So I found this on Facebook last night. It was one of those "machine shop $1" posts with a lot of scrap metal. They were clearing out a machine shop in north Houston and I saw a picture of this saw in a puddle of water in a little tin building. When I got there they had moved it into the parking lot, we struck a deal, and I got it loaded in the back of the pick-up. It weighs at least as much as a Bridgeport mill, probably a little more.
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Its now on the floor and I'm sorting out the results of Old-Iron sickness. I've been wanting to replace our old MSC horizontal band saw and upgrade to a better made, higher capacity saw, but wasn't planning on doing anything for awhile, but you take your opportunities when they come.
It's a Napier. Still researching the name but vintage machinery has pics of an original one (
Photo Index - Napier Saw Works Inc. - Napier Horizontal | VintageMachinery.org). It appears to have been in use up until recently. I haven't found any major damage other than the jury-rigged motor drive, missing oil pump, missing front door, and missing parts from some sort of ratchet mechanism. It looks like they were using the weight of the arm balanced by big spring to slow the cut.
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