Power Hack Saw

The following review was published in the Machinery" magazine, Vol. 5, No. 7, March 1899, (New York: The Industrial Press)

The Goodell Brothers Co., of Greenfield, Mass., have just brought out and are putting on the market their new power hack saw, No. 30, an illustration of which is shown herewith.

The manufacturers state that they have spent a long time experimenting upon machines of this character, in order that this one might embody every mechanical idea that experience and study could devise, which would enhance its working value.

It will be noted that the machine is very compact and economizes floor space, and also that it’s various working parts, and the operating levers, are convenient to the hand of the operator when he stands in front of the machine. One of the features is an automatic stop, which can be set to stop the saw at any desired depth in the work, or after the same has been completely cut off. This mechanism is instantaneous in its action.

The starting or stopping lever is connected directly with a clutch on the main driving pulley, which either locks or disengages the crank shaft of the machine. The vise is square with the saw, the bed of it extending beyond the jaws to avoid the possibility of sawing into the end of the work after it has been cut off.

The frame which carries the saw runs in a guide at its back, which, in turn, slides up and down on a perpendicular guide rod, and the traveling motion is conveyed with a horizontal guide rod, which runs parallel to the blade of the saw. Each machine is fitted and furnished with one 12-inch Goodell Hack Saw Blade, and is capable of sawing work 4 in. by 4 in.

The dimensions of the machine are as follows: Extreme height, 43 in.; height to the top of vise, 28 in.; net weight, 150 pounds.