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Did they have tablesaws in 1839? - PedroOhare - 02-18-2016
https://madison.craigslist.org/tls/5453571272.html
Pedro
Re: Did they have tablesaws in 1839? - Dave Diaman - 02-18-2016
I guess the guy missed that power cord and electrical switch too. I guess if a number is stamped on something that must be when it was made. Hey I think I have a Porter Cable router that was made in 892. I'll bet it is worth some REAL cash.
Re: Did they have tablesaws in 1839? - knotscott - 02-18-2016
Well sure, but the computerized mechanisms on them were much slower than those we have now!
Re: Did they have tablesaws in 1839? - 05 mustang - 02-18-2016
That's a woodwork bench not a tablesaw
Re: Did they have tablesaws in 1839? - stav - 02-18-2016
It seems possible based on this snippet from Wikipedia.
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In the United States, perhaps the first recorded patent for the circular saw was issued in 1777 to an English man, Samuel Miller; it refers to a circular saw that was created in Holland in the 16th or 17th centuries.[4] The 1885 catalog of the W.F. & John Barnes Co., Rockford, Il. clearly shows a classic table saw and it is labeled as a "Hand [Powered] Circular Rip Saw".
Re: Did they have tablesaws in 1839? - fredhargis - 02-19-2016
knotscott said:
Well sure, but the computerized mechanisms on them were much slower than those we have now!
You sure about that????
Re: Did they have tablesaws in 1839? - pprobus - 02-19-2016
Didn't you ever watch Little House on the Prairie? I admit to being a regular viewer when I was a kid and I seem to recall that the father worked in a saw mill that had a tablesaw.
Paul
Re: Did they have tablesaws in 1839? - Joel H. - 02-19-2016
I'm thinking he never actually says its "from the year 1839". He may be implying that, but he doesn't actually say it.
Just my thought,
Joel
Re: Did they have tablesaws in 1839? - Arlin Eastman - 02-19-2016
His was not, but there were table saws back then and they were make with peddles or like a foot powered lathe.
Arlin
Re: Did they have tablesaws in 1839? - tomsteve - 02-20-2016
Dave Diaman said:
I guess the guy missed that power cord and electrical switch too. I guess if a number is stamped on something that must be when it was made. Hey I think I have a Porter Cable router that was made in 892. I'll bet it is worth some REAL cash.
mine was made in all kinds of years, even27465!