sion.dovey
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I have been waiting about 8 months to make this journey; to collect this Sagar Rope Feed saw bench that turned up on ebay last year. Finally the time arrived this weekend, and with a little preperation on Friday, we set off on Saturday morning on a 650 mile journey spread over two days. The saw apparrently came to the seller from some works in the Falmouth Docks about 4 years ago, the seller rescued it from there along with a handful of other machines and would have been on its way to the scrap yard had he not luckily done so.
I think this is a bit of a survivor; a rope feed saw bench is not going to be the most efficient method of re-sawing timber, roller feed saw benches have existed for well over a hundred years. It is a wonder it had not been sent to the scrap yard long ago, also because i imagine the regulations would probably have made it quite difficult to keep this machine active a long time before those that exist now.
The saw swings a 48" blade, the table is 8' long, estimated weight in the region of 2 tons. The base is in 5 parts; the 4 sides and the top all being seperate castings, and all have been machined on a planer.
You can just see the rope winch at the bottom of the front corner in this photo:
Everything about the saw is massive:
The two strops we had were not quite a matching pair! It doesn't really matter, it was quite secure. I was very impressed with this hiab crane.
Ready to roll, on our way home:
I think this is a bit of a survivor; a rope feed saw bench is not going to be the most efficient method of re-sawing timber, roller feed saw benches have existed for well over a hundred years. It is a wonder it had not been sent to the scrap yard long ago, also because i imagine the regulations would probably have made it quite difficult to keep this machine active a long time before those that exist now.
The saw swings a 48" blade, the table is 8' long, estimated weight in the region of 2 tons. The base is in 5 parts; the 4 sides and the top all being seperate castings, and all have been machined on a planer.
![P1020281.jpg P1020281.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/11/11301-P1020281.jpg)
![P1020282.jpg P1020282.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/11/11302-P1020282.jpg)
You can just see the rope winch at the bottom of the front corner in this photo:
![P1020287.jpg P1020287.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/11/11307-P1020287.jpg)
Everything about the saw is massive:
![P1020297.jpg P1020297.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/11/11303-P1020297.jpg)
![P1020306.jpg P1020306.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/11/11305-P1020306.jpg)
![P1020307.jpg P1020307.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/11/11304-P1020307.jpg)
The two strops we had were not quite a matching pair! It doesn't really matter, it was quite secure. I was very impressed with this hiab crane.
![P1020314.jpg P1020314.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/11/11309-P1020314.jpg)
Ready to roll, on our way home:
![P1020322.jpg P1020322.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/11/11306-P1020322.jpg)