Stanley Elias Matias Standal (1901-1958) was a Spokane, Washington inventor who patented a variety of items, primarily for industrial woodworking. Standal was a naturalized US citizen born in South Africa, and most of his patents were received in the early 1950s. His executrix, Elizabeth V. Standal, continued to apply for and receive patents for his inventions into the 1960s. For example, one patent was for an “inserted saw tooth with chip deflecting lip”.
A patent
application gives Standal’s home address as 1302 15th St. (Ave.?) in Spokane, and his business was at 902 Normandie St., Spokane, a former industrial area near
the Spokane River which is now office buildings and parking lots.
Link to Google Patents
Moon's Saw Shop, selling through Amazon, carries the 7" X 1/8" grinding wheels for the Model 7 Stand-All.
Here are photos from an October 2013 Craigslist ad for a Stand-All for sale in Oct. 2013:
Stand-All on VintageMachinery.org
Stand-All Model 6 Operating & Maintenance Manual
This was my husbands Grandfather who invented these things.
ReplyDeleteThis was my Great Grandfather. He also invented the chainsaw and sold it to McCulloch for mass production.
ReplyDeleteWhich means that You and Greg Standal must be related....cool.
ReplyDeleteFrom 1972-1998 I worked for the company that made these. The term "mass produced" caught me off guard. Every one of these machines was lovingly put together by Earl. Eventually he taught Ray, who took over the production of them until he retired.
ReplyDeleteThere is mention above of the grinding wheels. The machine spun the wheels so fast that we had every one of them special balanced. Once in a while the manufacturer didn't get them balanced correctly. Every time a shipment of wheels came in we pulled a few from the box to test them. Earl would put his face shield on and sit behind a shield and turn the machine on. Most of the time everything was good. When they were off balance however, they came apart so violently that pieces flew all over the shop. Reading about this brings back so many fun memories of working there.
I just picked up one of these a few weeks ago. Made a video of it here:
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Gerri, if you have any manuals or any insight I'd greatly appreciate it.
i owned on when i had a saw sharpening buisiness in mandurah western australia in 1991
ReplyDeleteI have a model 2 setting in my barn.. been wondering what it was. Knew it was a sharpener. But didn't realize for hand saws
ReplyDeleteWe had 8 of these machines at Union Saw Works in the Bronx, I ran them 2-3 at a time from the late 60's till we closed in 1986.
ReplyDeleteI just spotted one in the back of a truck and had no idea what it was. Looks like it is in use.
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