Photo Index - F. S. Babbitt - F.S.Babbitt, Combination Lathe, Scroll Saw and Circular Saw

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Manufactured/Badged by:
F. S. Babbitt
Taunton, MA

True Manufacturer:
F. S. Babbitt, Taunton, MA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Combo Machine
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Submitted By:	David Dechant

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	F.S.Babbitt, Combination Lathe, Scroll Saw and Circular Saw
Date of Manufacturer:	about 1875 to 1880
Serial Number:
Last Updated	12/16/2011 7:49:59 PM

Comments:

This machine has been in my family for five generations. It was probably purchased the Rev. Frederick Dechant and then ultimately inherited by his son William Dechant, a civil engineer from Reading, Pennsylvania. It was in turn used by his artist/architect son, Miles Boyer Dechant, in the 1920s and 1930s to make frames. It was later restored in the 1970s by my father, Don Dechant, a mechanical engineer.

Photo 1:

Comments: This is a side view of the F.S. Babbitt Combination Machine with the scroll table and saw tables in the down position.
Source: David Dechant

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Photo 2:

Comments: Front view. In this configuration the scroll saw is the active tool.
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Photo 3:

Comments: Both saw and scroll tables have been swung back to allow the tool to go into lathe mode.
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Comments: Now the lathe has been removed. The table saw drive rod takes its place. The table saw's table is still swung into the up and out of the way position.
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Comments: This shows the table saw's table now lowered down into position over the blade.
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Comments: The treadle casting was cracked at the letter "i" in Babbitt and had to be carefully welded.
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