Hello,
I am new to the site and came here because I saw Randy's 1100 restoration thread. I recently got an Ellis 1100 from an auction. I plan to paint it, replace bearings, belt, tires etc. It will take awhile to complete but I will update as I complete parts of it.
I actually called Ellis today to inquire about replacement stickers. I learned that the first 2 numbers in the serial number is the model and the third and forth numbers are year produced. In my case 1185 means model 1100 year 1985. So anyone looking at used Ellis saws keep that in mind.
My saw is 1985 Ellis 1100. No power at the auction to test it and it didn't even have a blade on it. I had the top bid at $160 live by myself when an online bidder joined the party. I ended going to $335 and winning plus 12%
so $375.20 for my saw. $160 would have been great but I can live with $375.
BTW, the auction had a Bridgeport go for $250, 12 foot lathe at $35, Giant turret lathe $40 etc etc with little to no online action. Just to put it in perspective. The only online bid that busted $40 was for my Ellis saw.
Anyway, the motor runs but there was no key in the gearbox pulley but it was left in vertical mode so it could of fell out. I drained the gearbox (it was full of oil
) and inspected it. Looks good so far.
Cleaned up pretty good with simple green and a scrub brush.
Gil
I am new to the site and came here because I saw Randy's 1100 restoration thread. I recently got an Ellis 1100 from an auction. I plan to paint it, replace bearings, belt, tires etc. It will take awhile to complete but I will update as I complete parts of it.
I actually called Ellis today to inquire about replacement stickers. I learned that the first 2 numbers in the serial number is the model and the third and forth numbers are year produced. In my case 1185 means model 1100 year 1985. So anyone looking at used Ellis saws keep that in mind.
My saw is 1985 Ellis 1100. No power at the auction to test it and it didn't even have a blade on it. I had the top bid at $160 live by myself when an online bidder joined the party. I ended going to $335 and winning plus 12%
so $375.20 for my saw. $160 would have been great but I can live with $375.BTW, the auction had a Bridgeport go for $250, 12 foot lathe at $35, Giant turret lathe $40 etc etc with little to no online action. Just to put it in perspective. The only online bid that busted $40 was for my Ellis saw.
Anyway, the motor runs but there was no key in the gearbox pulley but it was left in vertical mode so it could of fell out. I drained the gearbox (it was full of oil
) and inspected it. Looks good so far.Cleaned up pretty good with simple green and a scrub brush.
Gil
