It also has a nice fence and several sliding guides.īTW.anything that had a price tag on it was not part of the $37 haul. The saw must have come with 30-40 blades of various sizes. I have so much stuff it will take me weeks to go through. I got that off CL for I think $40.it needed new jaws and then I just rebuilt it. The critter spray gun appears to be missing parts to the valve. Some of the older 'Craftsman' 10" saws can be 'sort-of' usable with some tweaking, if you like to tweak old widgets, and may be found for $20-ish or so at garage sales.but getting any practical accuracy from those can be a bit of a challenge.
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If you really want a table saw to use, there's 'no free lunch'.look for a Delta Unisaw of the '40's or '50's, or its Walker-Turner/Boice-Crane, etc. He wanted to save the motors, but even the motors were so poorly made that they weren't really worth saving.the other parts, 'pot-metal' die-castings, and plastic, had deteriorated with relatively little use. I'd suggest, if I may, that you offer the saw itself as a freebie to someone who cuts small parts, and offer the motor as the seriously desirable antique that it is.and that switch should be worth $20-25 or so to someone restoring a '40's or '50's power tool.Īnd.just as one person's opinion.the cheap 'modern' direct drive saws are an especially bad investment, as they are cheaply built, with plastic stressed parts, and perish quickly when used.I've two of them here, which a friend was given, for 'the hauling'. That tiny saw is no more 'dangerous' than is any table saw, and requires the same 'common sense' when using it as with any larger saw s small size is deceptive in that respect, possibly, as it may seem a 'toy' to the unwary. ('portable', in this instance, was the saw and 1/4hp motor on a board, placed conveniently on saw-horses as needed.)Īctually, that Cutler-Hammer press button switch is more valuable than is the saw, so between that early style motor and that switch, you've some quite desirable items there. I've one I was given, some years ago, which I set up as a 'portable' saw, when doing some shingling. The saw is a late '40's/early '50's 'miniature'.but they are considered quite desirable by woodworkers who cut small wooden parts, as they are more accurate than the cheaper 'modern' table saws. That early motor has a lot more value to a collector than the saw has. I am more of a mechanic than a woodworker. The motor may actually have more value than the saw.Īny advice regarding this saw from the woodworkers. Its a very old Holtzer-Cabot 1/2hp motor. The motor on this saw may not be original. I do need a table saw for light work but being that table saws are so prevalent and cheap I think this may be a case where ditching this one in favor of a modern direct drive table saw may be prudent. Also on this table the entire table is raised or lowered around the blade instead of the blade being raised to the table. It seems to be well built but it does have some play in the main shaft/arbor. But I am looking at this table saw and trying to decide if it is worth using. Its the other stuff that I mainly bought it for. It was on a small work table packed with old craftsman motors tools, nice old machinist lamp etc. One of the items I got was this old table saw. Over the last two weeks I have purchase probably 500 lbs of tools and hardware from 2 estate sales very cheap.
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