Photo Index - Parks Ball Bearing Machine Co. - Century (I. D. from Catalog on this site)

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Parks Ball Bearing Machine Co.
Cincinnati, OH

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Band Saw
Machine Size:	30"
Submitted By:	Eric Olson

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Century (I. D. from Catalog on this site)
Date of Manufacturer:	1880's or 1890's
Serial Number:	None found
Last Updated	9/28/2006 3:39:41 PM

Comments:

This saw was originally in a wagon wheel shop. Somewhere in time, it was purchased by the original "mayor" of Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. The gentleman I bought it from had purchased it from the "mayor" and had it in a small, VERY small, shed attached to the back of his garage. He used it primarily for sawing wood blocks into smaller chunks for wood carving. He's an older fellow, and can no longer do woodworking, so the saw has sat idle for the last 17 years.

The upper blade guard frame is half of a large wagon wheel. It's got a 30" throat and 10" from table to blade guide. It's powered, for now, by a 2 HP motor. It's still set-up for a line-shaft, with the original large wooden pulley. It was being run off a twin v-belt set-up, wrapped around the wooden pulley. I may or may not convert it to flat belt. It's run off of v-belt set-up for years, so if it's not broken, I'm not going to fix it just yet.

Photo 1:

Comments: Side shot, showing the wagon wheel blade guard frame
Source: Me

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Photo 2:

Comments: Wooden pulley for line-shaft set-up
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Photo 3:

Comments: Overall shot
Source: Me

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