I love these guessing games on species of wood.........from photos.        My guess is hickory.

John Moody said:

Nice job Lew. What kind of wood is the new handle?

I like the shape. My choice for "feets" would be probably either lathe turned bun or apple.

 

I'm having a tough time with the lid due to the shape of the sides. BUT think about this. Turn your box upside down. Your lid will become the bottom and install bracket feet. Then lets try to figure out a top? 

 

That's what is rattling in my head.

 

Or just send it to me I will make a lunch pail out if it....heheheh...Just Joking

 

-Ace-

 

Oh John Morris, what is up with those underlines....its happening again???

 

 

 

 

 

 

John.......I want to wait a bit before I follow up here. I want some good feedback..............and you got it started buddy!!!
John Moody said:

Very nice Gary. I love the way you did the roll on the ends and the miter corners. I think the bottom looks a little heavy for the size of the box, but that's

IMHO

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I like the soft finish.

 

I have never used those hinges, but I like them. I bet they are a bear to install.

My guess boxelder.

Gary Heltemes said:

I love these guessing games on species of wood.........from photos.        My guess is hickory.

John Moody said:

Nice job Lew. What kind of wood is the new handle?

John,

 

I have only been on the forum for about a day, but I had to laugh when I read your post on working on a Unisaw last weekend..........long story short .........I was / am in the process of restoring 2 Unisaws so I was likewise working on Unisaws last weekend. One for each of my sheds, but I have a bit more of an undertaking than just cleaning and waxing my table tops.......I mean complete overhauls of both saws including rebuilding the motors. Over the last few years I have acquired several Unisaws in various stages of disrepair and that is a long story also cause I thought that I was going to settle on restoring 2 Unisaws of the late 40s early 50s vintage and wanted plenty of parts options thus the overabundance of Unisaws, but then I found my first 1939 Unisaw and I was hooked and changed collecting directions to wanting to restore a couple 1939s for my sheds. 1939 was the first year for the Unisaw and for some reason the only year that Delta used the 4 distinctive cast iron feet for the base before going to a cast iron plinth the next year (1940) ......there is some few months carry over, but basically the 4 footer Unisaw is known to be made in 1939.

 

Here are a couple of pics of each 1939 that I am restoring. As mentioned in the pics the second Uni was previously owned by the Lockheed Aircraft Co. when they were located in Burbank, CA. I acquired 3 Delta machines ( the 1939 Unisaw / a 1940 pedestal grinder / and a 1941 - 12" disc sander) some 6 years ago from a machinery dealer that bought them from Lockheed when they closed the plant in Burbank in the early 1990s. He has had them in storage for several years and I was very fortunate to have been able to acquire them..........call me nuts but machines like these  

 

This is as pic taken by the previous owner in his shop.

 

 

This is a picture of the homemade dust collection vent (lower right of saw) that was placed in the side of the cabinet that I wanted to make a patch panel repair on to take it back to original. 

 

Here is a pic of the .085" thick patch panel that I cut and placed in place ready to MIG weld in place with my trusty little Lincoln 125 SP which is a small 115 volt MIG welder that is super handy for thin sheet metal work up to about 1/4". I like to cut these to a snug fit which is sometimes hard to do, but maybe I just got lucky on this one......

 

Another 2 views with magnetic clamps in place ready to tack weld into place. I could have welded this in place without the aid of magnetic clamping, but I would had to make my tack welds very small to hold down contortion of the metal so I opted for the magnets ............ they are worth their weight for some applications. 

 

 

Here are a few pics of my other 1939 Uni that was formerly owned by the Lockheed Aircraft Company in Burbank, CA. It had the oval hole in the cabinet "relieved" to accept a larger motor as shown in the first pic.

 

 

 

Fortunately the person at Lockheed that relieved the cabinet placed the cabinet cut-out inside on the floor of cabinet. I was soooooo relieved to find this when I was unloading the saws. I could have fabricated one, but this was a slam dunk to repair. 

 

 

If I have posted too many pics or bored anyone please let me know and I will back off the illustrations next time........

 

Thanks ~ Dan 

Re-sawn maple drawer bottoms.

Front view with the Gary pulls 

 

Now I need to mount the pediment...finish sand to 180. Spray my dye and stain. Woo! Hoo!

John Moody said:

 

Hey Ace, have I missed the picture of the whole piece? I would love to see the entire piece posted if possible. I like the pulls and it does make more sense since you said you were trying to match something.

Great stuff Dan and it sure is nice to have you here. Your experience in machine rebuilding is awesome. Thanks my friend. bob

Wow Ace, that looks great. Are you going with the pediment that you turned? The William and Mary pulls are  a different touch on a Queen Anne lowboy. I know they match your piece that you have. Can't wait to see the finish. It will be great. bob

Guess the unisaw and lowboy somehow all fit together in this thread. Sure makes for lots of interesting comments

bob

Thanks for the compliments Bob, but your project is waaaay purdier than mine.......plus I'm several hours behind you on the completion of our projects........

 

That is one nice looking lowboy.........thanks ~ Dan 

 

Dan ~ thinkin that I need to invite several of my woodworking buddies and a few of my old woodworking students to join this forum. 

Ok..........here'my take on this THING. Yes, the legs are way to big for the size of the box. It would be nice to own a lathe (to turn some small legs/feet) ..... maybe someday.........someday real soon. I think I seen a comment about a lunch box. Ya..........I can see a lunch box there. But what I see is one of them things they find the mummies (pharo's) in.

No.........it will not be going to our woodworking club show.

Opps......I think I entered this in lewis's response. Sorry about that

Lewis Kauffman said:

Very Nice!

I need to try those hinges, someday.

Lew

 

Gary Heltemes said:

Ok.............here it is!!!! In all it's glory. I'm almost ashamed to show this to the world of woodworkers. It came together, but I think it is downright U G L Y !!!!!

 On the plus side, this was the first time I have used the quadrant hinge.....having to make mortise's at a right angles plus a mortise for the stopper mechanizm. Oh ya......the box and apron are walnut the top and legs are teak.

Ace...........have at it sir.

Well, this sure turned out to be a curvy topsy turvy wonderfully interesting thread! The low boy looks awesome,

Dan, you can't bore people here, specially with good stuff like you have.

We love pictures, we love posts, and we love anything that has to do with wood and the machinery and tools that make it happen. Don't back off!

Lewis, where'd you get the rivets? I have 2 knives to fix for a customer and can't find rivets at a reasonable price for the right size.  The rivets I do have won't work so I assume they are for METAL not wood.

Lewis Kauffman said:

A replacement knife handle is finished!

 

Gary, it is a great box. I would take it to the woodworking club. It is also a piece of art and meant to be displayed.

 

John

 

Gary Heltemes said:

Ok..........here'my take on this THING. Yes, the legs are way to big for the size of the box. It would be nice to own a lathe (to turn some small legs/feet) ..... maybe someday.........someday real soon. I think I seen a comment about a lunch box. Ya..........I can see a lunch box there. But what I see is one of them things they find the mummies (pharo's) in.

No.........it will not be going to our woodworking club show.

Opps......I think I entered this in lewis's response. Sorry about that

Lewis Kauffman said:

Very Nice!

I need to try those hinges, someday.

Lew

 

Gary Heltemes said:

Ok.............here it is!!!! In all it's glory. I'm almost ashamed to show this to the world of woodworkers. It came together, but I think it is downright U G L Y !!!!!

 On the plus side, this was the first time I have used the quadrant hinge.....having to make mortise's at a right angles plus a mortise for the stopper mechanizm. Oh ya......the box and apron are walnut the top and legs are teak.

Ace...........have at it sir.

Dan, That is soooo cool. I know what I am doing is no where near the level you are on your saws. If I started that I am not sure LOML would be happy. I already have waaayyy to many hobbies. I love to see these great pieces of equipment given another life.

 

Thanks for the tips on mine. I may be leaning on several of you as I go along in getting it to what I want it to be. I really want to close it up and setup the dust collection as much as I can. That is one reason I really wanted a cabinet saw. I am going to give it a shot at making the motor cover, but if I have to I will go ahead a purchase one.

Ace, I really like the lowboy. Very nice job!!

Mr. John Moody.............SIR!!!!       You shore do know how to make a guy feel good.     But..........there ain't no way it's going to be displayed along with other woodworkers items. NO WAY.  Hehehehe