Photo Index - Davis & Wells - Table Saw

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Davis & Wells
Los Angeles, CA; Lynwood, CA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Table Saw
Machine Size:	10"
Submitted By:	Don H

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Table Saw
Date of Manufacturer:	1933-34
Serial Number:	826 (View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated	12/19/2009 8:05:53 PM

Comments:

Acquired off CL from a young man who had put a lot of work into it, surface grinding, new Baldor motor, etc., but then set it outside for awhile. I de-rusted it, replaced some missing parts and painted it a California color to remind us of Los Angeles, sunshine, etc..
I put an older switch and motor on it.
It works exceptionally well. Required a substantial press to change the bearings as the arbor flange/double v-belt pulley must be removed.
This saw was equipped to be part of a combination machine.
The original motor pulley is missing. It was a flat pulley which would allow the belts to migrate with changes in the arbor tilt. The arrangement here does not allow a full tilt.
The man at the current "Davis and Wells", a used machine dealer, told me that the serial no indicated '33-'34, even though his own web site has the start date of the prior manufacturing concern as 1935, so not sure about the date.

Photo 1:

Comments: Tilt lock and adjustment. Ball crank in the elevation adjustment. The fence lock handle is not D&W
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Photo 2:

Comments: Back of fence rides on pin. This pin not original. Motor base shows original traces of blue/green color. A O Smith 1 1/2 hp motor
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Comments: elevation adjustment and lock. End of spindle threaded for a boring attachment chuck? Inner race securement not original. There was nothing there when I got the saw.
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Comments: closeup of the ultra simple underpinnings of this design
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Comments: Compact design
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Comments: This is the motor and pulley that my saw lacks for the combination machine configuration.
Source: DH

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