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This is just for fun, but thought some here would find this interesting. Apparently the first worm drive hand-held circular saws were developed sometime in the 1920s, but they didn't take on the form that you find them in today (think the modern Skillsaw or some euro hypoid saws) until the...

HI All, I'm well into the restore of my 1979 AGS 10. Unfortunately, the AGS 10 from that era came with a "value engineering upgrade" in the area of the ghib plate that captures the back of the second trunnion. It basically doesn't work because as the trunnion drops the weight of the motor will...

Hi Everyone, For those of you who have owned or restored an AGS 10 is there a simple/elegant way to get the entire blade tilt shaft (edit: I meant raise/lower shaft) out of the saw? From the looks of the exploded parts diagram once you take the wheel off it looks like it it will just pull...

Hi There, Looking to eventually get these guys back in action. Both very nice overall condition. Knives need some attention and I plan to fully refurbish/restore, balance and sharpen them before putting them back to work. One came with a few spacers for varying width, but I will likely make...

Hi there, I'm over in the States and have a late 70s WB AGS 10 (I've got a restore thread here that is on pause while I wait out the winter). Unfortunately the US versions of the saw came with a static "splitter" instead of the standard rise/fall riving knife and assembly that came on UK...

Hi All, I'm from over in the States and this is my first post here although I've been reading through some old threads plus using the search function for several weeks trying to gather as much background info as possible on an AGS10 I recently purchased as well as a WB BER2 I picked up several...