Looks like it's time to introduce my Burke #4 which I purchased August 2017 as part of my planned metal working retirement hobby and now for a little back story which we all enjoy.
About 6 months prior to purchasing it I put a wanted add in CL for a Sears/Dunlap/Clovis power hacksaw and ended up with 2 of them. So while having a nice shop tour of the first hacksaw purchase I saw this Burke sitting in smallish separate a back corner workspace and immediately zeroed in on it as a Burke #4 was just the right size for my 10x14 (7'1” ceiling height) wood shed/shop.
At that time he did not offer it up for sale and life just moved on. Well that Burke keep weaseling its way into my brain and about 6 months latter I decided to call to see if he would sell it to me, which he did and as you can see from the pics it is a well tooled one indeed. Included with the tooling are 6 gear cutters and a 1” and 7/8” arbor along with the motor/pulley cover,
So as I was clearing out the miscellaneous tooling from the bottom storage compartment I picked up a smallish (4x4?) old cigar type box with a flap lid that felt light as ever and just handed it to the buyer as the lack of any weight other than the box itself did not lend it to any tooling as nothing was rattling around inside when I shook it. Well his eyes got very happy along with a nice big smile as he told me he had been looking for that box and when he opened it up it was full of $20/50/100 dollar bills, guess it was his selling stash. I stopped by the next day to finish moving the Burke and he had an old field rusted 57 Chevy sitting next to his garage/workshop, guess he was just waiting for his stash to grow enough to by the 57.
I'm not much on picture taking when cleaning up an old piece of iron except for documenting along with hand notes and drawing's certain things that I think are important, such as wear patterns/etc. for reassembly. In rereading D A wolf's description/pics of his vertical head (http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=197759&p=1382603&hilit=Burke+#4+vertical+head#p1382603 ) I noticed some differences in our vertical heads and though a few picture would suffice as I have rambled on enough at this point. Also kerosene is great for cleaning up old vertical head grease.
Now for my penultimate sentence rambling - Why are these machines referred to as Burke #4 as mine is a 126A No.? Also I will be ordering a ¾ HP motor and VFD from Automation Direct to replace current Westinghouse ¾ HP split phase motor.
About 6 months prior to purchasing it I put a wanted add in CL for a Sears/Dunlap/Clovis power hacksaw and ended up with 2 of them. So while having a nice shop tour of the first hacksaw purchase I saw this Burke sitting in smallish separate a back corner workspace and immediately zeroed in on it as a Burke #4 was just the right size for my 10x14 (7'1” ceiling height) wood shed/shop.
At that time he did not offer it up for sale and life just moved on. Well that Burke keep weaseling its way into my brain and about 6 months latter I decided to call to see if he would sell it to me, which he did and as you can see from the pics it is a well tooled one indeed. Included with the tooling are 6 gear cutters and a 1” and 7/8” arbor along with the motor/pulley cover,
So as I was clearing out the miscellaneous tooling from the bottom storage compartment I picked up a smallish (4x4?) old cigar type box with a flap lid that felt light as ever and just handed it to the buyer as the lack of any weight other than the box itself did not lend it to any tooling as nothing was rattling around inside when I shook it. Well his eyes got very happy along with a nice big smile as he told me he had been looking for that box and when he opened it up it was full of $20/50/100 dollar bills, guess it was his selling stash. I stopped by the next day to finish moving the Burke and he had an old field rusted 57 Chevy sitting next to his garage/workshop, guess he was just waiting for his stash to grow enough to by the 57.
I'm not much on picture taking when cleaning up an old piece of iron except for documenting along with hand notes and drawing's certain things that I think are important, such as wear patterns/etc. for reassembly. In rereading D A wolf's description/pics of his vertical head (http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=197759&p=1382603&hilit=Burke+#4+vertical+head#p1382603 ) I noticed some differences in our vertical heads and though a few picture would suffice as I have rambled on enough at this point. Also kerosene is great for cleaning up old vertical head grease.
Now for my penultimate sentence rambling - Why are these machines referred to as Burke #4 as mine is a 126A No.? Also I will be ordering a ¾ HP motor and VFD from Automation Direct to replace current Westinghouse ¾ HP split phase motor.