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Manufactured/Badged by:
Delta Specialty/Delta Mfg. Co./Delta-Rockwell/Rockwell Intl.
Milwaukee, WI; Jackson, TN; Tupelo, MS

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Table Saw
Machine Size:	10"
Submitted By:	Ed Porter

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Unisaw
Date of Manufacturer:	1947
Serial Number:	55-9987
Last Updated	5/14/2007 1:41:43 AM

Comments:

This saw has been in my family since it was purchased in Los Angeles in 1947. It made the move to Idaho Falls (Idaho) in 1952 and was stored for about 15 years until Dad got around to building a garage and shop. It has has been little used, as my Dad was a "seasonal weekend woodworker" (he used it when the weather was warm enough). The Beisemeyer fence was purchased in the early '80s but not installed until 1986 (the original fence is carefully mothballed). After I inherited it in 1985, it was disassembled and moved to Menlo Park (CA) and reassembled after some cleanup - mostly scraping the packed sawdust out of the works. No restoration, mechanical or cosmetic, has been done, as the saw just keeps going as well as the day it was set up 60 years age. I did put new belts in somewhere in the '90s, as the old ones developed some cracks.

Dad bought the saw with a substantial complement of accessories: tenoning jig(shown), dado set, moulding head and an assortment of moulding knives (some still unused) and a number of carbon steel blades. It got its first carbide tipped blade in 1986 when I put in a Forrest blade (I had trouble finding someone who could properly sharpen the carbon steel ones).

When I retired in 2006, I moved the saw to Grass Valley (CA) where it now lives. I expect it will stay in the family, as one of my five sons is is an avid woodworker.

Photo 1:

Comments: Overview with home-built mobile platform and extension with built-in router
Source: Photo by Ed Porter 5/12/2007

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Photo 2:

Comments: Top of saw with tenon jig and recently broken saw guard (damn)
Source: Photo by Ed Porter 5/12/2007

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Photo 3:

Comments: Original one horse motor.
Source: Photo by Ed Porter 5/12/2007

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