"David F. Eisan" wrote in news:KZcfe.4924$ snipped-for-privacy@nnrp1.uunet.ca:
I embarked on the same project today, but out of necessity. The other day when cutting some tenon checks my trusty Atlas (vintage early 1950's) cabinet saw made a "random width adjustment." I thought maybe I had screwed up and made the sacraficial fence a sacrafice. When I went to take off the dado blade & put on the saw blade, the arbor had shifted 1/4 inch to the right. Figured I trashed the bearings so disassembly seemed in order.
With a longstanding broken motor adjustment bolt, I had to disassemble from the top down and finally got the motor off. Both the motor and arbor double v-belt pulleys were canted (but parrallel)and jambed on. The problem turned out to be only a arbor collar loosing it's allen screw.
So with only two pieces of cypress to rip to finish my chairs for the deck, I now have my trusty saw in as many pieces as you. It seems that in addition to a single allen screw for the collar, I need new double v-belt pulleys. Grizzly seems to be the only source, so while I wait for them I'll be wire brushing and repainting also. I'll post some picts also when I'm moving along. All I have now is a less organized pile of parts than you :)
Talked to SWMBO about Unisaw for Father's Day, but my old pile of Atlas parts looked a lot like your old Unisaw parts and in the 25 years I've owned it, it's been spot on. I didn't touch the trunion bolts so when it goes back together (I hope), it should remain parallel.
Mine came from an old Italian cabinetmaker, no history like prison inventory tags, but for a 50+ year old saw it's pretty slick.
Jerry