What did you do in your shop today?

Sprung said:
Thanks!

I gotta say that I'm very happy for me too. :sarcastic:

I checked the serial number against the Delta serial number information on the VintageMachinery.org website and discovered that my saw was made in 1983 - which is the same year I was born. Thought that was pretty cool.

What wasn't cool, however, was the deer that decided to run into the side of the van on the way home tonight. Best I can figure is that the train coming from the opposite direction on the tracks that run parallel to the highway scared up a deer out of the ditch, which was probably in a full run - right into the side of the van. Very thankful to have been able to maintain control of the vehicle and that no one was hurt. (I was also, thankfully, the only one in the vehicle at the time.)

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Sorry about the van Matt, that really stinks! Still a cool score on the saw!
 
Well at least you'll have a memorable story about the day you picked up the saw. Glad it wasn't worse.
 
gman2431 said:
Dam deer! Bummer on the van but awesome on the saw! The Unisaw will be a nice addition!
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Deer are great climbers of steep terrain, so a dam would likely not have prevented the issue... Plus with the environmental movement of today its hard to dam anything.
 
Sprung said:
Thanks!

I gotta say that I'm very happy for me too. :sarcastic:

I checked the serial number against the Delta serial number information on the VintageMachinery.org website and discovered that my saw was made in 1983 - which is the same year I was born. Thought that was pretty cool.

What wasn't cool, however, was the deer that decided to run into the side of the van on the way home tonight. Best I can figure is that the train coming from the opposite direction on the tracks that run parallel to the highway scared up a deer out of the ditch, which was probably in a full run - right into the side of the van. Very thankful to have been able to maintain control of the vehicle and that no one was hurt. (I was also, thankfully, the only one in the vehicle at the time.)

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Matt you're talented so I'm sure you'll get a Handle on the van issue soon. Good luck with the paperwork. Same thing happened to me 10 years ago. The best deer vehicle memory was a bunch or us off in a meadow surrounded by woods. We packed my truck with supplies for a night of noise, food and beer. Sitting of our Nascar tires for chairs around a cooking campfire we heard a short rustle of brush followed by a loud metal bang. We all turned toward the noise to see the truck rocking. On the other side was a spike buck laying unconscious. My truck was crushed in behind the cab. We had beer, so it was all ok and went back to the fire-ring. Later on the spike staggered by us stumbling sideways through the meadow. Hilarious but also frustrating the next day when looking things over. Good luck again.
 
@Sprung
I have the same saw/vintage in my shop. Absolutely love it! Before changing the bearings you should check for arbor runout. I ended doing the arbor at the same time. Nice shut off switch you scored on. Is it 3 or single phase?
 
pinky said:
@Sprung
I have the same saw/vintage in my shop. Absolutely love it! Before changing the bearings you should check for arbor runout. I ended doing the arbor at the same time. Nice shut off switch you scored on. Is it 3 or single phase?
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Hmm, I might had to see about getting a dial indicator to check for runout then. Might have to find one on the cheap end - not certain my wife's going to approve many purchases for a while after getting the side of her van smashed in last night. I'll for certain be giving the arbor a good inspection while it's all apart, but checking for runout is probably a good idea.

You know, I'm not sure I'm going to actually use that switch. I hate how giant it is and since it is super easy to hit the stop with even just a light touch, I could see me bumping it way too easily. I do want to have some sort of safety switch. I am replacing a Ridgid R4512 with this and really like the switch on the Ridgid - and where I have it placed where I can easily bump it off with my hip. Am thinking of swiping it from the Ridgid to put on the Unisaw and putting a different safety switch on the Ridgid to sell it, provided it can handle the voltage/amperage.

It is a 3HP, single phase motor. I knew it was single phase and wired for 220v when I bid on it, but didn't know if it was 1 1/2HP or 3HP until I got the motor cover off and could see the motor information plate. I was pleased to find it to be the 3HP motor. Delta offered the Unisaw with three motor options at that time - 1 1/2HP (that could be wired for 110v or 220v) and 3HP single phase and 3HP three phase.
 
A friend of mine was driving on an urban Kansas City freeway when a spooked deer came out of nowhere and slammed into the side of her car, it's head came right through her drivers side window! Fortunately no one was hurt.... Nice score on the saw Matt!
 
Sprung said:
Hmm, I might had to see about getting a dial indicator to check for runout then. Might have to find one on the cheap end - not certain my wife's going to approve many purchases for a while after getting the side of her van smashed in last night. I'll for certain be giving the arbor a good inspection while it's all apart, but checking for runout is probably a good idea.

You know, I'm not sure I'm going to actually use that switch. I hate how giant it is and since it is super easy to hit the stop with even just a light touch, I could see me bumping it way too easily. I do want to have some sort of safety switch. I am replacing a Ridgid R4512 with this and really like the switch on the Ridgid - and where I have it placed where I can easily bump it off with my hip. Am thinking of swiping it from the Ridgid to put on the Unisaw and putting a different safety switch on the Ridgid to sell it, provided it can handle the voltage/amperage.

It is a 3HP, single phase motor. I knew it was single phase and wired for 220v when I bid on it, but didn't know if it was 1 1/2HP or 3HP until I got the motor cover off and could see the motor information plate. I was pleased to find it to be the 3HP motor. Delta offered the Unisaw with three motor options at that time - 1 1/2HP (that could be wired for 110v or 220v) and 3HP single phase and 3HP three phase.
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I have a dial indicator you could borrow if you like. Might be easier to borrow one locally but I'm willing to mail it.
 
pinky said:
I have a dial indicator you could borrow if you like. Might be easier to borrow one locally but I'm willing to mail it.
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Thanks for the offer, John! I'll keep that in mind if I can't find something locally.
 
Sprung said:
Thanks for the offer, John! I'll keep that in mind if I can't find something locally.
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Matt, I have one and a mag base to use it with if you're getting over towards Rochester at any point I can meet you and loan it out. Plus I think you still have my receiver bar :sarcastic:
 
Schroedc said:
Matt, I have one and a mag base to use it with if you're getting over towards Rochester at any point I can meet you and loan it out. Plus I think you still have my receiver bar :sarcastic:
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I do still have your receiver bar! :sarcastic: I don't know when I'm headed that way next, but I'm hoping to head your way sometime. Maybe on one of the days you'll be running the mill.
 
Had my issue with deers, and no dams don't stop them. First one I hit was on top of an ice covered dam. Have taken out 5 with vehicles so far! Totaled one vehicle, almost totaled another, did $80 worth of damage to one, ripped a wire off under the '13 dodge after steering into one centering it on the winch mount. Last one... Big trucks don't play when deer run into the side of them.

Great deal on the saw! Sorry to hear about the deer dampening your experience, but the van can be fixed, and it'll still be a good deal!!
 
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Well, I decided to get the arbor and bearings out of the Unisaw and check it all out. Arbor is toast and the whole assembly was missing a couple small parts, which may have been a factor in the arbor getting worn down. Time for some parts - hope to order those later today and start reassembling everything this weekend, pending arrival of the parts.

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I dread that too, I may move one more time. It wont be for a few years yet but Betty and I are talking about it a lot.
 
Yesterday the saw got wheels. And a lift. The table height of the Unisaw is 34". The Ridgid R4512 it's replacing has a table height of 37". I'm 6' 4" tall and didn't like the thought of a lower saw surface (or of having to rebuild the outfeed table I finished this summer), so I built into the mobile base a 3" riser for the saw to bring it up to 37" table height.

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Parts started coming in, so I started putting it back together today.

First I put in some rather quickly made slopes to help direct the sawdust to the collection port.

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Cleaned out the motor - somehow it was filled with sawdust. This is the capacitor area - it was packed full. Whole motor was like this. Cleaned out now!

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And started putting it all back together. Got the arbor assembly all back together (new arbor and bearings in there) and the motor mounted.

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Next up will be belts, which the new ones will be here Monday, and electrical.

Overall this saw has been rather easy to work on - looking forward to putting it to work once it's all back together.
 
After making approximately 20 trips between my two shop spaces, up and down the steps from the garage to the basement and back, to get tools and parts that were in the basement shop area or take care of some other things, I made a comment to my wife,

"I look forward to the day when I can have a shop space big enough to fit it all together instead of having two separate shop spaces."

Her response:

"I look forward to the day when I can park in the garage and you have your own separate shop space."

Oh, that would be nice... Insulated and climate controlled would be great too...
 
Managed to get some shop time in this morning. Wouldn't have been worthwhile to heat the garage for just this morning, so I headed down to the basement and worked a little more on the Delta 24" Scroll Saw restoration - it's been a while since I've done anything on it.

Today I put new bearings in the motor and got the motor put together. Put the motor on the saw and then moved it on to the base, after putting the base in the place where the saw will reside. And started putting it back together.

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And the rest of the decals went on. If you peek at the one above, you might see an additional one I added beyond replacing the originals. Wanted to put my mark on it for restoring it. Would help me remember when I restored it. And hopefully one day this saw will be passed down to one of my boys, so hopefully that's a detail they would appreciate then.

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Looking good Matthew, I have one similar to it that needs the same treatment.
 
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