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I don't see anything wrong with the set up. They just replaced the belt drive electric motor with the gas engine. You can use the throttle to control speed. It isn't that vintage. I have a similar Craftsman table saw from the 60's which is actually vintage and the table and extensions are cast iron.

Steamdragon wrote:I don't see anything wrong with the set up. They just replaced the belt drive electric motor with the gas engine. You can use the throttle to control speed. It isn't that vintage. I have a similar Craftsman table saw from the 60's which is actually vintage and the table and extensions are cast iron.

That engine is 'vintage' fer sure.(oil bath air filter).

That engine would look better on a band saw mill!!



That thing ,,,would ,,,,generate a lot of torque ,even with the belt drive,,,, kick back might be a bit dangerous.


I suppose if you were off grid it could get ya by .

Hobbyman2

I was in an Amish guys workshop several year ago. It was a pleasure to watch him work with his hands.The scary part was he had a lot of power tools with the motors removed and being rum by jackshafts on the floor and ceiling. EVERY tool was running being powered by a 4 cyl wisconsin engine sitting out back. I watch hip rip a piece of 2 inch oak and the gov on the motor never opened up. I was very careful where I put my hands. He offered to let me work with him and learn but I could not as I lived to far away

I remember seeing a Model 10, powered with a 2 stroke
engine.

[Homer mode] Aaah, Model 10! Aaah, 2 stroke!
Aaah Donuts! [/Homer mode]

Put a diaphragm carb on a 2 stroke, and it'll ruin in
ANY position. If you put a connection to the
crankcase, to get the pressure pulses, it will
even pump the gasoline, in any position.
(You need a "clunk" in the tank, though.
RC people know what a clunk is.)

I wonder if one of my 65 CC bicycle
motors will work?

steve

sawmill wrote:I was in an Amish guys workshop several year ago. It was a pleasure to watch him work with his hands.The scary part was he had a lot of power tools with the motors removed and being rum by jackshafts on the floor and ceiling. EVERY tool was running being powered by a 4 cyl wisconsin engine sitting out back. I watch hip rip a piece of 2 inch oak and the gov on the motor never opened up. I was very careful where I put my hands. He offered to let me work with him and learn but I could not as I lived to far away

That is the way all shops worked back in the early 1900's and before. I doubt the motors were removed. The tools were probably from the turn of the century and were originally run with jack shafts. I doubt the Amish would even buy a tool with a motor on it. The Amish still do it today because of their culture/religion. The gasoline engine was a modern invention. They used to be run with a water wheel. There were no mass injuries due to the machinery. People knew the hazards and were disciplined as to their use. And of course lawyers did not abound back then.

That would be line shafting.

A jack shaft is used (like backgear
on a metal lathe) to reduce speed on
ONE tool.

Line shafting is what they used to power
a bunch of tools.

Dave Richards has a steam powered shop,
with line shafting. (And, backgears on his
lathes.)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdj-v ... Uag/videos

steve

OK, on a further note, since I mentioned Homer
Simpson and donuts earlier, I found a local
Donut Shop that sells the Homer Simpson Donut.

Hurts Donut, here in Tempe Az.

Do NOT visit every day, unless you REALLY
want to look like Homer.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/hurts-donut-tempe

Yes, I DID leave a review.

steve