Rico power hacksaw

E T · Wednesday at 5:08 PM

Bought this old lovely thing at an auction last week and collected it today.
Does anybody know this brand or this model? It says RICO on de casting.
I did some internet searching, but not much luck so far. Rico could be made in India what I found, but not sure.
If it's from India it might be a clone of a European model.
Some parts are missing which I plan on making myself, but some documentation would be nice.
I plugged it in and it does run, but as you can see it needs some TLC.

E T · Wednesday at 6:13 PM

Found a very similar machine via google lens on an auction site in Uruguay.
Also found a Portuguese brand named Rico that makes metalworking machines.

brightspark · Wednesday at 6:16 PM

nice sliding weight for cutting heavier metals

using my rapidor i just press down on the bow to make it cut faster while its running :vsad:

when yours is running it sounds like theres a bit of slop in the crank bearing

E T · Wednesday at 6:23 PM

Yes, there is slop in various places, but I can fix that.
As far as I can tell it used to have a ratchet type blade lift for the return stroke. Bits of that are missing, so that's going to be a bit of a puzzle to remake.