magneticanomaly
Titanium
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2007
- Location
- On Elk Mountain, West Virginia, USA
I rescued a Peerless-Racine power hacksaw from the scrapyard, shortly before I moved to my present location 30-some years ago. Building a little shed space last Summer combined with needing to cut some 2" shafting for a customer a few weeks ago, combined to motivate me to take it out of storage.
It's on the ground now.
Looks like it takes a 14" blade.
Final drive bull-gear rim is intact, but no longer attached to the hub. I do have the spokes, but not the pinion, so will probably replace it with a vee-pulley.
One of the ears that hold the vice nut was repaired by brazing long ago, but the other one needs it.
There is a loose serrated wedge that, from reading other power-hacksaw threads I suppose has something to do with return-stroke blade lift
Surprisingly, the shaft turns freely and the hacksaw frame slides, but the arm does not want to lift. Perhpas it is latched somehow.
Looks like there is an oil pump in the base, but it was not immeduiateluy obvious how it is driven.
Does someone here know how Peerless, Racine, and Peerless-Racine are related?
I guess there is a clutch inhte shaft hub that is kicked out to stop the machine when cut is complete?
It's on the ground now.
Looks like it takes a 14" blade.
Final drive bull-gear rim is intact, but no longer attached to the hub. I do have the spokes, but not the pinion, so will probably replace it with a vee-pulley.
One of the ears that hold the vice nut was repaired by brazing long ago, but the other one needs it.
There is a loose serrated wedge that, from reading other power-hacksaw threads I suppose has something to do with return-stroke blade lift
Surprisingly, the shaft turns freely and the hacksaw frame slides, but the arm does not want to lift. Perhpas it is latched somehow.
Looks like there is an oil pump in the base, but it was not immeduiateluy obvious how it is driven.
Does someone here know how Peerless, Racine, and Peerless-Racine are related?
I guess there is a clutch inhte shaft hub that is kicked out to stop the machine when cut is complete?