Photo Index - General Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Model 250 Table Saw

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General Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Drummondville, QC

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Table Saw
Machine Size:	10"
Submitted By:	Joseph

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Model 250 Table Saw
Date of Manufacturer:	1940's
Serial Number:
Last Updated	3/2/2003 12:00:00 AM

Comments:

This TS was purchased new by my grandfather and is still in the family.

This thing is massive and built to last. The base itself is a framework of cast iron (which you can see the corners of in the photos below) that is covered with thick steel sheets. It has a 30" x 36" cast iron top and a cast iron fence that rides on 2 indexed rectangular bars. It also has a cast iron chute that surrounds the blade to protect the motor and gears from saw debris. The blade was driven by two 3-belt pulleys which run on "sealed-for-life" ball-bearings.

Some time in the 80's the original motor burned out, so my grandpa "fit" a motor he had using plywood shims. The 3-belt pulley did not fit on the "new" motor so the TS now runs on one belt.

Besides a bit of surface rust, it is still in very good working order. It will be fully restored in the near future with a new 3 HP motor onto which the original pulley will fit.

Photo 1:

Comments: General 250 TS (the round thing on the table is the original 3-belt pulley)
Source: Joseph

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Photo 2:

Comments: 1)close-up of chute (white paper was put in background to see chute better). 2) close-up of fence that rides on 2 indexed rectangular bars (...hummm, now where have I seen such a system before?)
Source: Joseph

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Photo 3:

Comments: Original General 250 TS publicity.
Source: Scanned by Joseph

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