Rick, this is not mine, but all fixed up it is a keeper.
http://www.owwm.com/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=10753
I also have an all aluminum tilt table saw from the fifties. scrounged it from the back of a pickup, at he dump, the guy was going to throw it away. I sked if I could have it for scrap. cleaned it up made new bushings and have to add a motor, maybe 1/2hp and I'll have 2 good tablesaws.
--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Sparber" <rgsparber@...> wrote:
>
> Dave,
>
> That 1943 Sears table saw sounds like a real keeper.
>
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 8:58 PM
> To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [gingery_machines] Re: On Shaper Castings Question ...
>
> Rick never read anything by him, that I can remember. I use 1943 Sears
> tablesaw model 103-0209. setup properly it give a great cut for the size
> patterns I build at home. I put a 1hp motor on it and have cut 1" thick
> aluminum plate(multiple cuts). as long as the blade doesn't wobble a saw can
> be to make very good cuts, just more time getting it setup to make the good
> cut.
>
>
> --- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Sparber" <rgsparber@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dave,
> >
> > Are you familiar with the writings of DeCristoforo? He wrote wonderful
> wood working articles for, IIRC, Popular Science, for many years. He also
> wrote a few books. In them he talks about making simple fixtures to greatly
> improve the accuracy of things like table saws. In fact, he makes an
> impressive table saw from a hand circular saw.
> >
> > In the spirit of full disclosure, I own a Bosch table saw which is dead on
> yet found Decristoforo's work extremely inspiring even for metal working.
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Brad Stogsdill
> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 8:28 AM
> > To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Re: On Shaper Castings Question ...
> >
> > Hi Dave
> >
> > You are correct- a person need the right tools but also the right quality
> of tools. True a router is no gaurantee, but it has to be a significant
> improvement over my jobsight table saw, which can not produce a square
> enough cut fit for anything but framing jobs!
> >
> > I have an issue with the removable plate that allows access to change
> blades- the plate is flimsy and any small parts that slide over it are not
> held square and impossible to get a clean square cut. It is a great
> improvement over a hand held saw, but unfit for work of any accuracy.
> >
> > I figure instead of buying a better table saw and having 2 of them, I am
> better off adding a different piece of equipment to expand capabilities.
> (One of the 1st patterns I plan to make on the router is a replacement plate
> for the saw that will be cast and machined and will be ridgid and will not
> bow and flex and will hold work piece flat... so I hope anyway)
> >
> > A far as the draft, I dont have an issue hand sanding or power sanding
> draft lines. The draft lines are not critical except for looks, as long as
> they function for pattern removal from sand.
> >
> > My problem is with surfaces that must be true parallel or perpendicular to
> each other. For example, the shaper side columns ram channels need to be
> flat and square with each other, and my crappy unsquare patterns required me
> to spend hours and hours hand scraping and filing aluminum. My opposite
> coners were 1/8 of an inch off and I had to hands crape the channels night
> after night...If I had been able to produce squared ram channels in that
> pattern.. I would have saved a week of night work on the shaper...
> >
> > So to make a long story sort I was motivated to make bettter patterns and
> will report back how well it works. (Stepper motors have arrived to USA
> and are in transit from California! yahoo! )
> >
> > Hey cool weather is coming - I like to cast in cold weather!
> >
> > Regards
> > Bradley
> >
>
>
>
>
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