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Post by accidentalrockhound on Feb 6, 2018 15:03:10 GMT -5
Hello . i have a question on this saw i found on CL. It is a 16" i am not sure the brand if any one can help identify it would be great help. The guy selling it says it has a Dayton capacitor start motor. And it has auto feed. Looks to be well made. So I'm thinking it is a good saw. I currently have a 10" HP that is good for smalls and i have a 24" that is way big. So the 16" should be just right. So if anyone might know what this is it would help me out. Any help on ID would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 6, 2018 15:06:15 GMT -5
I cant help with the saw I.D. (maybe Royal) But I just noticed your signature line and laughed. I like that one.
Chuck
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 6, 2018 15:19:50 GMT -5
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Feb 6, 2018 15:27:28 GMT -5
It's a Royal, made in Portland, Oregon. I have a 16" and work on three of them [all 16's] for a friend. Very simple and durable saw.
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Feb 6, 2018 17:57:34 GMT -5
Thanks the link was very helpful. By the pictures i posted it looks like it has a drain on the front of it. The guy i may buy it from says everything is good on it the bearings. The auto feed motor . may be hard to know for sure until it is cleaned up and filled up and made to cut ?
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Feb 6, 2018 18:03:51 GMT -5
It's a Royal, made in Portland, Oregon. I have a 16" and work on three of them [all 16's] for a friend. Very simple and durable saw. Thank you. I have not seen it in person yet. In your experience with them what are the bad points i should look for when i look it over? I can't pass this up.
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Post by Rockoonz on Feb 6, 2018 23:55:48 GMT -5
Check the arbor bearings for sure, and for evidence of leaks out of the back where the feed shaft goes through. The clubs shop has an 18" Royal, it's been quite reliable. I have a 10" Jenkins lapidary saw, what they were called before it changed to Royal.
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Feb 7, 2018 0:18:51 GMT -5
accidentalrockhound, the only troubles I have encountered with any of the four machines I maintain are a broken wire on one feed motor, repaired by some careful soldering, and a worn out contact on the shutoff switch. I found that when the machine was wired, both the "hot" and neutral wires were hooked up to their own contacts in the switch, nice but not really necessary. I wired the neutral around the switch and hooked the black, or Hot wire, to the side with a good contact on it. I did have to shave the faces and re-tap the threads on one split nut, probably after years of operation.
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Post by roy on Feb 7, 2018 12:05:17 GMT -5
16" is in my opinion is the best size when cutting slabs to cab not to big or to small but just right
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Feb 8, 2018 22:48:14 GMT -5
16" is in my opinion is the best size when cutting slabs to cab not to big or to small but just right That is what i was thinking. 16" is great size for the majority of material i have.i will be picking it up tomorrow.
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Post by roy on Feb 9, 2018 11:21:22 GMT -5
16" is in my opinion is the best size when cutting slabs to cab not to big or to small but just right That is what i was thinking. 16" is great size for the majority of material i have.i will be picking it up tomorrow. right on have fun with it
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Feb 9, 2018 16:07:55 GMT -5
that saw is an old Ideal , that was made in Kingman , Az and sold as a complete saw or a Kit . I have 2 of them a 24 and an that was modified to a 20 .
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