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This thing is cool. This is not something one comes across more then once in a lifetime, I suppose at least, because they seem to be really rare.
I actually have a bunch of work coming up real soon that this thing would be perfect for.
Here is a catalog cut: http://www.vintagemachinery.org/pubs/80/3071.pdf
Here is the only one set up I can find:
Here is mine:





It has a clutched or friction drive pulley, the table is in rough shape and the billows for the air pump has seen its better days.
The two things I will need to figure out is how to mount it to the ceiling and what kind of blades to get, or how to modify blades to work.
I actually have a bunch of work coming up real soon that this thing would be perfect for.
Here is a catalog cut: http://www.vintagemachinery.org/pubs/80/3071.pdf
Here is the only one set up I can find:


Here is mine:





It has a clutched or friction drive pulley, the table is in rough shape and the billows for the air pump has seen its better days.
The two things I will need to figure out is how to mount it to the ceiling and what kind of blades to get, or how to modify blades to work.