Photo Index - DeWalt Products Co. - GE60

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Manufactured/Badged by:
DeWalt Products Co.
Leola, PA; Lancaster, PA; Towson, MD

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Radial Arm Saw
Machine Size:	22" (20")
Submitted By:	T.J. Forrester

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	GE60
Date of Manufacturer:	1951
Serial Number:	(View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated	9/18/2004 12:00:00 AM

Comments:

Here is the radial arm saw cousin to Jeff McVey's "sawzilla". I bought it in sad bastard condition from a guy for a C-note. (I think he got the deal) The machine was lying on a pallet and covered with rust. I think it had been outside for a few years, uncovered. I completely refurbished the saw from the ground up, including a new custom table frame, new bearings in the motor, remachined tracks in the arm, new bearings on the carriage, new electrics, reconditioned scales and badge, and fresh paint. The worst part of it was unfreezing the column. Using two floor jacks and a homemade jig of 4x4s and 2x12s, I was able to unfreeze the column by applying pressure with the floor jacks, tapping the column with a hammer, and "pushing" the column upward with the handwheel/jackscrew. This after several weeks of regular baths with Marvels, WD40, and Liquid wrench. The frozen rust patch on the column was about 3"x8". Definitely a labor of love. Yet to do are a new table surface, a carriage lock, and safety stops on either end of the arm. Speaking of safety, the first things that went through my mind after mounting the blade were: "smaller blade and original guard" and "chain advance mechanism". At 7.5 HP with a 22" blade, it is one huge scary saw! It had been used in a local sawmill as a cut off saw for large beams for years before being changed out in favor of an automated cutoff system. I'm sure the operator's right arm got pretty big! The real beauty of Dewalt's engineering shines through in the stoutness of the castings and the ease of adjustment when fine tuning the saw.

Photo 1:

Comments: Shown here in the condition I bought it in, except I had just had the motor reconditioned
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Photo 2:

Comments: The saw is massive. Action is silky smooth
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Photo 3:

Comments: Another angle
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