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  1. 01-01-2008, 3:41 PM #1
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    Powermatic 66 Restore Complete.

    About a month ago I sold 3 machines & took a heavly used 1991 Powermatic 66 as part payment. I have been using Unisaws in the shop, but decided I wanted to give the PM 66 a try. After I got into it, I found the saw to be in pretty good shape. I replace bearings, polished the table, changed the motor to 3 phase, added a Unifence, repainted & built an outfeed table. I had an Excalbur sliding table on the Unisaw, so I added it to the PM66. The metal motor cover would not work with the Excalbur table so I built a wood motor cover. I am very happy with the way it turned out.









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  3. 01-01-2008, 4:04 PM #2
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    Most Excellent!!! Great job it really looks awesome...
    I can sure make a mean pile of Saw Dust !!!
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  4. 01-01-2008, 4:11 PM #3
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    That turned out great. Nice looking shop too. Have you done a shop tour yet?
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    Beautiful work Chris, everything turned out superb.
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  6. 01-01-2008, 4:48 PM #5
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    I agree...VERY NICELY DONE!!
    Now, is that OSB on the floor? What type of finish does it have on it? And I second Bruce's comment. We need a shop tour complete with more pictures! Jim.
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  7. 01-01-2008, 5:11 PM #6
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    Excellent setup for this saw. I really like the infeed / outfeed setup that you have. You have another vote here for a post of a shop tour. Thanks for sharing your restoration.
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  8. 01-01-2008, 5:12 PM #7
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    Hi
    Where did you get the new motor? I've got the same table saw, held up fine with many years of hard use on wood and aluminum.
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    Very nice job. What was your method for polishing the table top?

    Thanks,

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  10. 01-01-2008, 6:19 PM #9
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    All I can say is Wow.... talk about making a diamond out of a lump of coal.. Well Done
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  11. 01-01-2008, 6:44 PM #10
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    Thank for all of the replies.

    Bruce,
    I have not done a shop tour. I have been making alot of changes in the shop the last 2 months. I still have a few more to do. I will see after that.

    Jim,
    That is OSB on the floor. The shop has a crawl sapce. I finished it with 3 coats of polyurathane.

    Rob,
    The motor was an older 3hp 3ph motor I had on hand.

    Bodie,
    The top was the biggest challenge. Someone had used a belt sander with a coarse belt on the top. It had alot of scratches. I did not want to spend the money to have the top reground. I used my Festool Rotex 150 sander to resurface the top. I started with 100 grit paper & worked up to a micron grit paper that I use on solid surface tops. I got most of the scratches out.
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  12. 01-01-2008, 6:47 PM #11
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    Absolutely Fabulous!

    Wow! What a sawing station! I'm jealous.

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  13. 01-01-2008, 6:53 PM #12
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    Chris -

    Beautifully done - are the drawer/storage under the extension wing homemade?

    Fabulous work - love the outfeed table (that's the way to do it if you have room).

    Lastly -- is that an old General Lathe way in the back?

    NICE SHOP!!!
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  14. 01-01-2008, 7:02 PM #13
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    Thumbs up

    Great job....it does my heart good to see a nice piece of machinery restored!
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  15. 01-01-2008, 7:05 PM #14
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    Very nice. So what's the verdict on the PM vs Unisaw switch? Just curious.
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  16. 01-01-2008, 7:09 PM #15
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    What a great restoration... You did great!....
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