West Haven model 1910 power hacksaw

[skipskip]

followed me home today.

Can anyone tell me about it?

what parts are not original to it?

SEP 105 by skipskip, on Flickr



SEP 106 by skipskip, on Flickr


thanks

Skip

[rusty]

>what parts are not original to it?

The blue 914

[Aunt Phil]

Yellow paint for sure.

Does it have a lifter mechanism for the blade on the backstroke?  If so that's the most important part of the mcahine.

[skipskip]

Yellow paint for sure.

yes, indeed a poor choice, i assume it would have been born 'au natural'?


Does it have a lifter mechanism for the blade on the backstroke?  If so that's the most important part of the machine.


I don't seem to see this, nor any  place where things may be missing.

It does have the auto-shutoff feature.

more pics here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/sets/72157635423756558/

[rusty]

West Haven Mfg was bought by Millers falls in 1920, because MF was making blades for them and they stopped ordering them from MF. They were MF's only customer for the blades.
So MF responded by buying the entire company....

[Aunt Phil]

If it does have backstroke blade lift, I can't call it either way from the pics, it's mechanical not hydraulic.  Sure way to tell, crank it a couple strokes and watch the blade carefully.

It would be a much nicer machine with fluid cooling & chip washing, but I wouldn't kick it off a job for the want of those features.

Only drawback to those machines today is the price blades are going for on ePay and other places.

[keykeeper]

That would have followed me home as well.

I miss my Miller's Fall's one, that I traded off, like a dumb-@ss. lol