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Manufactured/Badged by:
Sears | Craftsman
Chicago, IL

True Manufacturer:
King-Seeley Corp.-Central Specialty Division, Ann Arbor, MI; Ypsilanti, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Table Saw
Machine Size:	8-inch
Submitted By:	David Super

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	103.22161 Tilt-Arbor Bench Saw
Date of Manufacturer:	Early 1950s
Serial Number:	none
Last Updated	3/1/2012 6:16:11 AM

Comments:

Here's the start of my first old power tool restoration project. I recently purchased this saw at the auction of a woodworker's shop in Northern Virginia. So far, I've bought enough stuff from the hardware store to just exceed the purchase price of the saw. I'm guessing that's the norm for a project like this, but I couldn't get started without some casters for the old cabinet, v-belt, new wiring, a good blade and a spare bushing for the arbor.

The motormount includes an unusual modification that slants the whole business downward toward the pulley end. Was this done to keep the belt on the pulleys when the blade is inclined? Also, the motor is just a 1/4 horse, 1750 rpm unit. The operating instructions call for a 1/2 horse motor, running twice as fast. Can I expect to cut anything with such a small unit? The saw came with a cheap 7 1/4-inch blade; perhaps that's all this motor will spin.

Now if I can get the wobble out of the blade without taking the guts of the saw to a machine shop for serious organ replacement surgery, I hope to start cutting lumber in the near future. Those who scoff about my folly and recommend, "why not just buy a new saw," didn't come with me to the auction and see a man's entire professional life get hauled away by folks like me in about two hours. If nothing else, I'd like to keep a few of the old gent's abilities alive in my tiny shop.

I welcome any recommendations for rehabilitating this old Sears workhorse.

Photo 1:

Comments: Craftsman 103.22161 and plywood cabinet.
Source: Digital camera like so many others; I'll miss my old Nikon workhorse for a very long while.

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Photo 2:

Comments: Note the inclined motormount; does anyone know the intent of a modification like this?
Source: Digital camera.

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