[SEL] Mitchell Drag Saw Revisited, again

[Larry Evans]

Hi.....

You folks might remember a few months ago I was trying to help identify a 
large old drag saw from an old family picture a lady in Portland Oregon 
found.  She had a couple of pictures, one showing a picture of her 
grandfather with the saw.  Dave Otto came up with the idea that it might be 
from the Mitchell Lewis & Staver company which was (and is) an industrial 
equipment supplier based in the Portland area.  Several people suggested 
that the engine was an early vertical Stover.

Bonnie, the lady with the pictures, was able to contact Mitchell Lewis & 
Staver and they sent her a scan from an old catalog page that I'm sure 
confirms that her grandfather's drag was a Mitchell saw sold by Mitchell 
Lewis & Staver.  Take a look at:
http://www.oldengine.org/members/levans/mitchel/
to see the pictures of this really neat machine and the old catalog 
page.  Also I've put up a recent picture of Curt Andree's 1905 5 hp. Stover 
model "C" for comparison.

Thanks to all who helped solve the mystery.

Regards,

Larry Evans
Arcadia, Southern California, USA
MailTo:LFEVANS at pacbell.net
http://www.oldengine.org/members/levans/