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I have completed my 4th restore of a Powermatic 66 Table saw.
I found this 1970 saw when I went to look at a Delta HD shaper. The saw had a 2 hp 3 ph motor. I completely tore the saw apart, stripped paint, cleaned parts & painted. The saw came with the original Jetlock style fence. I had a 50" Biesemeyer fence & mobile base that came off of a 1995 Powermatic 66 that I use in my shop. I installed a new 3 hp 1 ph motor, built a custom motor cover & extension table.
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Nice Work!!!!
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Nice restore!!!!!
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Awesome Chris!!
How did you make the top look sooo good?
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Super clean looking. I like seeing old tools restored like this. Excellent work, and I like the touch of the real wood faces for the fence system. What wood did you use for that? It looks great. Also, you say this is the 4th Powermatic 66 you have restored, do you typically just restore these and sell them or do you do so much woodworking that you actually need 4 saws?
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I did some searching through your other posts about restoring saws. Nice job on all of them. I guess I know what you do with them now, but I am still curious about the wood on that fence. I have an Aluma-Classic Shop Fox fence and I was considering replacing the stock extruded aluminum faces with something solid like MDF. Now I'm thinking that it would look much nicer if I used real wood.
Last edited by Tim Thomas; 09-04-2008 at 4:01 PM.
If I could ever finish working on my shop, maybe I could find the time to start working in my shop.
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Beautiful restoration. If I ever need my 66 refurbished I know who to contact.
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Awesome work.
Do you restore them for the pleasure of doing so and just nab one whenever you see an old cheap one with potential? Or do you do this for other people (either customers for some profit or just for friends and let them cover the costs of your labor and parts?)
Either way, beautifully done. Before I took a different route of getting a new tablesaw I thought about refurbishing an old PM66 or Uni, and imagine I would have had a TON of fun doing it.
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A work of art Chris. Beautiful.
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Great job!Oh, how I love those old PMs.
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Beautiful job. Wish I had the time, patience and skill to do that.
Where did I put that tape measure...
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Awesome Chris!!
How did you make the top look sooo good?<<
Sorry Mike, I just had to join you with this question. So Chris, how DO you get the top to look so good?
Brad
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Thanks for all of the kind replies.
I restored this saw for fun. It is not very often I run across the early 66s.
I am not sure what I will do with it yet.
The fence faces are walnut.
The top was finished with a Festool RO150 random orbit sander. I started with 180 grit Rubin paper & work up through the grits of Rubin & Brilliant paper until I get the look I want.
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A real thing of beauty and a saw anyone would like in their shop.
Grant
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BEAUTIFUL!
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Great job on the rebuild. I have to replace the bearings on my Griz 1029. How hard is it to do? looks Like you have done a few. Whats the procedure?
Thanks,
Rick
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