Gallmeyer & Livingston Co. 12″ Table saw
‘Union’ No. 1276 (~1928)
I found this baby in a scrap pile, patiently waiting to be cut up and melted down into who -knows-what. It is mostly complete and has been retrofitted with pillowblocks and a belt drive in place of the original direct-drive motor. Thankfully the original motor mount is intact.
Saw as shown in the 1928 Catalogue.
I am looking for a miter guage for it.
All of G&H’s machines have a signature built-in popup caster system that lets you steer with the third caster.
Cabinet with table taken off
Direct-drive motor mount
Name Plate
UPDATE
I’ve sold this machine.
I have a similar machine in my woodshop at the school where I teach, and have been curious to learn more about it. Unfortunately, an hour spent Googling around hasn’t turned up anything better than your article. Mine says “Union” on it, and has a model number 106926. It has a planer bed that can be coupled to the motor when it is disconnected from the saw blade (which must be lowered in order to couple the plane). I’d guess the machine dates back to the 1940s, and probably hasn’t been touched in the 25 years the teacher before me was at the job, and maybe even longer, before her. It runs like a charm for the most part, except I can’t seem to keep the planer coupled for more than a short pass over a board. It may need an adjustment, but I have no papers for the machine, so I don’t want to fiddle with it too much. Got any ideas where I might find even a photocopy of the manual that surely came with the original?
Lidia,
Most of the machines from this era didn’t come with a manual. You can find scans of the G&L catalogues over at the owwm.com site though.
I have one of these, outfitted with a Bess. type fence. It has the direct drive 3 hp motor. I use it daily, with a 14″ rip blade. Someone gave it to me to remove it from an old school that was going to be torn down. I do not use the tilt table anymore. I have tried it and it works very well. the board dort of rests on the fence and slides over the blade.
Hello,..
Is anyone out there?…
I have an old shaper from the same manufacturer and the same era. I spent a good deal of cash getting it refurbished. The motor is humungus and required no service. It lacks a fence assembly. Any thoughts on where I could get parts?…
Hi,
I own a Union 6″ jointer that I bought at an estate sale about 10 years ago. There also was a G&L tilting table saw like the one pictured above for $50.00 which I passed up *#+**#. I live in Grand Rapids,Mich. their home office so I called G&L for paper on it and any info. I talked to one of the ex owners and found out that a year previous they had sold everything on their wood machines. They quit selling them (wood working machines) because of the liability problems. They did continue to sell surface grinders.
George
Boy that’s a grandpa if I ever saw one! Thanks for the picture.