Photo Index - Irvington Machine Works - Floor Swing Cut-Off Saw

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Irvington Machine Works
Grand Rapids, MI; Portland, OR

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Table Saw
Machine Size:
Submitted By:	Reuben Deumling

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Floor Swing Cut-Off Saw
Date of Manufacturer:	pre-1930
Serial Number:
Last Updated	9/15/2024 9:55:42 PM

Comments:

This is only the second one of these to show up here. I would love to know more about this machine: its history, literature about it, intended uses, description of missing parts, etc.
Found in Portland Oregon, only a few miles from the Irvington Machine Works street address.
Some modifications and repairs have been done over the century or so of this machines’s life: different motor, repair to right side frame member below the table, missing cross cut fences.
Another addition to the Made-in-Oregon collection
These Floor mounted swing saws seem to have been a specialty of Arthur de Koning’s, as he received no less than three patents for versions of these, starting with a wood-framed No. 2 for which a patent was granted Jan 4, 1921. Two subsequent patents, both awarded in 1930, describe versions much closer to the present saw, with the one granted October 21, 1930 being a very close match to the internal architecture of this saw.

Photo 1:

Comments: front view of table, fence, and pedal
Source: me

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Comments: 3/4 view left front
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Comments: large iron wheels at back
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Comments: main pivot arm and motor plate
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Comments: grease instruction tag
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Comments: spring arm assembly at the back
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