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Manufactured/Badged by:
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
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 inch blade
Submitted By:	Curtis Garrett

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	113.29920 - Model "100"
Date of Manufacturer:	March 1956
Serial Number:	None
Last Updated	7/6/2025 5:21:27 PM

Comments:

This Craftsman 10-inch Model "100" Bench Saw was bought brand new in 1956 by my Cousin Bob at the Lincoln Park Michigan Sears store where he worked at in Sales in their Hardware Department. I inherited his saw after he passed away at almost 92 in 2017 from his Daughter. I remember seeing his table saw at his house out in Howell Michigan since I was in grade school. Cousin Bob was a real Carpenter Contractor and lugged this table saw all over Livingston County and SE Michigan when he bought it new while living in Taylor Michigan.

The saw was all painted in the Awl Grip two-part polyester paint system. I had the table top "Blanchard ground" flat like the Emerson factory did back in 1956 up Madison Heights, MI at Panka Tool.The side cast aluminum extensions I had on hand off my 1966 Craftsman Emerson made "Floor Model" 10-inch cabinet saw that I shipped to Cousin Bob from Houston in the summer of 2002. In 1956, Cousin Bob just purchased the Model 100 bench saw only, no extension wings, motor or factory metal stand. I replaced the original arbor shaft bearings and bought new machined steel belt pulleys using a new red Fenner link belt. I used many new stainless steel and some new zinc plated fasteners on the saw. The front cover panel was so badly weathered I glass beaded down the old engine turning aluminum panel and used a 3M brandrd vinyl engine turned self adhesive sheet product. I swapped out better condition chromed handles I had on hand to replace all the very badly pitted original ones. I'm going to use a vintage Arrow-Hart "Snap Switch" I'm restoring now with all new 14 gauge power cord wiring. The motor I'm restoring for this saw right now is a 1-HP TEFC Craftsman/Packard Electric made 115.version that my Cousin bought brand new in late 1958 at his Sears store also. He used some used under powered motor he had on hand or was given for two years before buying a brand new 1-HP TEFC Craftsman motor that is date stamped 9/58.

The heavy cast semi-steel rip fence and front aluminum fence rail are repurposed off my 1966 Craftsman Floor Model cabinet saw which is one hell of a heavy duty SMOOTH UPGRADE over the original style rip fence that was not bad at all. The original "Craftsman Power Tools" cast in the top miter gauge is the original 1956 miter gauge. I also still have the original Emerson made cast Zamac metal rip fence. The thin aluminum blade throat plate is the restored original one that screws down very securely. Right now I am running a vintage teflon coated Systi-matic Bandits 55-tooth combination blade. The original machine badges were cleaned with 3M Finesse-it and then clear coated in Awl Grip.

Note: the 1950 Craftsman Model 80 bench saw seen directly behind my Cousin's table saw in my pictures below belonged to my Grandfather who was my Cousin Bob's "Uncle Chuck" Garrett.

I found the Craftsman pedestal stand off FB Marketplace in the Fort Smith Arkansas area in August 2024 with a 1955 Model 100 table saw for $60. I restored the pedestal stand and also kept the heavy duty 115. 1-HP Craftsman motor and also it had one original cast iron extension wing. This saw was at a local furniture manufacturing company in Mansfield, AR that was a family run business for over 100 years. Since 1955 this local family furniture business only used two Craftsman Model 100 10-inch table saws in their lumber cutting operations that the Owner/Grandfather bought brand new in Fort Smith at the Sears Store. Says a hell of a LOT about the functional integrity of these 10-inch Emerson made Craftsman Model 100 table saws! They were an exclusive furniture contractor manufacture for the Econo Lodge Motel chain for many years per the Grandson who sold me the table saw.

Special Note: My Cousin "Bob" (Sgt. Donald R. Burgett April 5,1925 to March 23, 2017) was a decorated member of the 101st Air Borne Division and was a writer and a former World War II paratrooper. He wrote 5 books on his paratrooper jumps he made all before the age of 19 in Europe that were all published by Presido Press.
He was among the Airborne troopers who landed in Normandy early on the morning of D-Day. He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division, ("The Screaming Eagles"), and the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Cousin Bob served in Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th PIR as both a rifleman and a machine-gunner.Burgett participated in Operation Overlord, parachuting into Normandy as a member of the 506th PIR, 101st Airborne. Burgett parachuted into the Netherlands, his second combat jump, as part of Operation Market-Garden with the 1st Allied Airborne Army, and fought for 72 days behind the German lines. After just a few weeks' rest, he was again sent into combat, this time at the Battle of the Bulge, where the 101st, along with Combat Command B of the U.S. 10th Armored Division and the all-African-American 969th Artillery Battalion held out against nine German armored divisions during the siege of Bastogne. Burgett went on to fight through Operation Nordwind, on into Germany to the Ruhr Valley, the Rhineland, and Bavaria, where he helped capture Hitler's mountain retreat in southern Germany. While in action with the 101st, Burgett was wounded three times and had his M1 rifle shot out of his hands at least twice.
On Friday June 14, 2019, the Howell Michigan Post Office was renamed the "Sergeant Donald Burgett Post Office Building" in his honor. The Howell mayor also proclaimed June 14 as "Donald R. Burgett Day".

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Comments: Front View 1956 Craftsman Model 100 TS on pedestal stand
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Comments: Blanchard Ground table top view
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Comments: Restored under table view
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Comments: Restored 1955 Pedestal Stand in Awl Grip paint system.
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Comments: Restored saw base in Awl Grip paint
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Comments: Cousin Bob engraved his name in the miter slot in 1956...lol
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