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Marvel Model 8 S/N location? Year identification? Background History?

PCFree50

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Oct 31, 2019
Greetings to those whose curiosity I arose.
These are the Bridgeport of the bandsaws, am I not correct? A saw that has been structurally the same for over a century?
What I am hoping to find here is the Guru of Marvel #8's. Who can teach me all I need to know about this one I just picked up this morning!
 

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Serial number should be on the top near the handwheel that moves the table. Front, right side. Also be sure to check the gears at the handwheel, it is easy for the oil in there to turn into lapping sludge and eat the gears. One recomendation is to remove the sump and just oil the gear when you use it. Mine is as old as they come, made between 1917 and 1921 so it is a genuine antique, over 100 yrs old. yours looks about half that, call marvel to know for sure.
 








 
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