Re: Old bandsaw needs parts - but where to find?

Jul 25, 2003 5 Replies
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We have an old 12" bandsaw that needs an upper wheel, unfortunately


>there is no nameplate on the saw or model number to go by. We think
>it might be a Warner & Swasey because some of the parts have "WS7a"
>and WS11 stamped on them.

Don't quote me but that might be a Yates-American from the "W" line.


Can anyone recommend a place that might sell parts for this old horse?
>Oh, and it looks to be for wood not metal (even though Warner & Swasey
>made a lot of metal working tools). I could be wrong, though.... Try at the OWWM?

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Is it likely that ANY 12" wheel would fit?


Not likely unless the wheels were the same bore.


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Try here,

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really helpful people!

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Mike stools -- no s*it??

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 16:10:02 GMT, bonomi@c-ns. (Robert Bonomi)Crawled out of the shop and said. . .:

plenty of it,,,thus the need for the stool

*G* Traves "chipper" Coppock
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Thanks for the great lead. I've written them an e-mail to see if the part numbers match up. Hopefully, they'll say yes.

Sandy

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Turns out the bandsaw is an old Craftsman (probably a Walker-Turner vintage late 30's). Who'd a thunk it? Saw someone selling one on Ebay! The internet is a marvelous place for solving mysteries. Of course, I still don't have a source for a new upper wheel, but at least I now know what bandsaw I'd dealing with here.

Thanks to everyone who replied....

Sandy

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