Subject: Re: craftsman scroll saw

From: [email-masked] (CBear81438)
Date: 21 Jul 1996 09:01:58 -0400

David 

I have one of those also.   Bought it from an antique dealer.   Rescued it
>from  a future life of sitting on a hearth the rest of its life.

Don't have a manual, but if I could find my old 49-50 sears power tool
catalog, I think it sold for $14

Try 30 W oil that is what was universally acceptable back them.

Cecil in OK

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From: [email-masked] (bikerbil)
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 15:34:22 GMT

>catalog, I think it sold for $14

1949 Sears Catalog..

Describes a scroll saw similar to what you guys are talking about.

Belive it or not 
                     $75.oo for the 24 inch model.
                     $32.oo for the 18 inch.

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From: [email-masked] (CBear81438)
Date: 22 Jul 1996 05:07:24 -0400

> $75.oo for the 24 inch model.

You are correct I read the wrong one.   $75 was a bundle back then.   A 49
chevy was only $2100

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From: Bruce Allen <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 13:22:14 -0500

David M. MacMillan wrote:
> 
> A beautiful old (1940s or 50s vintage) Craftsman scroll saw just
> jumped out at me today and said "buy me."  So I did.
> It's got as much cast iron in it as my Burke horizontal mill,
> and the blade moves straight up and down on sliders (vs the now
> more common "parallelogram" rocking arm motion).
> 
> What I need now is a manual for it, so that I know how to correctly
> lubricate the beast.  The "crank box" and lower slider are
> definitely oiled (vs greased), and it *looks* as if the upper
> slider is oiled as well.  But I don't know what type of oil to
> use.  And I could be wrong; the upper slider could be greased.

Hi David,

The saw you have was made by Emerson Electric.  I've got the
same one (but in the 18-inch version, 103-0407). You can still get
the owners manual for it if you call Emerson's Service Center,
though they don't have parts anymore (neither does Sears).

In addition to the normal scroll saw blades, a handy blade to use
is obtained by cutting off 5-inch bits of fine-toothed 1/4 inch
bandsaw blades.  They are very robust compared to normal scroll
saw blades.

Bruce Allen

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From: [email-masked] (Ray Spinhirne)
Date: 22 Jul 1996 22:11:02 GMT

CBear81438 ([email-masked]) wrote:
: In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
: (bikerbil) writes:

: > $75.oo for the 24 inch model.
: >                     $32.oo for the 18 inch.
: >                 

: You are correct I read the wrong one.   $75 was a bundle back then.   A 49
: chevy was only $2100
Are you sure it was this much.  I remember new "compact" then cars in 65 
costing around $2000.  This was in my teanage years when the price of a
car was quite important to me.