...with Unifence, original fence, AND goose egg motor cover.
This popped up on my Facebook Marketplace last week. I wasn't actively lookin for a (third) saw, but I couldn't say no to something at such a low price 20 miles away!
I don't know when the R/I motor was last serviced, so I'll replace its bearings and make a new switching spring collar before I open it up.
I didn't need this saw but I've wanted one for a decade now. Hopefully one of my kids will use it when I'm done with it.
Nice! Can I ask what you paid? I spotted one of a similar vintage in the wild recently myself, but it's been over a decade since my last restoration. I also don't need another table saw right now, but...but...
You are entitled to your own opinions. Just not your own facts.
03-07-2021, 10:26 AM (This post was last modified: 03-07-2021, 10:26 AM by jteneyck.)
Nice. Mine's a 1954, but yours is in better visual condition and has a bullet motor no less. They are so smooth and full of torque. You didn't say what you paid but just that motor cover is worth well over $100; same for the clean out door and plinth.
03-07-2021, 11:34 AM (This post was last modified: 03-07-2021, 12:54 PM by ®smpr_fi_mac®.)
The original ad was $300. By the time I got to him, he had been offered $450, which he said surprised him. I explained why and said I'll go as high as $500 but if he gets higher, to take it. He reached out the next day and said if I wanted it for $500 it was mine. We scheduled for the next sunny day (it had been raining for several days). When I showed up, he said he had been offered $800 after we talked but was happy with $500 knowing it would be put into use again.
It was his dad's, who bought it used in the 80's. Dad was a Master Carpenter (or at least, the way he said it, to me it sounds capitalized) and was really into ww'ing as a hobby. From what I gathered, he passed away a few years back and his son was trying to figure out what to do with his tools. He kept a few for his own use but didn't have enough room to keep them all.
There is a bit of rust on the plinth. His father taped in a sheet of plexiglass to guide shavings towards the DC opening. I don't know whether I'll do much of a refurb any time soon, but if I do, since I'm not a purist, I'll likely paint it Rustoleum Hammered Black, as I like the way it looks and I painted my jointer and PM66 in the same color. Painted the dust hood the same on my PM100 and will eventually paint the planer, too.
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