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On this page I will put information on the 20 inch Jones Superior bandsaw I purchased and am in the midst of restoring.

I found it at a garage sale for $100 delivered. It was supposed to have been used on the Burlington Railroad before being purchased by the people having the sale. It needed work, but at the price it seemed like a deal. Especially when the owners agreed to load it on a trailor and bring it home for me. Bolted to a large iron base, it weighed a lot.

Upon taking it apart, I found that the moving part that holds the top hum was broken. The original appeared to have been made of pot metal and to have failed under pressure from the blade. I found out about a source of new manufacture Jones parts, but this part cost more than $400. I decided to mill, drill and ream a new part of aluminum. I procured a cutoff from machinist-materials.com. Then I went to work using the mill my father had made. Here is a photo of the finished part:

Here are a couple of shots of it installed: