Photo Index - Sidney Tool Co. - "The Famous Line"

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Sidney Tool Co.
Sidney, OH

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Band Saw
Machine Size:	32" wheels
Submitted By:	Steve Churman

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	"The Famous Line"
Date of Manufacturer:	?
Serial Number:
Last Updated	2/12/2006 7:08:49 PM

Comments:

I saw this bandsaw wrapped up on a drive way at a house while I was going by it several times and it caught my attention so much that I had to stop by and take pictures of it. The owner, Jim McDonald, got this from his late father, passed through his nephew-both deceased. I asked for his permission to take pixs of it. During the shoots, I found that he was a construction carpenter and was injured on a job 20 yrs ago, but that didn't stop from working with exotic woods.
It's one thing to see something in pictures, but to actually see the machine in person is a different story entirely. The motor is HUGE! The wheels moves very freely that his father put a steering knuckle on the lower wheel to operate it. I guess he didn't have 3 ph/240v power available, so he used his son, Jim, as a motive power. When he could catch him, that is!:-) Jim told me about using steam power to operate it. Hmm, this I got to see.

Photo 1:

Comments: That's Ole Jim McDonald and his BS
Source: My Sony DSC-P52

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Photo 2:

Comments: Still sitting on his driveway.
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Photo 3:

Comments: The lower door showing the casted name "The Famous Line"
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