New Larger Table Saw (Delta unisaw)
This is my first time on lumberjocks and am new to woodworking. I converted my 2 car garage to a wood shop with basic woodworking power tools (bandsaw, planer, jointer, table saw, router and sander) that will help me with woodworking. I was not confident that I my continue woodworking as hobby so I never paid more than 150 dollars for a single used tool. Have been lucky so far in finding good deals.
Among them is a Bt3000 Ryobi table saw that was given to me by someone for free who inherited it and just wanted to clean up his garage. I fine tuned the machine, built dust collection and built a mobile base for it. Except that the saw is very loud and fence not that rigid, I like this saw and it fullfils my current needs. However it has not been super precise especially the sliding miter feature. I spent good amount of time tuning it but every time I replace the sliding miter from the saw it is no longer parallel with the blade. So I have been looking in Craigslist for months to see if I can buy a saw with cast iron and sturdier fence in a price range I can afford. A part of me wanted a bigger table and powerful motor (though other part of me said I dont need it )
I saw a post from a gentleman who wanted to get rid of tools he inherited as part of home purchase. He was flipping the house and wanted the tools gone away asap. The tools belonged to a retired navy engineer who spent lot of money on his tools and was using them to build structural members ( lot of 4 by 12s i guess) for this house.
He had a table saw and I checked the table saw and it seemed to run fine. i wrote the model number and did some basic research. It was Delta Platinum Unisaw with 50" Commercial Biesemeyer Fence System (Model 36-957) made in usa and in year 2000. it was 220V single phase 3 hp (the base of the saw is Model 36-941). It is a right tilting saw.
Did not have a clue how much it was worth. saw some forums and saw 700 will be a good deal. Finally after negotiation I picked it for for $750. ?In adidtion to table I got the following extras:
See more pictures here
https://photos.app.goo.gl/MpbQ7cHqw1pXdndD2
Now for the bad part
First thing to work on is the rust. Here are some pictures of the rust.
I need to come with plan to restore it to a state I can get it working.
Overall i am happy with purchase. I think it was a good deal and worth 750. But time will tell.
This is my first time on lumberjocks and am new to woodworking. I converted my 2 car garage to a wood shop with basic woodworking power tools (bandsaw, planer, jointer, table saw, router and sander) that will help me with woodworking. I was not confident that I my continue woodworking as hobby so I never paid more than 150 dollars for a single used tool. Have been lucky so far in finding good deals.
Among them is a Bt3000 Ryobi table saw that was given to me by someone for free who inherited it and just wanted to clean up his garage. I fine tuned the machine, built dust collection and built a mobile base for it. Except that the saw is very loud and fence not that rigid, I like this saw and it fullfils my current needs. However it has not been super precise especially the sliding miter feature. I spent good amount of time tuning it but every time I replace the sliding miter from the saw it is no longer parallel with the blade. So I have been looking in Craigslist for months to see if I can buy a saw with cast iron and sturdier fence in a price range I can afford. A part of me wanted a bigger table and powerful motor (though other part of me said I dont need it )
I saw a post from a gentleman who wanted to get rid of tools he inherited as part of home purchase. He was flipping the house and wanted the tools gone away asap. The tools belonged to a retired navy engineer who spent lot of money on his tools and was using them to build structural members ( lot of 4 by 12s i guess) for this house.
He had a table saw and I checked the table saw and it seemed to run fine. i wrote the model number and did some basic research. It was Delta Platinum Unisaw with 50" Commercial Biesemeyer Fence System (Model 36-957) made in usa and in year 2000. it was 220V single phase 3 hp (the base of the saw is Model 36-941). It is a right tilting saw.
Did not have a clue how much it was worth. saw some forums and saw 700 will be a good deal. Finally after negotiation I picked it for for $750. ?In adidtion to table I got the following extras:
- Bisemeyer fence with extension table
- Bismeyer crosscut fence
- Bismeyer auxillay fence
- Master plate
- Superbar
- Miter guage
- Delta tenoning jig
- 4 zero clearance throat plates ( unopened)
- 1 freud 50 teeth combination blade ( unopened)
- 1 8 in dado blade (unused)
- Mobile base
- Manuals
See more pictures here
https://photos.app.goo.gl/MpbQ7cHqw1pXdndD2
Now for the bad part
- There is rust on the table from neglect over years. Hopefully if it is only surface rust.
- The extension table seems to expanded or moved with time and is not level with the cast iron main table. This is causing the fence to catch at the interface where cast iron table meets the extension table.
- missing a part that holds the blade guard(splitter and anti kickback paws) at the back of the saw
- need to check alignment
- the saw was not hooked to dust collection so there is lot of dust in the base and tilting mechanism of the table saw.
First thing to work on is the rust. Here are some pictures of the rust.
I need to come with plan to restore it to a state I can get it working.
Overall i am happy with purchase. I think it was a good deal and worth 750. But time will tell.