DeWalt - A Complete Saw Shop in One Machine (1955)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- I always knew something like this surely had to exist - an optimistic, long-form "education-style" film from our finest era in American machinery manufacturing. Just shy of 70 years from its production, I finally stumbled on it, waiting to be rediscovered, in the archives of the Hagley Museum.
Originally produced by the always-wonderful Jam Handy. I've restored and upscaled it (from 320x240, believe it or not) to bring a bit of detail back to the footage. At the end of the video, you'll see a quick before & after comparison.
- David
Original description: "Promotional film for the DeWalt radial arm saw. A narrator describes the machine's innovative design, various radial blades, and safety features, while its numerous woodworking capabilities are demonstrated."
Link to the source, as found on Hagley: digital.hagley...
My next ras will be a 50's-60's Dewalt.
New American woodworking company has started building these old DeWalt machines again
Do they have a website? I can’t find them in a search
fantastic video, I thought I had seen all the old DeWALT videos there were,,,,,,but now I know.....thank you, by the way, I own a 16", [3] 10" and a 9" MB-C DeWALT RAS.....I love them....
Nice, you had to dig deep into archives to find this.
This Saw is not your sears craftsmen knock off.
Its a much better saw.
I went to a tool sale once not long ago he had one of this model for sale it was 240volt 12 or 14" blade great big motor the table top was the same and ran off the side of the table like this.
The guy was asking 1,500 for it and he would not budge on the price.
Also had an older Jet 72" table saw cabnit style for less money.
Even today with all the unsafe issues everyone talks about this saws worth the 1,500
Its no more dangerous then a real edge
Shaper of you think about it.
I've never once thought about using my craftsmen the ways he showed.
My craftsmen is the last style they made, i bought it new in 2002
And i use it all the time.
Also have 3 table saws.
And i'll rip with the ras.
The hardest part is proper set up .
Think about it how easy would it be to make your own window sills with this, you could build your own real wood windows and doors.
A lot harder to do some of the cuts on a table saw.
Very nice! I don't know if I'm more impressed with your restoration quality, or with the original film itself! These were wonderful machines to have and use.
There is another film around that shows these saws being used to build an army training camp during WW II. Periscope Film has a copy of it on RUclips, and maybe you have also found it and restored it. I'll have to dig thru what else you have on your channel, this is the first thing I've seen of yours, and it is very well done!
It's obvious how revolutionary this was at the time.
I love seeing these old movies of when the saws were shiny and new - it made me smile. Excellent restoration work on the video, too.
That guards on this saw are better than I have ever seen on a radial arm saw.
Cool video. I still use a radial arm saw I got from my dad and I love it.
the restoration was fantastic too.....
Thanks for your work on this, David.
AbnRgr51 Tim
NOT A DIY TOOL.
Great video!!!
What a cool video! Thanks so much!!
Fantastic 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Thanks for doing this!
Nice work on the upscaling! Thanks so much for posting this. My father worked at DeWalt in the 1960s as a designer and draftsman on the next generation of these machines. I have fond memories of my dad and I working in the shop with this machine as a kid and I feel lucky to have gotten the saw which one of my grandfathers had when he died. I need to rebuild the motor to get it functioning again, but hope to do that again soon. Thanks again for this!