Antique Hand Crank Scroll Saw - $75 (Wilmington)
It seems like it would be unwieldy to use unless you had a tireless helper.
It seems like it would be unwieldy to use unless you had a tireless helper.
My wife's grandfather had a WWing shop and he had a treadle scroll saw, akin to a treadle sewing machine in operation, I believe. The pulley is a giveaway to this possibly being a convertible/conversion from such a unit.The crank looks like a later add, this has a groove that appears to be sized for leather round. That tells me this probably, was originally designed to be foot pedal driven like a sewing machine.
My wife's grandfather had a WWing shop and he had a treadle scroll saw, akin to a treadle sewing machine in operation, I believe. The pulley is a giveaway to this possibly being a convertible/conversion from such a unit.