WOW saw this on craigs list... it's a beauty, and the shop is impressive too.

Wow! Just Wow...

Wow is right.

Wow is right. That's one helluva "Jerry" rig.

Sonny

Bet you he still does not have enough clamps.

I don't think the slab in my gar^H^H^Hshop could withstand the load!

He's got a few (see slides 21 and 22) but you're right, probably still not enough. ;-)

I don't think the side of my head could withstand the slap from SWMBO!!!

That's a beautiful thing.

Yes, but for the same money you can buy at least 60 Craftsman table top saws. Or make a down payment on the Festool model.

Nice saw. I've never seen one. Satifies the soul somehow to see something old restored. I recently looked at a nice lathe restoration on southbend's site.

The reason for the two blades is: A) to get around the deficiency in blade design at the time* B) longer time between blade changes C) something else D) none of the above

I choose A with a little of B.

I provided D to allow for those that insist on the contrary.

One for rip, one for crosscut.

I believe A and B would be correct. Way back when, 1944, I don't believe that there were blades that could handle all cutting operations as well as today's modern blades. Not having to swap out a rip and cross cut blade would have been a big time saver in an industrial environment where time is money.

Maybe, if you've got "lots* of horsepower. A while back I bought a Freud Fusion blade which makes glass smooth crosscuts -as good as the vaunted Woodworker according to those who've tried both. But it's got too many teeth for ripping on my contractor style saw - it bogs down. I now go back to my trusty thin kerf rip blade for ripping.

Yes and no.. the combo blade works well at ripping and I do use it for most rips, but if you have to rip a lot of wood, I put a rip blade on. it's faster and more efficient.

You're saying that your saw lacked power to push the blade. This oliver saw has two large motors. So I still think as I do about the design of the oliver.

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Yup... sometimes HP is the answer. That really hit home when I helped my father with a project and had to rip a scribed 2X4 on his Shopsmith with a thin kerf blade. OMG!!! Beyond a crawl feed rate the saw wanted to stall. I didn't realize how spoiled I'd become with my 3 HP cabinet saw! With a WWII blade it is more than OK but with a Freud rip blade it really shines. The Shopsmith... for rare use I guess it would be OK.

John

How do you like how how the rip does cross-cuts?

It sucks! It will cut the wood but in all seriousness, you get a ton of tear out.