1800's? All Wooden Scroll Saw... Help to identify please

[swphotography]

I bought this saw many years ago and have never been able to find any info about it. Its all wooden, made from oak and pine.
(below is a pic of the saw running)

The motor was added by me about 10 years ago so I could use the saw and it works great, better than my new one does.
Anyways, if anyone has any info about it it would be greatly appreciated.
I have posted about 12 more pics on my site with more info.
You can see those by CLICKING HERE
Thanks for your help,
swphotography

[ozarkhillbilly]

Hello Shane, I personally can't help you with identifying your saw, but you may want to check out Rick Hutcheson's site and drop him a line. http://www.scrollsaws.com/ He has quite a collection of saw's and I'm sure could give you some direction with yours. If you visit his site, click on the link on the left titled "scroll saw collection" you won't be sorry.

By the way, you have a great collection of photo's......very nice work sir!

Best of luck.

[swphotography]

Thanks for the link Bill .... I will check it out.

Shane

[PeteB]

That's quite a saw, and remarkably modern-looking.

I Googled the address "351 Franklin Street" and see that today there's a Quality Inn at that address in East Windsor, NJ. That area makes sense as a possible location for a 19th century machinery producer. Might be worth calling the city hall and seeing if a prior inhabitant could have been your saw's manufacturer.

In Patrick Spielman's Scroll Saw Handbook, there are several pictures of old saws, but none are made entirely of wood. One early saw, the "Iron Centennial" of 1879, had a number of wooden parts.

The book mentions that historian Harold Barker has documented over 300 scroll saws that appeared in the US between 1800 and 1960. Here is contact information for Mr. Barker:

http://www.apex-ephemera.com/haroldbarker/index.htm

Please post back if you should learn more!

Pete

[Minnesota scroller]

With the problems I read about that many people have with their modern saws, there are times I think a person may be better off with the old treadmill type.

[CanadianScroller]

Really wonderful images on your photosite.
You have a real gem there.

[workin for wood]

I'm not familiar with that saw, but it sure looks awesome. I'm jealous that you have it and I don't.

[swphotography]

Well it's been over a year since this was originally posted and I still havn't come up with any information about this saw.

I contacted Rick Hutcheson's a while back and he was stumped. I have also posted it on several other forums and so far nobody has been able to come up with any thing.

I figured I would give the post a bump and try again. Any info ya can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Shane

[Wood Dog]

swphotography...maybe it's just a home made saw by a handyman?

[swphotography]

I think you are probably right Wood Dog.

Thanks for the reply,
Shane