Photo Index - Atlantic Works Inc. - Improved Scroll Saw

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Atlantic Works Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Jig or Scroll Saw
Machine Size:	Unlimited
Submitted By:	Dave Potts

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Improved Scroll Saw
Date of Manufacturer:	Early 1870s
Serial Number:
Last Updated	3/7/2010 12:23:00 PM

Comments:

This item appeared on a fairly popular on-line auction service in October of 2006. Listed as "possibly a welding table" it is uncertain what this relic is destined to be under new ownership. The table is about all that remains from a scroll saw built and sold in Philadelphia in the mid 1970s.

Missing its concentric wheel, pitman arm, sliding blade clamp assembly, and the whole ceiling rig, the base and casting are a mere shadow of this saw's former self. The catalog lists the saw as being 800 pounds in weight

The listed patent dates are for bandsaw improvements awarded to John Richards of Atlantic Works Machinery

Photo 1:

Comments: Base and table
Source: seller's shot

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Photo 2:

Comments: The identity portion.... with patent dates
Source: seller's shot

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Photo 3:

Comments: From an 1873 Atlantic Works Catalog
Source: My filing cabinet

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