Photo Index - Hutchinson Manufacturing Co., Inc. - Handy Hutch

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Hutchinson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Norristown, PA

True Manufacturer:
Hutchinson Manufacturing Co., Inc., Norristown, PA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Combo Machine
Machine Size:	10" Table Saw & 4" Jointer
Submitted By:	Timothy Juvenal

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Handy Hutch
Date of Manufacturer:	ca. 1928
Serial Number:	844
Last Updated	8/17/2013 9:56:04 PM

Comments:

1931 Porter-Cable/Hutchinson catalog lists this machine with a tilting top as a standard feature. This machine, serial #844, has a fixed angle top, so it is likely older.

Photo 1:

Comments: Left side, showing the brass manufacturer's tag, and the saw arbor.
Source: my shop

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Photo 2:

Comments: Front of the Handy Hutch. Handwheel raises and lowers table. Cast iron tombstone junction/switch box has a 4-position on-off-on-off ceramic rotary switch by The Perkins Electric Switch Mfg. Co.
Source: my shop

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Photo 3:

Comments: The front of the machine, showing the table raising mechanism, and the saw arbor and bearing housing. The saw has a 3/4" arbor. The large spacer between the stabilizers can be removed when using a dado set. The bearings are standard 6205 bearings.
Source: my shop

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Photo 4:

Comments: The 4" jointer. It has a two-knife clamshell head. The bearing housing is similar to that of the saw, and takes three standard 6203 bearings.
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Comments: Showing the two miter gauges. They are not interchangable; the right gauge is wider, and would hit the blade if used in the left slot. So the left slot is smaller than the right, and each gauge has a runner that fits it's appropriate slot.
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Comments: Front of the machine with the original blade guard installed. There was originally also a cast aluminum guard over the blade above the table, but that guard is missing on this machine.
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