kennedy hacksaw

Hello fellow swarf makers.

Just acquired a kennedy 60 hacksaw with a Lothian motor "1970 ish would have liked a 90 but quite rare so the 60 will do" waiting on delivery should be ideal for my requirements and a good addition to my small work shops.

Regards Eric

Found my Kennedy at an auction described as a 'firewood kindling cutter', got it for £7 + commission!

Cleaned it up and it is one of my most used tools. Odd thing was, about a week before I bought a brand new WARCO bandsaw which now gets zero use!

Funny old world!

Cheers, Martin

"Found my Kennedy at an auction described as a 'firewood kindling cutter', got it for £7 + commission!"

A bit like describing a lathe as a pencil sharpener.

You did really well to get it at that price.

I paid £82 for mine, might seem a lot but I like old machine tools , lets face it you have to pay £1+ for a box of matches and God knows how much for a night out.

If they are still going strong after 50+ years then it good enough for me,

Eric, £82 is not dear IMHO, I have turned down £130 for mine as I will probably never find another. I get a kick out of drinking a cuppa while watching it do its thing on a big chunk of material, a bit like watching a shaper.

Cheers,

Martin

The best auction mis description I ever had was a lot consisting of a cased microscope and "wooden cased sectioned central heating valves", got it for £70 +comm.

The microscope was a nice Zeiss which gave me a decent profit on the lot but the 'central heating valves' were a beautiful and very rare velvet lined mahogany cased set of Victorian sectioned experimental Artillery Fuze heads from about the Boer war era. They went bonkers when I took them to the Armoury at Lulworth Camp to find out about them, sent photos to the War Museum; got an old retired armourer to come in and look at them, he said he'd never seen the like etc etc.

Finally made nearly £900 on EBay and the buyer drove from Yorkshire to me in Dorset as he would not trust them to any form of courier, did not even stop for a cup of tea, straight back home! Said he would have been happy to bid a lot moe for them.

Mind youI have known of Yorkshire men who get nosebleeds if they come further south than Leeds!

""Mind youI have known of Yorkshire men who get nosebleeds if they come further south than Leeds! ""

You mean there IS something South of Leeds - are there Dragons?

...You mean there IS something South of Leeds - are there Dragons?

​I believe there is a place called Mercia that has Dragons, with some scattered tribes & mountains... I also understand that there is some marshy place called Wessex further down than that, some big wig local tribal chief called 'Arthur' I hear... we're ok 'up ere in t' north', ave 'ad many a good rave up in our nearest local long house in a place called 'Jorvick'... don't like the idea of having to leave our shields & spears outside though'...

George.

Thank you for your replies.

My best deal was an AVO mk 5? valve tester paid £10 used it for a few years sold it for £500, mind you I do miss it find it hard to let things go .

I don't like buying new like to feel the vibes of old tools etc

possible hoarder in the making ?

Well hack saw arrived quite good condition for 50years old?.

Need to drill and tap stripped motor hold down bolt holes to 6mm

the oil damper operates on the same principle as a toilet flush system ie a thin diaphragm .

I cut a thin plastic disc from a marg tub and placed it between the metal washer and the holed damper block and it now works a treat .

Well pleased.

Eric

Eric, Pleased that you gota 'good'un'! Have lots of fun with it.

Martin

John

Is that a modified version of the Super Adept? .

But seriously, I have a Kennedy, and it is fine in a home workshop, but would be out of its depth in a commercial environment.

There where plenty of them and Manchester and Rapidor used in industry.

Roy

I did own one for a while but went for a bandsaw instead. OK for what I wanted to do at the time in the space I had to do it in.

I did change the belt system from flat to V though.

Popular item, sought-after. It was not difficult to sell, but I had grown out of it.

High output or industrial use not really practicable .

But for an old retired fabricator welder who spent his working life chasing time it's relaxing.

to sit on the bench listening to the beat of the little saw whilst drinking a cup of coffee is shear bliss. I do understand that if you have a lot of cutting to do it will most likely be the wrong tool for your needs and a little band saw will knock it out of the park.. but I love it . Eric

Eric, +1

Martin

Eric, just like a shaper, fascinating to watch, but not very quick.

Regards,

Richard.