Vintage tool

[N843whisky]

Hi everyone.. I’m trying to find out what this tool is. It was one of many older tools my Dad had. I’ve asked around with no luck. Hoping someone on this forum might know. Thanks in advance.

 

[Chris_Hamilton]

What does that tag say at the front of the machine? You can see where it has a pulley attached. Likely was driven by an electric motor. Looks similar to some metal shaping machinery but not exactly. Similar to a helve hammer. Likely it does a specific task. What that is? IDK.

 

[GX460DIYguy]

What does that tag say at the front of the machine? You can see where it has a pulley attached. Likely was driven by an electric motor. Looks similar to some metal shaping machinery but not exactly. Similar to a helve hammer. Likely it does a specific task. What that is? IDK.

Looks like it says craftsman

 

[Chris_Hamilton]

If you don't get an answer try joining allmetalshaping.com. Lot of members there have a lot of knowledge about various esoteric machines. Likely someone there could give you an answer.

 

[Southern83]

Craftsman Swing Saw

Here is my latest find. It looks like everything is in good shape. All the peaces are there as far as I can tell. There is no motor but they sold these units with out it anyway. Honestly I can't even tell if its ever been used. paint is in great condition and besides the surface rust...

www.garagejournal.com

Its a Craftsman swing saw of death.

 

[RTM]

Craftsman Swing Saw

Here is my latest find. It looks like everything is in good shape. All the peaces are there as far as I can tell. There is no motor but they sold these units with out it anyway. Honestly I can't even tell if its ever been used. paint is in great condition and besides the surface rust...

www.garagejournal.com

Its a Craftsman swing saw of death.

The top section of that looks quite different from this one, but thanks for the scare Wes (Craven).

 

[RTM]

It was one of many older tools my Dad had.

Might have better luck on the vintage tool forum.

That oval Craftsman logo on the front might make it easy to do a catalog search ( crud, just realized I have the catalog collection, and can look later.)

 

[Southern83]

His looks like an earlier version to me. Underline C vs Heritage. The vertical adjustment was changed at some point. This is just a guess.

 

[N843whisky]

Thanks everyone.. a lot of good suggestions and ideas. I looked again and found these numbers and did a google search but no luck.

 

[CMB41]

Thanks everyone.. a lot of good suggestions and ideas. I looked again and found these numbers and did a google search but no luck.

Do not think those are numbers. It reads Pat-app ed-for. "patent applied for "

 

[Dannywq]

Hi everyone.. I’m trying to find out what this tool is. It was one of many older tools my Dad had. I’ve asked around with no luck. Hoping someone on this forum might know. Thanks in advance.

There are some real gems among older tools. If you can share a photo, someone here might recognize it right away.

 

[seber]

It must be a saw set.

 

[neophyte]

Craftsman Swing Saw

Here is my latest find. It looks like everything is in good shape. All the peaces are there as far as I can tell. There is no motor but they sold these units with out it anyway. Honestly I can't even tell if its ever been used. paint is in great condition and besides the surface rust...

www.garagejournal.com

Its a Craftsman swing saw of death.

So this is the type of saw were someone complains about how dangerous Radial Arm Saws are, and then you “Wait, Hold My Bear”, and pull out the Swing Saw ?