Finally finished!!! DeWalt GWI RAS

[Cary Falk]

I have been dragging my feet on this one. It got sidelined for the Scroll saw I posted a few weeks ago. Most of the hold up was because I was not looking foward to turning the knobs. It was missing a couple and my wife thought it deserved something hand turned. I have never turned spheres before. They always seemed intimidating. I also had to make a new rip scale and miter scale. A friend of mine was restoring a GWI also. He made the pattern up in Excel and gave me a copy. I got a wild hair today and decided to finish it all up.

Here is the before pic. I was looking at it on CL and my wife looks over my shoulder and says "That's pretty you should buy it". You don't have to tell me twice. She noticed it in the garage a couple of days later and asked what it was. I told her it was that pretty on CL that she told me to buy. Her response, "That ugly thing?"

[Alan Schwabacher]

Has your wife changed her mind back to her original position now you've fixed it up? It looks pretty nice to me, and it should be a pleasure to use now.

[Cary Falk]

Has your wife changed her mind back to her original position now you've fixed it up? It looks pretty nice to me, and it should be a pleasure to use now.

I think she is happy with it now.

[Neil Brooks]

She's an outright beauty.

Great job !

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Just color me jealous as one can be. There is only two major tools I would like to add to my shop. A real planer to replace my lunchbox planer and a RAS. I am jeolous!

Congrats on a job well done!

[Randy Dutkiewicz]

Cary,

All I can say is WOW! Phenomenal job!!! Now go and get it a little "dirty" with sawdust

Randy

[david brum]

Oh man, that's beautiful. I love the turned knobs. I think I'll steal that idea. I like your choice of white also. Always tasteful.

Did you make a Mr Sawdust table?

[Cary Falk]

Oh man, that's beautiful. I love the turned knobs. I think I'll steal that idea. I like your choice of white also. Always tasteful.

Did you make a Mr Sawdust table?

The knobs are rosewood with a coat of BLO. It is a Mr. Sawdust table.

[Sam Layton]

Cary, your saw looks outstanding. I have a GWI I am going to restore. Did you replace the bearings, and what type of paint did you use?

Great job, Sam

[Jerome Hanby]

If you upload the pics to SMC then everyone can see them (at least if they can access SMC). Many networks block public hosting sites.

[Cary Falk]

Cary, your saw looks outstanding. I have a GWI I am going to restore. Did you replace the bearings, and what type of paint did you use?

Great job, Sam

Sam,
I relpaced the motor bearings. The bearings for the carriage were $25 a piced so I think I will hold off. Mine seem to turn just fine. I used Rustoluem rattle can. The colors are White and Charcoal Metalic.

[Doug Morgan]

Cary
Great job. It looks fantastic.

[Kevin Presutti]

Cary,
Very Nice! Mr. Sawdust (Wally Kunckle) says the GWI is the finest saw ever. I own a GA which I hope turns out as nice. I only have a few knobs and they are all there but should I feel the need to change I know who does a great job! For anyone look for bearings try this link http://www.owwm.com/files/PDF/FAQ/BearingID.pdf .


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Again nice job Cary! Kevin

[Jerome Hanby]

I'm missing a round knob or two on my GWI and I'm gong to blatantly steal your idea for the knobs and replace them all. Since my wife is the turner (my one modern era turning project was basically a stick), I bet I can get her to turn them for me! I'm guessing that you drilled them and installed a threaded insert to match the original knobs?

Great job!

[Cary Falk]

I'm guessing that you drilled them and installed a threaded insert to match the original knobs?

Great job!

I took 2 nuts of the correct size and ground them down and then put a couple of flats on them. I epoxied them into an appropiate sized hole. I used an appropiate sized bolt (head cut off) held in a chuck to hold the wood while I turned it. I doubt you would find inserts for most of the sizes.