Great thread. Thanks for posting your step-by-step progress.
Mike
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Great thread. Thanks for posting your step-by-step progress.
Mike
Nicely done David. It's finally home to Papa. My 66 has the same Incra miter gauge. BTW your Youtube link has been truncated and doesn't work. Would love to see you playing a Koa Takamine!
Doug
Thanks, Doug!
Ah, did not realize that link was no good. I'll take it out of my signature. Here it is - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSp...4AJEp6qHC7C44A. We just posted an old song, Power In The Blood, but the drums and bass were too loud (I can't do anything about how it sounds out front but it sounded right in our monitors). We're doing an original song this Sunday and I'll post it, assuming I don't mess up the finger picking! :eek: Subscribe and you'll get the new ones as we put them up (we only do about one a month).
Thanks on the 66!! It's a great saw and an equally good miter gauge.
Thanks, Dale! It came out well and I've had a couple of guys over who commented on my 'new' saw. Makes ya' feel all teary eyed, don't it! LOL! ;)
Thanks, Mike. I probably take too many photos when I work on something but that's just part of my enjoyment. Glad you liked it!
David,
Great restoration! I like the black color. I have a Powermatic 14" bandsaw, and have never been all that crazy about the color. I actually think Powermatic should have kept the black color, maybe as an option, that they used on the anniversary editions a couple years ago.
Great thread, but..... what happened to the jointer??????
Same process, almost. Turned out the motor was good and I chose not to sandblast/repaint. I put a new link belt, new balanced cast iron pulleys, sharpened the knives, new bearings in the cutterhead, and set the tables to coplanar.
It started out like this -
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And now it's like this -
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It's so smooth I set a nickel on the outfeed table, started the jointer, jointed a board, shut it down, and the nickel never fell. Then I bought a PM 54a, so the Delta is for sale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-nxrDFgqbc
Wow David-that is one impressive restoration job. Congratulations on resurecting a wonderful tool and I hope you enjoy it for many years to come.