blades are 1/4 by 80 have two coming $8 ea. The motor is original and has a craftsman plaque on it.
According to what I can find the original manufacturer was: King-Seeley Corp.-Central Specialty Division, Ann Arbor, MI; Ypsilanti, MI
One of the guys primary reasons for selling it was that he "couldn't find an on/off switch". I said nothing about how tying the lamp and the motor power together and running them from a switch would take 10 mins and imediately paid him. I think what I'll do rather than cut off the original plugs is just mount a switched outlet on the back. The original cord is a three prong and even that cord looks great not the cracked up dry rotted mess I would expect of a 60 yr old cord stored in a garage. his other reason was that the polished alum blade guard was bent up, took me just a min or two to have it perfect like the one on the original owners manual. Would love to see what an original belt guard looked like.
My setup @ the farm is an old 1950 grade A dairy. I'm using the main barn as my automotive/mechanical shop but setting up the seperate " milk parlor" building (which is 10 feet away) a seperate free standing cinderblock building with metal roof as my wood working shop.
So far I have the big heavy 1970 Rockwell/Delta 13 inch planer from a high school, this band saw, a craftsman router table, and a table saw, and I haven't spent $500 yet.
