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Manufactured/Badged by:
Keller Manufacturing & Keller Industries
Eau Claire, WI; Burnsville MN; St. Paul, MN; Leeds, AL

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Hacksaw, Power
Machine Size:	10 1/2" high by 9" wide
Submitted By:	Torvald Sorenson

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Power Hack Saw
Date of Manufacturer:	1966, shipped in May
Serial Number:	5HD15626
Last Updated	1/6/2014 3:13:28 PM

Comments:

I purchased this machine from the back of a scrap truck in Seattle in about 2000. I have since rebuilt it including the following: new arm, all new bushings, new brasses in the saw frame, new main shaft and gear, & repacked coolant pump. The foot pedal is for lifting the arm and saw frame, it didn't have one so I built it. I didn't like the clamping mechanism on the vice so I built an over-center one. I also didn't like the very narrow table that was stock so I've built out-riggers on both sides of the table to better support the stock as it is cut. The vice has a rather poor mechanism for keeping perpendicularity to the saw blade (a single clamping bolt) so I built a brace/back stop to fit on the cutting side out-rigger that supports the stock during the cutting stroke of the saw, preventing the blade from pulling the vice out of square. It’s not a heavy duty saw, but I’m really rather fond of it and like to use it. It’s remarkably fast.

Photo 1:

Comments: newly rebuilt
Source: personal camera

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Photo 2:

Comments: showing the out-riggers and the brace/back stop on the cutting side outrigger
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Photo 3:

Comments: Rear view, original motor (3 ph) is on floor
Source: personal camera

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