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Manufactured/Badged by:
J. D. Wallace & Co.
Chicago, IL

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Band Saw
Machine Size:	16"
Submitted By:	Dave Potts

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:
Date of Manufacturer:	1930s-50s?
Serial Number:
Last Updated	8/11/2005 5:07:54 PM

Comments:

The Wallace 16" bandsaw took many forms over its years and a few of those stylizations are here. The saw generally remained the same, except for the upper wheel cover and the table. None of these saws are mine, but they are similar to one I used to own. My own Wallace was purchased on the very day I graduated from college. I had picked up my cap and gown and had 3 hours to kill. Dressed in my silver Jack Lang suit, I drove through the industrial areas of Trenton, NJ making cold-calls on machine shops looking for surplus machinery.

My Wallace was standing in a field behind Albert Machinery. Sixty dollars changed hands and a few of the workers from the shop tipped the saw into the back of my Datsun pick-up. That was one of my first machinery purchases.... certainly the first where I was dealing with an obscure/defunct brand and the first where I was required to fabricate parts for the saw. When I was able to finally acquire a Delta 14" bandsaw and add a height extension for resawing, I reluctantly parted with the Wallace. The saw was purchased by a gentleman that was going to use it for cutting foam-rubber. About that same time I purchased some lumber from an elderly cabinetmaker in the next village over and found that he also had a Wallace, though it was a different style than mine. That was in the early 80s.... who knew we'd one day be devoting time to *this*???

Photo 1:

Comments: An open cover & a closed cover
Source: collected over the past few years from various sources

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Photo 2:

Comments: A Wallace *snowflake*?
Source: collected over the past few years from various sources

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Photo 3:

Comments: The rear wheel cover of the above saw
Source: collected over the past few years from various sources

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