Bidspirit auction | A Trio of Vintage Hand-Operated


A Trio of Vintage Hand-Operated Workshop and Kitchen Tools Including Craftsman and Arco-Saw - This lot features three distinct vintage tools of American manufacture, ranging from industrial workshop equipment to domestic kitchenware. The first item is a bench-mounted hand-crank grinder featuring a cast iron housing and an integrated abrasive wheel. The side of the housing bears an impressed mark reading CRAFTSMAN in a rectangular border. It is equipped with a wooden handle on a black-painted metal crank arm and includes an adjustable clamp for mounting. The second item is a manual slicer constructed of cast aluminum with a table-mounting clamp. Raised lettering on the circular body reads EAGLE TOOL & MACH CO and SPRINGFIELD MASS, while the crank arm is impressed with the alphanumeric mark 4A. The device utilizes a rotating blade mechanism operated by a hand crank with a black composition knob. The third item is a vintage power tool attachment for a handheld drill. This circular saw attachment features a steel base plate and a metal guard housing a toothed circular blade. A red and silver adhesive label on the guard reads ARCO-SAW and MODEL 444. The tool is finished with a red-painted wooden handle. The overall length of the aluminum slicer is approximately 13 inches from the clamp screw to the opposite edge.