Somehow, I managed to come home last night with this beast in tow.
This is called the Marvel Draw Cut Saw #2. It's sole purpose is to cut steel. This is the predecessor to the cutoff bandsaw. It is 300 pounds of monstrous beef (40 pounds of which is surely grease).
It was made somewhere in the 1910s to 1920s ish by the Armstrong-Blum Mfg Company out of Chicago.
This handle (the handle right close to all the moving and sharp parts) controls the down-pressure of the blade.
Notice large blobs of grease dripping off.
I did some test cuts on a block of pine, and it seems to work just fine, but it sure is slow.
The boys think it sounds like a steam engine.
Video with audio is here...
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