Questions about a non-Hammond-Glider

[Wahli76]

Hello everybody,

I joined the list because I hope you could help me with a problem I have with my printers saw.

at first a little introduction. I am German, live in Bavaria near Munich and I am running a small shop for rstoring clocks. I was always looking for a precise circular saw for cutting wood and metal (especially brass). Recently I found a Linotype saw.

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The whole saw is metric, just the arbor for the saw blade seems imperial. The little boss for the saw blade is 7/8" in diameter and the arbor has the three holes for mounting the blade. All what I saw when I checked US-saws from Miller or Hammond.



In the future I want to use regular saw blades and also dado blades and therefore I wanted to replace the arbor, but I cannot get it off the shank.
As you see in the pic above the arbor was secured to the shank with a small screw.

I have no idea if the arbor is just pressed on the shank or has a (left)thread. I tried to remove it, but it doesn´t move. The Arbor looks pretty much like a standard part, maybe the connection to the shank is also standardized? Does somebody know about that and can help me?

Any hint is very much appreciated.

Best regards

Kurt

[Wahli76]

Sorry, just a test

Kurt

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[crzypete]

Hi Kurt,

Welcome to the forum, sorry about the initial difficulty in posting.

Saw looks nice. Very interesting to see someone else's take on the task of cutting type. I am not in love with the motor and arbor above the table- would not be useful to me, but I can see if you only cut small things, that would not at all be a problem. I'm curious the mechanics of the sliding table? Ball bearing?

I'm not sure what you have tried in getting that off, but I would suspect that it is a pretty damned tight fit, possible with a taper or heat shrink fit. You will definitely need a puller or press to move it. I would be taking the shaft completely out of the saw to work on it. And I would also just consider making an entirely new shaft without trying to remove that flange. Especially if you try a bit and are in risk of damaging it. You are way ahead not damaging it and having two potential arbors.

Pete

[Wahli76]

Hi Pete,

Unfortunately I couldn´t get the flange off the arbor, so finally I decided to dismantle the housing ( I even had to make a tool for the two-sided nut) and turn the flange down. It came out the flange sat on a lefthand thread.

Next step is, to turn the arbor down to 16mm, then I can use several dado stacks and circular saws with adapter rings.

After that I will put in new ball bearings and make a lifting device for the sliding table.

Best regards

Kurt

I hope the pictures will show up!