1800s steam-powered horizontal bandsaw - photo

[Jon]

1800s steam-powered horizontal bandsaw.

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Previously:

Metal bandsaw from bicycle wheels - video
Cutting a tiny wood deer on a bandsaw - GIF
Indonesian bandsaw blade doctor - GIF and video
Bandsaw wizardry - GIF
Enormous bandsaw mills slab off of tree - GIF
bandsaw clinic video from Carter Tools

[bruce.desertrat]

that's possibly the most 'electric power hacksaw'-y looking steam bandsaw I've ever seen. Lathes.uk lists the Rapidor here

Perhaps you linked the wrong picture?

[Jon]

Perhaps you linked the wrong picture?

Thank you for your graciousness, but I most likely just made an error! I saw this one bouncing around on social media as a belt-driven tool intended to be run by a centralized steam-driven source of power. I'm still not sure exactly which of the various Rapidor models we're looking at.

[bruce.desertrat]

Ah, the lathes.uk link does show sales literature for both belt and motor-driven models, although that looks remarkably like electrical conduit snaking over the back of the machine. Could easily have been belt-driven converted to electric at some point during it's long life. It's an interesting design.

[Jon]

Thank you, but it's still important to point out that I find this stuff on social media, and do a little research to verify it, but either myself or any of the chain of people who posted it originally or re-posted it can and do make a variety of errors.