[AT] 3pt buzz saw - Ford

[charlie hill]

Gil,  I always felt the same way.  I guess it's safe enough if you are 
careful
but there are no guards and there's no room for error.  You better not
sneeze or trip when around the thing.  Can you imagine the fit the gov't 
would
throw (and I guess rightfully so) if you tried to build and market that 
thing today?
Heck I'm not altogether sure the Gov't would allow a Super A Farmall now.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: vschwartz1 at comcast.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 3:18 PM
To: Antique
Subject: Re: [AT] 3pt buzz saw - Ford

In the upper 1930's and until the middle 1940's my father and his three 
brothers cut and sold heating wood for extra money during the winter. They 
had a saw like described, mounted on a 4 wheel wagon frame and powered by a 
model T Ford truck engine. I do remember that model T engine had a Whippet 
auto radiator that boiled over regularly. That outfit was a nightmare 
contraption, but it did work. When they got their first belt pulley tractor, 
that outfit was changed to a 2 wheel outfit powered by the 9N Ford Ferguson. 
Wood sales were fast sliding downhill as folks went to coal for heat so the 
buzz saw went down along with wood use. How those guys managed to keep from 
sawing off body parts I will never know.
Gil
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From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
To: "Antique" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 10:42:36 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] 3pt buzz saw - Ford

Here we had one that bolted to the AC D-14 frame and was mounted on the
front. Belt driven (I remember when the belt pullet was added to the
D-14 but I'm sure it also was used with the Allis CA that was here
before the D-14. I sitll have the saw and the carriage for it and the D.
None have run in years.

I do remember my grandpa and my great uncle chopping up the trimmings
from around the fields. Took the hay wagon to bring the laps back to the
barnyard then used the buzz saw to make firewood lengths.

David
NW NC

On 3/25/2015 10:51 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> That was a common tool around farmsteads when I was a boy.
> My grandfather had one and I helped him use it a few times.
> I treated that thing with every bit of respect I would have given
> a rattle snake because it can bite you just as fast! However,
> when carefully and skillfully used it's a great tool.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Herb Metz
> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 5:05 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: [AT] 3pt buzz saw - Ford
>
> A neighbor friend is selling a nice 3pt buzz saw with approx 30” blade 
> with
> 90degree drive that bolts on/over the PTO and has a flat belt pulley 
> output;
> unit is complete including the flatbelt. Those 90degtree drives can be
> pricey. Recently sandblasted and repainted. $150.00. Herb(GA)
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