To Dispose of this Table Saw or Not, or how to dispose of it.

[tinytim]

Looking for a bit of advice from the group.

Received grandpa's old Craftsman contractor's style table saw from dad recently. I asked him how old it was and he said "I got it from your grandfather in '68 and it was pretty old then."

Couldn't get a straight vertical cut on it from the front to the rear of a 3 inch crosscut in 3/4 inch red oak. Seems like the blade wobbles. Read a bunch of stuff on how to tune it up, but closer inspection found more problems. In checking the cast iron table top, it appears to have a downward deflection (just under 1/16 inch) from the blade insert to the front of the table. A friend says I could have it milled flat again, but there's more.

Saw is model number 113.22411. Sears parts has very little available. I can get an arbor bearing if that would solve the wobbly blade problem. The only information they have on it is a blurry exploded view available online. I prefer to have a manual with my power tools. Especially if I'm going to be taking it apart.

It also seems grandpa got a little creative with a new (well different at least) motor some time ago. RPMs and cuts seem a little slow compared to dad's new cheapo tabletop saw. There's no splitter, kickback device, or blade guard. The fence is settable, but barely. The miter guage is beaten and bent. Did I mention that it's wired with a house light switch and some flexible conduit?

A remodeling contractor I met said it's a lost cause after the description I've just given. I have nothing against old tools that still function (I think I actually have some nostalgia for this saw - I've known it since I was a kid), but I think I'm kicking a dead horse.

So here's the question. (finally)

Is this saw of value to anyone? Would a tinkerer want to even bother with something like this? If I do want to get rid of it, should I just take it to the dump or is there value to any of it?

Any thoughts are appreciated.

Tim.

[David Babcock]

I think you answered your own question. I have my Grandfathers old block plane that for some reason cannot be set right. I got so mad at it that I don't even think about using it..........but throw it away...............not ever!!! When I touch it, I can feel my long gone grandfathers hands on it, and almost smell his pipe.....course it takes up a lot less room than a TS.

Dave

[ATP]

Ebay.

[George M. Kazaka]

Take the bearing out and go to a bearing place they will match it up for a few dollars, bearings are not expensive, get a sanding disk plate and turn it into a sander,

[juan fandango]

I've got an old classic Craftsman 9" that I use for crosscuts etc. Can't rip much. I would love to have another cast iron wing so I can cut plywood easily. BTW, if it has a dual pulley wheel, they are hard to find (reasonable price) for the Craftsman.

[juan fandango]

What a great idea!

[Lawrence A. Ramsey]

Wel, if you can't turn it into an end table, I'd find someone who wants a "top notch, antique, killer table saw cheap". There are a LOT of them on this newsgroup that :

1: Think Craftsman sets the standard 2) Are convinced that a Unisaw or Powermatic 66 is overpriced at $700 3) Think " a saw is a saw is a saw is a saw is a ---" 4) Looking for REAL bargin.

[Sweet Sawdust]

[Jay Pique]

If you would please provide more information on where I could purchase either of those saws at that price, I'd be most appreciative.

JP

[Lawrence A. Ramsey]

[Jay Pique]

Oops! Jeez, I hope I haven't offended you so much that you now won't share your source for $700 Unisaws/PM66s!

JP

************************************************************************** $500 closer to a table saw : ) ....just sold my .270 Medallion : (

Only $200 to go!

[Lawrence A. Ramsey]

[Shawn]

I think there was some sarcasm in his statement for $700 Unisaws/PM66s.

Shawn

Jay Pique wrote:

[Sweet Sawdust]

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[Wade Lippman]

Put an ad in the paper. Somebody will pay $100 for it.

[Larry Jaques]

Then let's aim the sarcasm at the buyers at that price.

6 o' one, half dozen of the other.

I would have told the OP to put it all the nostalgic crap on Ebay with the saur at $50 and watch it skyrocket up to several hundred...for an 8-incher!

Speaking of strange things: I was in the post office yesterday and there was an interesting farmer's wife at the counter collecting lots and lots of stamps. Before her were several beanie babies. I don't know what she had sold, but she was cashing in a $4,000 postal money order for stamps. She left with a THICK portfolio of every imaginable denomination and imprinting, down to a single

3-cent stamp. The dozen people behind me and 2 in front of me watched this while a little pink haired lady got a post box and a young couple resealed their box 3 times and THEN did the paperwork and customs forms, etc.

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[John Thompson]

$4K worth of stamps?!? Good lord, is she gonna use them for expensive wallpaper?

I think the PO limits money orders to $750 or $1000 each, so she may have had more than one of those too?

John

[Mark]

A standard is nothing more than a point to be measured from.

$700?? You forgot tax and shipping. AND a saw isn't much good without a fence.

A saw is a saw? In a way, yes. It is. An old carpenter told me if your heads up your ass the best tools won't pull it out. From what I've seen, I think that's true.

And what's wrong with maximizing your money?

4 questionable and debatable points in one post.

[Larry Jaques]

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:39:26 -0600, John Thompson brought forth from the murky depths:

I believe I overheard her say something about pen pals so she's probably got a lot of Ebay sales to stamp.

It's possible. I didn't see the document.

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