turn of the century Racine Power Hacksaw rescued

I noticed that mine are shimmed from the back. The PO said something about having rubber bands pulling some part of that down but I didn't understand what he was saying. I figured that when I sat about restoring it that I would see what he meant. I'll try and spend a day or so getting it to work and see if I can determine what he meant.

About the only thing that could have rubber bands pulling on it, would be the two L shaped pieces that the pawls mount to. They have adjustable bolts to "release" them when the blade gets to the bottom.
I'm looking for some triangular abrasive stones to try and salvage the worn teeth..............the idea of cutting a new crescent is daunting. I have a problem of tying too much time up in this stuff already.

So all these years later... I finally got around to bringing the saw I bought back to life. I can add a few things about that lifting mechanism. Adding rubber bands from the bottom of the L pieces to the bottom of the spring does help. Cleaning the teeth helps. Biggest factor in getting the lifting mechanism to lift is the adjustment of the "stops" for the L pieces and the crescent shaped piece *must* be tight against casting. If it droops down (towards the back of the saw) it changes the angle of the teeth and the lifter will not engage. I'll admit it took me a fair amount of time to notice that. I've yet to figure out why there are two L shaped pieces. I believe the "stops" underneath the L shaped pieces adjusts how high the blade will be lifted and/or when. I haven't quite figured that out either. Once I understand things better I'll update this post.

I had a Racine Oil Cut 1942 ...struggled with it for years .....anyhoo ,a WW2 collector saved it from scrap last year .....I gave it to him.........now he s "It dont work properly" .....yeah tell me about it.

Mine awaiting TLC is a peerless. It doesn't use the common pawl and teeth arrangement, but my Craftsman does. The matching parts are tender looking sizewise. Solution might be offered in the dual pawl short swing ratchet wrenches. TWO pawls, TWO crescents, offset by a half tooth equivalent. Larger teeth, much easier to cut good surfaces. Measure the chord to solve radius, count teeth covering some even portion of degrees overall. Dowel two plates together, cut in one setup. Yeah, it'll take a minute, but rough them, then finish pass. While time invested seems lengthy, the repair will outlast next owner.
I've done with out a power hack too long. Not that they are fast or efficient, running properly they don't need tending at all. Go eat lunch, single point a thread, pay bills. Turns out efficient after all.

Toolmaker51 said:

Mine awaiting TLC is a peerless. It doesn't use the common pawl and teeth arrangement, but my Craftsman does. The matching parts are tender looking sizewise. Solution might be offered in the dual pawl short swing ratchet wrenches. TWO pawls, TWO crescents, offset by a half tooth equivalent. Larger teeth, much easier to cut good surfaces. Measure the chord to solve radius, count teeth covering some even portion of degrees overall. Dowel two plates together, cut in one setup. Yeah, it'll take a minute, but rough them, then finish pass. While time invested seems lengthy, the repair will outlast next owner.
I've done with out a power hack too long. Not that they are fast or efficient, running properly they don't need tending at all. Go eat lunch, single point a thread, pay bills. Turns out efficient after all.

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What model peerless do you have? I have a 13 x 16 made about 1922.

Had Peerless on the brain past few days. A worthy buy turned up loaded with blades; I'd have turned it with a handful and be set for life.
Well, at 00:59 Central Time and it being 65 miles away, I could plead ignorance; but phone rats me out.
Racine 66 W 2, S/N C-9000, 14" blades.

and just for scale; there are larger power hacksaws,
not sure about pedestal grinders......

Notice the semi circular vice pieces,clamped by long threads and pieces that lock into the slotted bed........well ,my semicircular pieces had cavities cut deep into them from the clamp screw points ,result of millions of cycles........there were also spare vice pieces and clamps ,the vice part cut through to the bolt hole by wear.