Photo Index - F. Wesel Manufacturing Co. - Printer's table saw

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Manufactured/Badged by:
F. Wesel Manufacturing Co.
Brooklyn, NY; New York, NY; Scranton, PA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Table Saw
Machine Size:	10" (not sure)
Submitted By:	Bill Taggart

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Printer's table saw
Date of Manufacturer:	1880's - 1890's
Serial Number:	none
Last Updated	10/2/2009 7:31:45 PM

Comments:

Found in an architectural salvage yard. It is amazingly complete.

Photo 1:

Comments: As found
Source: My cell phone

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Photo 2:

Comments: Upon arrival at home - needs a full tear-down and resto
Source: My digi cam

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Photo 3:

Comments: A peek under the hood - built like a tank!
Source: My digi cam

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Comments: Arbor in babbit bearings, and built-in arbor lock. Well engineered and built.
Source: My digi cam

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Comments: Some heathen hacked out a hole for a lousy motor mount. I will replace the wood on that side.
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Photo 6:

Comments: Illustration from an 1892 book "Stereotyping, the Papier Mache Process" By Charles Summer Partridge. Mine also has the side shelf shown here, but a different overarm blade guard.
Source: Google Books

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