Can you solve the mystery?
I wound up with this old Craftsman tablesaw, perhaps from the 50s or 60s(my guess).
The unusual thing about it is that the entire cutting mechanism slides on a carraige along the length of the table.
It has no tilt, just depth adjustment. It has a fence that came with it, that adjusts with a gear mechanism.
It also has 2 series of holes in the table top marked in degrees, like a protractor, though no related attachments came with. Perhaps for some sort of pins?
There is no handle or other means of forcing the mechanism to slide, nor any apparent means of locking the carraige in a fixed position. If there were, it might make more sense, like and old school sliding miter saw…
It looks like it will take a 10″ blade, though there is a smaller one on there now.
So what was this thing made to do?
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Never seen one like that, but a quick search of http://www.owwm.com yields the following 109.22620 Builder Saw
Looks like the guy...
Youdaman!
That's it! What I'm missing is the big handle that sticks through the slot in the top. With the handle, this machine makes more sense.
Well, that and the mitre fence. Wish I had those parts...
Wow- even older than I thought!
BTW- it still runs sweet. 50+ years- amazing.
Thanks again.
Bet you're wishing you had all the attachments that must have come with it.
I came across an article, a long time ago, about a table saw that had all kinds of angles marked off on it. The saw belonged to a boat builder and that is what it was used for.