Photo Index - Syracuse Sander Manufacturing Co. - Type D disc sander

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Syracuse Sander Manufacturing Co.
Syracuse, NY

True Manufacturer:
Syracuse Sander Manufacturing Co., Syracuse, NY

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Sander
Machine Size:	15 inch
Submitted By:	David Swift

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Type D disc sander
Date of Manufacturer:	1918 - 1922
Serial Number:	897 (View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated	11/23/2012 7:47:22 PM

Comments:

I purchased this disc sander in 2011, and haven't even brought it home yet to spiff up or use! Based on my research so far, the sander apparently spent the first 60 years of its life in a pattern shop for a marble quarrying company, and I believe I am only its third owner to date.

The motor is a General Electric, 1/2 HP, 1800 rpm, which may be original equipment, except for the bulky electrical box and replacement switch. As specified on the nameplate, the motor type is "RKT" which, according to an authoritative reference book for fractional horsepower motors, was GE's designation for a polyphase induction motor with squirrel cage construction. Since the motor runs fine on single phase power, I suspect that part of the electrical equipment in the attached box serves to enable the polyphase motor to deal with a single phase supply, but I haven't confirmed that theory yet.

Photo 1:

Comments: The sander, minus the lower shroud and miter gauge, showing its condition when I purchased it in 2011.
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Comments: The table trunnion, which included the taper pin and retainer chain, for indexing the table at 90 degrees relative to the disc.
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Comments: The lower shroud, showing the broken upper right hand corner (the only damage I've found on the entire machine).
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Comments: The miter gauge, which I believe to be original, since it exactly matches the catalog illustrations.
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Comments: table tilted to 45 degrees
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Comments: The badge (on the lower shroud), which identifies the sander as Type D, Serial No. 897.
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