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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:	Jeff Horton

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Unisaw
Date of Manufacturer:	1948
Serial Number:	70-3370
Last Updated	4/11/2007 3:54:07 PM

Comments:

Yet another Unisaw. I wouldn't post photos but I thought some people might see that just because it looks bad doesn't mean it is hopeless.

The saw was given to me by a very nice gentleman, Sam, from Mississippi. The saw belonged to his father who owned a cabinet shop in Birmingham, AL. He worked in at night after his day job. His father had a stroke and insisted they keep the machines. Unfortunately his father never recovered enough to be able to go back to work. The machines were stored for many years and moved several times. I promised Sam I would make sure they were restored and put to good use.

As you can see the saw looked like scrap metal to most people. When I saw it a quick look showed me that it was a very restorable machine and VERY original! You just have to look past what you see. It took a few months to get to the machine but once I started it only took about 3 weeks working nights and weekends to do the restoration. Mostly it was just cleaning out 50 years of dirt and repainting. I finished the saw and wired the switch, turned it on and ...... nothing!

OK, I Must have wired something wrong, it was working when I took it apart. I fooled around with it for an hour knowing all along what was wrong but hoping I was wrong. I wasn't, the motor was now jealous and refused to run. It was having a temper tantrum and I could see it wasn't giving in. The saw had received this major face lift and the motor had received no attention what so ever. It was demanding equal time!

Not wanting to have to deal with the motors temperamentalness from now on, I gave the motor shop simple instructions. Do what ever it needs! They went through the motor with a fine tooth comb and replaced everything it needed. It took two and half weeks to get the motor back. The completed (minus motor) Unisaw laid on it's side looking like harpooned gray whale with the fence rails towering in the sky. I thought about putting a sheet over the saw so I wouldn't have to look at it's dead carcass while I waited on the motor.

Finally the saw is in place minus the dust door which is next to be restored. The saw works as well as any new saw and I am very happy with both the saw and the restoration. I haven't made up my mind but after some of the comments about the saw (in it's original condition) I am have thought about naming it Lazarus. They obviously thought it was dead.

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Comments: This is how is looked when I brought it home. Pretty sad huh?
Source: In my shop after just after unloading it.

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Photo 2:

Comments: Here she is about a year after the restoration. Cover in saw dust, in progress project parts, just the way an OWWM should look.
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Comments: She is used regularly and the "go to" machine in the shop.
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