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Manufactured/Badged by:
Sears | Craftsman
Chicago, IL

True Manufacturer:
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO; Ferguson, MO; Paris, TN

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Table Saw
Machine Size:	10"
Submitted By:	Ian Borg

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	113.298032
Date of Manufacturer:	1983
Serial Number:	1079-P0035
Last Updated	11/6/2015 2:12:17 AM

Comments:

I bought this Craftsman machine from a scrap yard for $80.00 after watching a YouTube video on how to restore a Craftsman saw (thank you NelsonStudios!). It had been sitting outside for some time, but the motor still ran and all of the saw was there, even the original Craftsman Kromedge blade! (I'm making an assumption about the blade - but why else would there be a HSS non-carbide blade on a table saw nowadays unless it was the original blade??).

It took me about three months and another $60.00 to get it to the condition you see here. The guard is not shown in the pics but it was part of the restoration as well. As I got into disassembly, it became clear that the saw had hardly been used during its lifetime.

After I completely disassembled the saw, I cleaned and waxed all of the painted surfaces. The saw top and wings were scraped down and then sanded (both wet and dry) with various grades of paper, steel wool, scotchbrite, etc, until I got to clean iron/steel. Afterwards, I checked the top and wings for flatness and they were still flat to within 15 thousandths over 8 inches, which I think should be fine for woodworking.

The underside of the table and the carriage/arbor/trunnion assemblies were given three coats of Tremclad white gloss enamel to make the inside and underside of the saw as bright as possible for easy blade changes, adjustments, etc.

I made a couple bars of graphite impregnated wax lubricant (saw dust will not stick to this stuff or gum up). All the sliding machined surfaces and lead screws received a coating of this wax.

The saw was actually pretty quiet right out of the scrap yard, but one arbor bearing felt a bit rough so I replaced it. The motor ran great and didn't seem to be affected at all by being left outside for who knows how long.

All of the hardware was wire wheeled and the black oxide coating re-applied using an evaluation kit from a company called EPI. This is a seven step, non toxic, room temperature blackening process that is simply amazing. The cost of the kit was less than 40.00 including shipping, and I have lots left over for other projects.

The stamped steel wings were primed and block sanded to fill some minor pitting and then sprayed with thinned grey Tremclad enamel (the colour is called Anodized Bronze) through an inexpensive HVLP spray gun. Once the enamel had cured for a few days I brought the bare steel rails back out with the belt sander and a fine grit belt, followed by a few coats of paste wax, which I also applied to the iron table, fence surfaces, and blade insert.

Alignment took about 45 minutes; the blade is parallel to the miter slots to within 2 thousandths by my dial indicator.

All in all this was a really inexpensive, satisfying project, and the saw is awesome - very smooth, accurate cuts, very quiet, and the 1 hp motor seems to be powerful enough for now - I've only cut 3/4 plywood and some pine so far. I'm using a 60 tooth DeWalt carbide blade that's about a year old and could probably be sharpened.

Future upgrades to this saw will be a custom T-square fence system, wider granite or cast iron extensions in place of the steel ones, and maybe a bigger motor if this one proves to be underpowered for harder, thicker stock like maple & oak.

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Comments: Completed, restored saw. The table and extensions are finished with several coats of paste wax.
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Comments: "Before".
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Comments: Original hardware before and after the wire wheel. The cleaned hardware will be re-blackened with EPI Insta-blak333 room temperature black oxide treatment.
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Comments: Some of the hardware after blackening with EPI Insta-Blak333. It took about 15 minutes to get from the cleaned hardware in the previous shot to this, with no toxic fumes.
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Comments: The first of three coats of Tremclad white gloss enamel goes on the trunnion and arbor castings. The arbor shaft and bearings have been pulled. One bearing was a bit rough and was replaced. The underside of the top also got three coats of white enamel.
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Comments: Completed arbor and trunnion assembly loosely bolted to the table. The enamel is white to maximize visible light inside the cabinet and under the saw.
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