Anyone know anything about this postwar bandsaw?

[Burnished]

Hello all,

I have bought this bandsaw for £100 or at least I have agreed to collect next week. Made by Metalclad and likely 1950s? It seemed like a great deal and apparently it works! I believe it has a 35" jaw depth! Does anyone know anything about these Metalclad monsters?

 

[Noel]

Hello all,

I have bought this bandsaw for £100 or at least I have agreed to collect next week. Made by Metalclad and likely 1950s? It seemed like a great deal and apparently it works! I believe it has a 35" jaw depth! Does anyone know anything about these Metalclad monsters?

Looks good value.
This thread might be of interest to you:

https://forum.canadianwoodworking.c...er-tools/41148-metalclad-woodworking-machines
English/Welsh/George Cohen/600 Commercial Road

 

[MARK.B.]

Sorry know nothing about that one except that you need a cover over that " I wonder what what would happen if " big hole in the front

I should add that it looks to be a super solid chunk of steel, bit of fettling and the right blade and you can take on the world

 

[heimlaga]

Looks lik a good bandsaw as far as I can see but Metalclad is unknown to me.

 

[Adam W.]

I've seen one just as big in the states. The shipwright uses it with extreme skill and sharpens the blade insitu with a file.

 

[Cabinetman]

https://forum.canadianwoodworking.c...er-tools/41148-metalclad-woodworking-machines I’m in the states at the moment and following on from what @Adam W. said I thought I would have a look, virtually nothing here but it would appear that it started in England after the war. Ian

 

[Hornet99]

What a beauty

 

[Orraloon]

Its a beast of a saw. Is there a makers plate on it with any info and what is the motor rated at? Last time I saw something like that was also in a shipyard.
Anyhow looks like its British.

George Cohen, Sons and Co - Graces Guide
Regards
John

 

[TRITON]

I wonder what what would happen if " big hole in the front

The trick is not to put your hand in that hole when the machine is running

 

[Craig22]

That is a real animal of a bandsaw. The important thing in accurate bandsawing is a stiff frame - and that looks like a seriously stiff frame. Apparently Metalclad's key skill was steel casting, so the frame is probably solid steel. Hope your workshop floor will handle the weight, and you have machinery and a vehicle large enough to load and unload it!

It was difficult enough to load and unload my Cropico industrial grade bandsaw, and that is a toy in comparison to that Metalclad.

 

[Burnished]

Thanks for all the replies. Yeah she sure does look like a monster. As for collection, I've hired the help of some piano movers so should be okay hopefully and my workshop floor can definitely take it. It will be the first 3 phase machine I have bought so will need to look into the world of inverters etc.
It's coming tomorrow so ill post further pics...