Old Beam Saw? (56k Warning)

TempestV

I've found this old beam saw at a second hand shop-


it's a Mall Saw model 120. It appears to be worm drive, and spins a 12" blade.


I'd be interested in refurbishing it, but I can't get any information on it. I'm particularly interested in how to find blades for it, because the arbor looks like this:

the square is roughly 3/4" on a side.
Also, has anyone ever seen a saw that plugs into a light socket before?


Anyways, I'd be interested if anyone has any information on this saw.

mdshunk

All you need to know:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=0Jx...BAJ&dq=1623290

neolitic

This is the first thing I found...
http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21705
I knew I had seen the name before, and it must
be 'cause the sold through Monkey Ward.

The screw socket deal is maybe a user
modification, I remember seeing
cord-ends like that in hardware stores.

Keep Googleing with the company name,
md has posted from some patent search
data bases in the past.

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genecarp

nice post, thanx

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TempestV

I just keep wondering how well it would work with that short of a cord, and the other end plugged into a lamp or ceiling!
I've searched around for Mall Saw, but I can't get any information on the model 120. I can find information on the mall chainsaws and the model 71 corded saw, which is a smaller, less powerful sidewinder.

mdshunk

Oh, almost forgot. That connector that screws into an Edison based socket; that's called a "Benjamin Plug". It was the standard tool connector used by the railroads once upon a time. It may well have come on the tool that way if the railroad originally purchased this saw for their use.

EDIT: Here's that plug, from a 1936 Westinghouse catalog. The bottom one looks like the one on your saw:

genecarp

they must have made a few different size saws, if you note on your 1st and 3rd photo, the mallsaw id plate on the gaurd is made for a different diameter saw, it does not follow the radius of the gaurd.

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neolitic

Not long ago I scrapped out an old
extension cord with a female socket end,
so maybe that's what the guy was doing
there too.
I imagine you could change it to a blade end.
It probably came that way.


Keep searching, it'll keep you off the
streets and outta th' pool halls!

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TempestV

the store thats selling it doesn't know anything about it either- the tag on it lists it as a "big a$$ saw".

mdshunk

Did you buy it, or just take pictures of it?

neolitic

Been missing your posts while I was pecking keys.
Thanks for that "Benjamin" thing, I knew that once.
I used that old cord as a work light til the
rubber disintegrated.

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TempestV

I'm thinking of buying it, took pictures so I could find more out about it. I might just buy it, I have a feeling that it is worth to collectors than they are asking.

neolitic

Pretty cool!
http://www.google.com/patents?id=0Jx...BAJ&dq=1623290
Hooray F W Wappat

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mdshunk

Yeah, that wascaly Wappat.

neolitic

He certainly was on the cutting edge!

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bigblack'74

i read thaT you indeed bought this saw... let me know if you ever want to sell it.. i have two allready and we actually use them regularly. if so please email skulybros@aol.com thanks for your time!

mickeyco

Cool! Does anyone still have a 56k modem?


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Dan_Watson

Probably the guy that still uses those saws

nap

I would almost bet that MDshunk has a few of those around his area. Amish carpenters building post and beam construction use saws like that although that one is a bit on the small size compared to the last one I saw being used. I think that one had an 18 inch blade.

and I didn;t see anybody address the hole inthe blade;unless that saw has a really odd arbor, you use an insert of the correct size for the arbor. That way one blade and a few inserts can fit any size arbors.

bigblack'74

you have to have a modern blade stamped to fit the arbor.. i that is what I do.




quote=nap;458031]I would almost bet that MDshunk has a few of those around his area. Amish carpenters building post and beam construction use saws like that although that one is a bit on the small size compared to the last one I saw being used. I think that one had an 18 inch blade.

and I didn;t see anybody address the hole inthe blade;unless that saw has a really odd arbor, you use an insert of the correct size for the arbor. That way one blade and a few inserts can fit any size arbors.[/quote]