vintage home made circular saw

Found this one in a friends shed. Think it was build by his grandpa. Straight forward and reduced design: piece of wood, motor and a big saw blade.
workshop diary and unreasonable things


Found this one in a friends shed. Think it was build by his grandpa. Straight forward and reduced design: piece of wood, motor and a big saw blade.



In my dad’s workshop is a very old Altendorf circular panel saw. I love this machine. Especially for aluminum. There is nothing fancy about it. It’s just solid and strong. Low tolerance is for my opinion the key to work

Some impressions of this years concorso d’eleganza Villa Erba:

What I really don’t like, is to waste time searching for tools. And I used to do this a big time. So there was the need to organize my tools somehow. Should be something flexible. Walking with a nut number