Keller power hacksaw

[GETRIDAONE]

This project was just to restore an old machine that has been replaced shall we say by a
"better mouse trap" , the horizontal bandsaw.
I had to replace the push button switch, motor, and a new crank arm. You can see the old arm had been broken and welded on both ends and has ovaled out the round hole. The motor was originally mounted to the outside of frame and has been moved to the inside. The rest was just cleaning and painting.

 

[Mike W.]

think I saw this in the Atlanta CL

 

[lilredex]

Really nice job on the rehabilitation. Looks like it ran a long time with no oil.

Did you consider installing bronze bushings or needle roller bearings in that new crank arm? Plain steel probably will not last the way that old CI arm did.....just a thought, if you plan to use it much.

 

[Boilerhouse]

Nice job on the restore. I use my power hack saw quite a bit. It's slower than heck, but something about the simple, robust, Victorian era rhythmic action seems to appeal to me. Hope you enjoy yours.

 

[Craptain]

Get. Nice restore on a classic tool.
Boiler. Somehow your comment took me back to shop class in my youth. Being "allowed" to use the power hacksaw and patiently watching and waiting as it cut stock for the next project. It was almost hypnotic.

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[pancho400cid]

Looks great.

Ditto about high school metal shop LOL.....

 

[ndnchf]

Nice job indeed. I think these old power hacksaws are under appreciated. I have a horizontal metal cutting band saw and an ancient Marvel Drawcut #2 power hacksaw the was originally run by overhead leather belt. It now runs on an electric motor. It cuts straight as an arrow, much better than my band saw. Plus its a lot more fun to watch.

 

[GETRIDAONE]

Mke, You are correct as it being the same one for sale in Jefferson GA

Lilredex, I did think about a bronze bearing but it won't get used that much. It runs a lot smoother than I expected, most of the noise is from the gears. The teeth look fine but I am sure they are worn and don't mesh as well as they should.

The belt drive one is cool, and that is a serious pulley on it !!

Thanks for the comments.

 

[Brad54]

Boy that looks a lot better than it did sitting in my basement!!!
Glad you like it, and even more glad you did with it what I wanted to but never had the time for--giving it a new life.

-Brad

 

[damnesia]

Nice job. I like these better than horizontal band saws and have been looking for one local for a while now. They seem to be scarce around here, so I think I'll end up just building one.

 

[GETRIDAONE]

Boy that looks a lot better than it did sitting in my basement!!!
Glad you like it, and even more glad you did with it what I wanted to but never had the time for--giving it a new life.

-Brad

I cleaned up the old motor but to no avail. The smoke plume you mentioned started after about 10 seconds of running. It looks like it was rewound but shorting somewhere. I hope you got all your stuff moved to the new location and that works out for you.

duckface, I used a pinion gear from a starter to replace the cross feed gear on my 100 year old lathe. There is is a lot of imagination and ingenuity in the projects posted on GJ

I seem to have that "damnesia" as I get older. Good luck on finding or building a saw !

 

[ndnchf]

For anyone who is looking for a power hacksaw, someone just posted one for sale on OWWM.

http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=84&t=181458

 

[Bottlecapdigger]

Nice job. I like these better than horizontal band saws and have been looking for one local for a while now. They seem to be scarce around here, so I think I'll end up just building one.

I made my own back in 88, man did it cut a lot of metal over the years. I was always trying to come up with a way to get it lifting the blade on the back stroke. I would like to see some ideas on what others have done for this. I will show a pic of mine here later. BCD

 

[Richard Cranium]

Nice restore.

 

[750]

I know this is an old post and probably won't get a reply but it's worth a shot. I have this saw and can't for the life of me figure out what model it is. Did you ever figure out what model Keller it is?

 

[tool_scrounge]

Looks like a 3B.

http://www.vintagemachinery.org/pubs/2114/4456.pdf

 

[750]

That's what I thought but the 3b appears to have more parts (like a lift mechanism for the back stroke) than GETRIDAONEs saw. Mine looks identical to his. Also a 3Bs vice looks different. Were these things accessories back then?

 

[tool_scrounge]

Check out a 3D then. It is a later one. Only difference is an adjustable reeves pulley on the motor to vary the speed a bit.