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1. 
   RalphBarker | Sep 27, 2009 02:38am | #1

   That feature allows your bandsaw to reflect your political orientation. ;-)

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   gofigure57 | Sep 27, 2009 03:19am | #2

   Rehabhog,

   Some pics might help, sounds strange.

   Tom

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   flairwoodworks | Sep 27, 2009 08:02am | #3

   Space saving maybe?

   Chris @ www.flairwoodworks.com
   and www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com)

    - Success is not the key to happiness.  Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

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   DonC | Sep 27, 2009 04:34pm | #4

   Maybe it allows you to clean out dovetail waste.

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   Rehabhog | Sep 27, 2009 06:03pm | #5

   Thanks for the Replies,

                                     I want to do some restoring on this saw before putting it to use, so the answer should pop up at that time. I think it might have something to do with the way this saw tilts but won't try that until it is bolted to solidly to the floor of the yet to be built shop. My curiosity will have to wait.

   Rehab.

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   roninfante2 | Sep 27, 2009 06:40pm | #6

   I noticed a sliding table on the bandsaw in a local butcher shop.  They were cutting pork chops.  However the left-right matter is a puzzle.  The one I saw had its table move to and fro.

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   JohnWW | Sep 28, 2009 03:36pm | #7

   Any chance you could give us the brand and model number of the saw?

   John White
   Shop Manager for FWW Magazine, 1998 to 2007
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   Rehabhog | Sep 28, 2009 04:58pm | #8

   Hello,

              I found the answer on the owwm site trough a web search. It's an angle bandsaw on which the whole arm pivots but the table stays horizontal. The table is suppose to slide as the frame tilts allowing the point of cut to remain the same. This wasn't obvious because a large carriage bolt was inserted to lock the frame in place even though the table still slides on my  saw.

   Just to end the tread, the saw is a 36'' Crescent angle saw made somewhere in the 1930-40's. Much older than I would have thought.

   Thanks to all that have pondered this question. It's much appreciated.

    

   Rehab

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   Napie | Sep 28, 2009 07:31pm | #9

   Also known as a “shipbuilders saw” I believe, very useful for cutting the changing bevel on a hull frame.

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   RalphBarker | Sep 28, 2009 07:32pm | #10

   If you haven't run across the site already, you might check out the Crescent pages on the Old Woodworking Machine site:http://www.owwm.com/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=224&tab=0You might even be able to contribute some additional information.

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   WillGeorge | Sep 30, 2009 02:46am | #11

   Quick way to correct for blade drift?