[SEL] Mitchell Drag Saw Revisited, again

Dave Otto ddotto at cableone.net
Mon Dec 3 20:10:33 PST 2007


That was nice of the good folks at Mitchell Lewis & Staver to dig up the old
catalog and send her a copy of the log saw.

Can you imagine winching that beast around the forest and making a living
with it?

It appears the mystery has been solved.

Thanks for the update Jerry.


Dave

Dave Otto
Boise, Idaho




> -----Original Message-----
> From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com [mailto:sel-
> bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Larry Evans
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 5:26 PM
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Subject: [SEL] Mitchell Drag Saw Revisited, again
> 
> 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/
> 
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