quartz
Cave Dweller
breakin' rocks in the hot sun
Member since February 2010
Posts: 3,341
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Post by quartz on Nov 30, 2013 17:50:11 GMT -5
Acquired some museum pieces a week ago, this 8"saw part of the haul. Has anyone seen one like it, don't understand reason for the elevating mechanism? Got a laugh out of the logo on the Highland Park blade [very worn out].
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Post by Peruano on Nov 30, 2013 18:27:26 GMT -5
I'm going to make a blind guess that the feature is to lower the blade when you are trimming a thin slab, and can be raised as your thickness increases. Cool if that's what its about. Congratulations. Tom
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QuailRiver
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since May 2008
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Post by QuailRiver on Nov 30, 2013 19:43:53 GMT -5
Wow those are museum pieces! Hillquist is still in business but their saws are made differently now. Both your saw and the Congo blade are probably around 45 years old. They don't make-um that good anymore! Larry C.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 30, 2013 19:54:35 GMT -5
Interesting saw. I'll see if I can find any info in old lapidary magazines from the 60's & 70's. If I find anything worth while, I'll copy & post it for you.
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Post by Rockoonz on Nov 30, 2013 22:06:21 GMT -5
Looks like someone was thinking table saw. Perhaps there's less spray with the blade lower, assuming you also adjust the amount of cutting fluid accordingly. All the Hilquist saws I have seen seem to have had a large team of engineers involved in the design, engineers who did not generally agree with one another.
Lee
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