I was given the table and top part of an 1874 Jig was and would like to get info. on the bottom stand and treadle assembly. Anyone have one or pictures of one.
Bob
Do a web search for "Barnes velocipede scroll saw". You should find everything you need. Those saws were/are reproduced but with aluminum parts instead of cast iron. So, maybe parts are available.
Thanks Jerry
Bob
Hi Bob
It seems the pattern maker had a problem getting the patent dates correct,
and as the Barnes boys had patents for quite a few different machines,
I have listed the 3 patents most likely associated with your scroll saw.
(Dec 21, 1885 and Oct 13, 1886 do not fall on a obligatory Thursday release day)
William F Barnes & John Barnes
Rockford, Illinois
Improvement in Mechanical Movements
Patent number: 164413
Filing date: May 17, 1875
Issue date: Jun 15, 1875
http://tinyurl.com/m87q3zc
William F. Barnes
Rockford, Illinois
Assignor to the W. F. & John Barnes Co.
Rockford, Illinois
Patent number: 328377
Filing date: Jun 17, 1885
Issue date: Oct 13, 1885
http://tinyurl.com/mw6cycb
William F. Barnes
Rockford, Illinois
Assignor to the W. F. & John Barnes Co.
Rockford, Illinois
Mechanism for Operating Scroll Saws, and C.
Patent number: 413475
Filing date: Jan 11, 1889
Issue date: Oct 22, 1889
http://tinyurl.com/mw3xngx
Here is a link to A catalog page on the saw . . .
http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/barnes/b1.htm
Regards
Art
Whoops the "obligatory Thursday release day" should read TUESDAY <@^@>
Vintage Machinery is a great website for woodworking and machine tools:
Below is the link to W.F. & J. Barnes Co.:
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=73
Once it opens, there are individual tabs that you can click.
I used to do demonstrations with my Barnes #2 Velocipede at one time. You should find the ser.# stamped into the front of the wood top. A man in Rockford, Ill. owned the Barnes records at one time and he looked up the date of mfg. of my collection of Barnes machines. I don't have his name with me now.