Need help identifying an old Scroll Saw

It looks almost exactly like my Sears Dunlap saw. I had to make some parts for mine, too. I made them from cold-rolled bar that I chiseled and filed. It wasn't difficult. I just made it up as I went along.

Ed Huntress

The blade clamps on mine are strictly a flat piece of steel about 3/8" top to bottom, held in place with a #8 - 32 SHCS. The back portion of the plate has a bend to bear against the back of the shaft portion to keep the parts aligned. I have had mine since I bought it for $1.25 in

1971. It is the first power tool all three boys got to use Gerry :-)} London, Canada

That was my guess as well, my father had one that he bought used, probably around 1956. The table lock knob also matches the knob on the old Craftsman miter gage I use on my table saw.

I still have the Craftsman all cast iron double shaft motor that my father kept when he sold the saw. With threaded arbors on both ends it makes a dandy buffer.

Ned Simmons

Thank you all for your time and effort in helping me identify this old saw. Prior to asking in here, I had done the standard Google search, eBay search, and looked at all the pictures on OWWM.

In addition to posting here, I have also posted this question in the woodworking newsgroup. They too think it is a Dunlap saw. However, I have some doubts ...

All the pictures I have seen of Dunlap saws have a two piece body, with a vertical bolt at the back of the body holding it together. More importantly, though, is the table pivot bracket. On mine, the table bolts to the cast iron 'protractor' part, and has additional support from resting on (but not attached to) the single post sticking up behind the blade. All the photos of Dunlap saws I have seen show a 'U' shaped bracket on which the table pivots.

Again, thank you all for your assistance. I guess I am going to have to fabricate some blade clamps myself.

Malcolm

I agree with Ed. It looks like an older version of my Sears Craftsman scroll saw. Some of their power tools were made by American Machine and Tool in Royersford, PA which used to also sell an inexpensive line of woodworking power tools in small ads in Popular Mechanics, etc. I'm not sure that the company is still in existence. I'm not sure that my scroll saw was made by them either. I just remember that American Machine and Tool made some of their power tools from what some of the men told me when I was growing up nearby.

RWL

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It must be before 1947 or so - as Dad had a Sears - it was blue and Shinny metal that was diamond marked. Pretty. It was a deep throat unit.

Nice and he t raided it for something as the other thing was needed and the saw only had cut out two dolly beds for my older sister in 1948 - it was a bear to use I guess. We used coping saws for small tasks not it. Maybe the setup was a bear.

Martin