Hi All
As i said i thought i would say a bit about one of the interesting machines i saved from the scrapman .It is a power hacksaw of 6inch capacity a solid lump of iron the make is AJAX built quite a few years ago. The interesting bit about it is that it has a variable powered downfeed in the form of ratchet and pawl mechanism, different as most of the old power hacksaws i have seen the saw arm moves down by gravity .it also has a coolant system (most get a belt for it)
and i got to know about it from a mate whose works where scrapping it and replacing it with a band saw and made
enquires about it then bought it from them, had to" pay " virtually scrap price for it though. Stock cutting up to 50mm is done with an evolution Rage 4 TCT chop saw above that i get out this old gal. the photos show it on a trolley the reason for this is that i am reorganising my workshop (6X10 shed)and it's easier to move about on wheels untill it has a permanent home.It just goes to show that there is a lot of old machinery out there some of it a bit slow by modern standards, what the hell it does the job for me now and for a long time to come.
Cheers Paul
