Photo Index - Hall & Brown Wood Working Machine Co. - #62 Tilt-top sliding table Combination Saw

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Hall & Brown Wood Working Machine Co.
St. Louis, MO

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Table Saw
Machine Size:	Up to 18"
Submitted By:	Kirk Poore

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	#62 Tilt-top sliding table Combination Saw
Date of Manufacturer:	1902-1910
Serial Number:	None
Last Updated	4/11/2006 10:23:34 PM

Comments:

Number 62 combination saw as seen at a lumber company in Aviston, IL. This saw is seen in Catalog 12 on this site, which dates it to 1904 +/- a few years. It has a double-arbor, flat belt, tilting table, and the left part of the table is a slider. The arbor assembly rotates on the front hand crank, moving the blades into position. The catalog says it will take two 12" blades, a 9" blade and a 16" blade, or an 18" blade by itself. Name was probably painted on--there are no casting marks indicating H&B origin. The machine itself is in good condition, complete except for the miter fence for the slider. It needs a very thorough cleanup and repainting. Rust is minimal.
The sliding table runs in a groove and on a flat surface on the tilting support. Slides with difficulty now, but would probably be OK after cleaning and lubricating.
Photos taken with permission of seller.
Jeff McVey indicates the catalog nickname for this saw--"Colburn" points to the Colburn Machine Tool Company. The founder, Henry J. Colburn, was granted a patent in 1902, near the time of his death. That patent shows the mechanism (rotating double arbor and sliding tilt table) for this saw. That puts the earliest date for this saw at 1902. Conversely, there is no serial number on this saw, nor any H&B casting marks. Identification was purely through the 1904 H&B Catalog #10. By about 1910 H&B was casting their name and usually model number on their machines, and adding shop number plates.

Photo 1:

Comments: H&B 62 combo saw front
Source: My Camera at Aviston Lumber

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Comments: Sliding table
Source: My Camera at Aviston Lumber

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Comments: Rotating arbor assembly
Source: My Camera at Aviston Lumber

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