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Manufactured/Badged by:
Crescent Machine Co.
Leetonia, OH

Machine Specifications
Machine Class: Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type: Band Saw
Machine Size: 36"
Submitted By: Keith Rucker
Machine Specifications
Description/Model: 36" Crescent Band Saw
Date of Manufacturer: Before 1909
Serial Number: (View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated 4/22/2010 10:42:59 PM

Comments:
This machine was rescued by Randy Wilson from a scrap pile outside of an old factory that was being torn down. Serial Number 17448. In the fall of 2004 the machine was sold to Keith Rucker to restore to be used in the Georgia Agrirama Museum's line shaft driven woodworking shop. For more about the restoration of this machine, see:

http://wiki.owwm.com/CrescentBandSawRestoration1.ashx

The machine was completed in December of 2004 and put on-line in the museum in the spring of 2005.

Photo 1:

Comments: The restored machine belted up to the lineshaft at the Georgia Agrirama Museum
Source: Keith Rucker
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Photo 2:

Comments: Before shot of the saw as it was being recovered from a torn down factory
Source: Randy Wilson
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Photo 3:

Comments: Rear view of the restored saw
Source: Keith Rucker
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