i had to take off the wheels and clean the axles then balance the lower wheel and realign everything shimming the lower wheel to line it up with upper wheel.

after all that was done i adjusted the tracking and squared the table
to the blade.

almost no vibrations, most of the vibrations are probably the belt and the poor
metal stand.

i will probably make a heavy wood stand for it.

i have to install a kreg fence tomorrow to try resawing.

my first test cut showed that it cuts like butter with almost no blade wobble.

Butcher is well known for their chisels but they also made adzes, saws, knives and a number of other tools (they manufactured the famous “bowie” knife that became very popular in america).

The mark on the saw is clearly visible on the brass back.

The handle is the classic dolphin pattern:

I cleaned it lightly using Watco rejuvenating oil. I did not want to sand away the nice patina. Interestingly enough, if you zoom in , you will see that two of the split nut holes had the characteristic square mortise in it but the third one did not. It also looks like from the wear pattern that there might have been a medallion in that spot which would explain the absence of mortise:

I have the two original split nuts but not the medalion. I Will probably replace all of that with new ones.

Next I will clean the brass back a bit and joint, set and sharpen it. I am still debating whether or not I want to make it a rip saw or retain it as a crosscut.