Photo Index - Tannewitz Works - GE Bandsaw

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Tannewitz Works
Grand Rapids, MI; Jenison, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Band Saw
Machine Size:	36"
Submitted By:	Barry Stup

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	GE Bandsaw
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Last Updated	7/16/2016 12:36:03 PM

Comments:

Late Model Tannewitz GE Bandsaw
Note the new style, polished aluminum handles
Belt drive
36"
2,900 lbs.
9' tall
36" x 37" x 41" table
tilts 45 degrees right, 5 degrees left
19' 9" maximum blade length
20" vertical capacity
mechanical brake

from Louisville, KY to PA, to Harrisonburg, VA via Smitty

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Comments: with hub caps
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Comments: A very modern machine.
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Comments: TANNEWITZ blade tracking lever, ball bearing, hand fitted wheel ways, blade spring tension lever and indicator, aluminum tension handwheel
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Comments: The Tannewitz bandsaw was probably the most common line in the big furniture plants.
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Comments: brake pedal, dust discharge port, worm and gear table tilting with positive lock, tongue and groove trunnion with graduated tilting indicator
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Comments: A very rigid and substantial casting. Belt drive offers FPM range of 1,000 - 8,000 rpm
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