it is!
Source: Author's 7/2/2011 photo

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