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06-19-2008, 10:02 PM
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| Marine Engineer Forum King  |  Great Yard Sale Find Passed a yard sale Saturday, ( fortunately for me the Mrs. wasn't with me) and I saw a couple of old tools that caught my eye. One turned out to be a 1935 Ward's Powr-Kraft Scroll Saw. They were wrapping up the sale, and wanted to get rid of it, so I thought I would help them out. It looks great, and best of all it still runs! I think this may be a fun project to play with in the future if I get the time. I don't know if I will clean it up the way it is, or restore it 100%. I doubt it is very rare. I also snagged a craftsman jointer that I believe dates back to 1956, and a beautiful B & D all-aluminum drill. All that for $20.
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06-19-2008, 10:27 PM
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| Forum Contributer Supreme Forum King  | Hi Doug That's a great find,,I had one like it along time ago, it's worth reworking ,,,,,it will cut a 4 x 4 stock plus some, the one I had used pin type blades just like a hand jig saw...,, the new scroll saws can't cut the big/thick stuff....... I also made my own blades out of band saw blades, little roll pins and a good hand punch....like one from HF worked great for me... http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=91510 http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=44060 =========== Quote:
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06-20-2008, 07:20 AM
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| Forum Moderator Supreme Forum King  | Great find Doug looks like a fun project. Don't have to worry about you scrollsaw moving or the jointer for that matter both are pretty heavy.
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06-20-2008, 12:19 PM
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| Marine Engineer Forum King | I thought I paid too much, based on the $4.95 price in the 1935 catalog. But that was without a motor! Back then the motor cost $6, and the belt would have been another $0.30. I guess I got a deal. The motor that came with this one is from an old Domestic Electric sewing machine. I have no idea how old it is, but it is a beautiful piece of equipment. I'll probably put a different motor on it if I choose to run this saw, since the manual recommends a 1/4 hp motor, and this one is 1/6 hp. www.surpluscenter.com or www.grainger.com should be able to help me out on that front. It is amazing how much reference material is available at www.owwm.com for researching these old machines.
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06-20-2008, 03:32 PM
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| Forum Moderator Supreme Forum King | yes you did you got even a better deal then they did then. Bet their shipping rate was a lot less though. 
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