Wells BandSaw Rebuild

[LeadDoggy]

Finaly got my Wells band saw back together. Just a quick degreasing, new guide bearings and blade.

This thing was orginally built in 1953

Before:

After:

 

[tbgallant]

Very cool, nice job!

 

[W-Cummins]

Did some one weld that strange looking pipe on it? That doesn't look original for that model saw. That's a model 54?? isn't it?

I had a 58b and now I have a 1016 great saws all of them.....

William...


Edit

It looks like the pipe is part of the backbone of the saw and so it must be a different model than the 54

 

[LeadDoggy]

Did some one weld that strange looking pipe on it? That doesn't look original for that model saw. That's a model 54?? isn't it?

I had a 58b and now I have a 1016 great saws all of them.....

William...


Edit

It looks like the pipe is part of the backbone of the saw and so it must be a different model than the 54

Model 49A
Looking at the Wells Saw website, it appears to be their very first model.....