Recent content by tripod 59

Hiya AES, Yes i have the book tks,its a very good read,the machine on page 43 is the norfolk,which came out in 1904,the suffolk which is on page 58 is the suffolk,basically the same machine but came out a little later,it showes the spring a little better on the picture of the norfolk,though the...

Hiya Rhyolith,its supprising how big the saw is and should look quite nice when restored, think the original colour was black,but i will have to look into it a bit more to see if this is right

Hiya AES,its quite a fret saw, it took two of us to pick it up and had to be taken appart to get it into my car,the two rods at the back of the arms both have hooks on them and join together, the spring attaches under neeth them on a small eye let,it seems by the only picture i have of it,its...

Hear is the front view

Hopefully this has come out ok, this is the saw as brought

No probs AES, for your help, hiya Scrimper,i have a picture of the saw which is in the book the hobbies story but it doent show the back part of the machine,looking at it the spring attaches to the bottom of the arms and then is connected to the bottom of the rear leg by a metal rod which i...

Many thanks for that,i have quite a bit of imformation about the fret saw,but i am short of any pictures of the machine especially the rear of the machine where there is a spring fitted,it fits on to the bottom of the arms and joins a rod to connect it to the bottom of the rear leg, this is...

Hiya Everybody, hav'nt posted for a while, but have just brought a hobbies suffolk which is about 99% complete,has anybody got any pictures of this fretsaw

Thanks for that Martin :)

Have to think about that lol :D The drill part runs quite well by hand,but will need a good clean and a new belt made for it, as will the drive belt for the fret saw side of things, colour wise it is silver frame and arms, with the rest of the saw being green,giving the main drive wheel a...

Yes, quite possible lol :)

Thank you everybody for all your help and comments,its exactly as the saw described by Scrimper ( many thanks ) its in good working order,though missing the original cutting table, this having being replaced some time in its life by a wooden one, the next delemer is do i restore it or leave it...

Im new to this site so first of hiya to everybody,i have recently brought a hobbies treddle fret saw,it is very similar to the hobbies gem,but it is fitted with a drilling attachment and is called The IDL, has any one elce come across this model ? cheers