We have Glue-up...

Had to pull the feet together with a clamp..

Front to back at the seat =19-1/4"....front of front foot to the back of the back foot=  19-1/4"   will come back later, drill a few holes, and glue in dowels through the glue joints...1/4" dowel is laying on the bench,too..

What's on my bench?

Somewhere, there is a bench under there?

Working on it.

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Stopped for Lunch, but..

10 mortises are done...only 20 more to go..

 

I worked on another Craftsman table saw. I cross-cut a 3" piece of hardwood with no problem but bogs down ripping a 3/4" piece of pine and everything looks fine with the fence it's +1/64th on the outfeed end and the blade is parallel to the tacks.

My old Craftsman that looked just like your photos would do fine using a thin sharp blade for most cuts.   Mine was a hand-me-down from an Uncle, and now is in the hands of a Niece of mine.  Served me well while I had it. 

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I have one in the basement, a large one in the barn and this one is going to my son who is bringing back my first TS that I'llrebuild to give to my grandson: all Craftsman.

 My first table saw was a Craftsman. Never liked the how fence would line up. I installed a Biesmeyer fence and loved it. When I bought my Jet TS I installed the Biesmeyer fence on it and put the original fence back on the Craftsman .Sold the Jet fence which was a nice fence too.

I'll agree about the fence mine had.  Learned to shove it snug up to the table before locking it.  By the time I gave it to my brother in law I was using a folded piece of cardboard to shim the end as otherwise it wouldn't get tight enough.  Warned my B.I.L. about that and figured since he was an engineer he might be able to fix it, or as it was free to him he could pop for a replacement 3rd party fence.   

I put a Vega fence on the first saw I rebuilt, the last two saws I found had the rack adjuster knob on the fence that I like a lot, except for the fact I always turn it in the wrong direction. 

We have work to do..

Chopping the through Mortise into the Arm Rest for the bench

What's on my workbench?  Not what you'd expect. I was moving some  things out for disposal and one was a plastic bottle of dandelion killer concentrate. It slipped out of my hand and hit my work desk. The lid popped off when it hit and splattered on one corner, as well as on my hands.  As a Viet vet with agent orange damage, I ran into the house to rinse and wash ASAP. I opened all the doors and did a cleanup with fans blowing, with all my PPE.  I then removed the dest top and tossed it. I cleaned up  (with protection) all that I could see and installed 3 fans to push and move all the air in the garage thru the open double door. The next day I repeated the whole clean up procedure. The fans still running. When the odor was gone, I installed a new plywood desk top. 

 Next I had a super sensitive odor detector(wife) inspect after the garage was closed up and no fans running. (She can detect odors a mile away) I got the "all clear" and am back in my shop. I still have all doors open, as usual this time of the year.

 

A new load of pallets, the softwoods are going to a rebuild of Firewood storage and Hardwood for projects. Six more in the car.

Edited May 25, 20233 yr by frenchwwr

We have work to do...

All of these needed a refresh..so..

Cloth wheel and a green crayon to "Unicorn" things back to SHARP....

 

Need to clear off the bench....to start on this pile..

Might just be a box in there, somewhere?

5 hours ago, frenchwwr said:

A new load of pallets, the softwoods are going to a rebuild of Firewood storage and Hardwood for projects. Six more in the car.

Nice looking load of pallets Kevin,  Rembering a post you made some time ago about a Craftsman saw you were repaireing You said it bogged down when making a 3/4" rip cut. Have you tried using a thin kerf blade for ripping,  Used them on my old craftsman because of the lower power.  Never had any issues with them.

I've been to my buddy Bill Smith's bag and horn shop a few times lately...here's some random workbench pics.

 

 

 

 

On 5/25/2023 at 10:03 AM, frenchwwr said:

A new load of pallets, the softwoods are going to a rebuild of Firewood storage and Hardwood for projects. Six more in the car.

 

Hey Kevin, what sort of business do you get those large pallets from?

working on a new chair

 

10 minutes ago, kmealy said:

working on a new chair

 

isn't that ''tiresome'' 

rj in az

Need to move this off of the bench...

So I can either clean up the weekend's tool finds...or..start on the box this lid goes to..

About time to get these installed?

Choice of Latches...Small Hook..or Large Brass Bail latch....Hmmm....might have the bail wrong....

Hinges are what was on hand...