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My two favorite saws are a fourteen inch 1964 Highland Park and a 18 in. 1970’s Highland Park. I also run the lapidary shop for our rock club, which has five saws- a brand new (12 months) Highland Park 14 auto feed, an old Lortone 14in., another older Highland park 18in. and a couple trim saws.
I used a muti-laminate birch plywood, epoxy fillets in the corners, coated the whole thing with epoxy resin and then painted with hammer gray to resemble the original Highland Park paint coating. Another nice addition was a piece of the same 1/2" rubber tile material I use for my shop floor in the "bin" under the diamond wheels.
Yes, I agree. When I bought my 18 from them years ago I actually thought it was still the original highland park. I had the same problems when my dog inserts went bad. I took about 4 months to get them. I was thinking at the time how it sucked that one of the smallest and also the thing that would wear out the fastest wouldn't be kept in stock.
It's an early Old Highland Park. Not to be confused with the recent imports. At the shop I took measurements and forgot to get one, so I went out to the shed to measure the wife's 10". Within a inch would have been good enough. Surprisingly, her saw was Old Highland Park too, but newer.
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I've been cutting smaller beach rocks open and making cabs out of them for a bit now, but have found my 7" tile saw to be of limited use for this.
Re: Saw marks on my slabs. « Reply #3 on: December 28, 2020, 11:11:26 AM ». Saw marks come from unequal pressure on the blade with multiple possible causal factors. For me the primary one is surging. Worn feed threads, loose carriage flop, dull blade causing the feed to be sporadic, alignment, and probably a host of other factors.
Johnson Lapidary vs. MK 303S 18 inch blade: Stoneman456: 1 610 September 09, 2021, 04:59:43 PM by vitzitziltecpatl: Heads up on Highland Park: irockhound: 12 1421 June 27, 2021, 08:40:57 AM by catmandewe: 18 inch Frantom 5/8 split nuts needed: 55fossil: 6 1133 May 24, 2021, 08:45:08 AM by 55fossil
The shape of the base and the sump match exactly the Highland Park Manufacturing "Hy-Speed Trim Saw" (model E-2) from the 1969 HPM catalog. It also has a power feed attachment featured in the same catalog; the screw rod is turning, but no idea if the split nut (clutch?) is functional.
Thank you, John. The MK225 Hot Dog works pretty well on our 10" saws, so I have to believe the extra oil carried by the segmented blade would help the 14" drop saw.