Good progress so for Rj. Worth the time invested for a tool of this caliber. To spruce up the outside of the cabinet you might try some of THIS.

Choice of antique tractor restorers. I couldn't locate locally so got my off the "bay". Works great IMO.

yes i use flitz on a lot of gun work i do for slight polishing, amazing stuff.

here are some pictures of odds and ends i had to fix due to corrosion, and damage on removal, even with a brass punch it managed to bell and change some fittings.

 

the first picture is of the full tilt shaft, and shows how the locking mechanism works, the two cone shaped pcs, insert into the hole in the half and the tapered end once screwed in forces them out into the race hence locking the shaft or tile mechanism in place. 

the rest are how i had to fix burrs, and misc, so everything works as intended. 

remember what a couple ole millwrights who i worked with back in early 70s, i'm adding more fiber washers, as they will retain some lubricant and help seal the chases from soem dust, at least thats my thinking process. Made the washers out of gasket material, and will add more to make them a tad thicker, seems i had punches for gasket making when i was building engines, but alas, they have gone the way of the dodo, hehe, who knows where.

had to stop assemble as i have to run a tap down the shaft for the locking mechanism as shown, the original one was lost, the one in pictures is for the height lock. the interior threads are corroded and i am unable to get the locking mechanism to work correctly due to that, so the tap is due to day along with a die, as i have purchased and begining to file and machine a couple bolts, and hopefully have a friend tig weld them and i can make a new knob. and then aneal it. 

see whut happens, just taking longer than i intended, as i want this project over so i can get into the stages of some other items. 

happy hump day

rj in az

 

Love the rattail file handle with the wound wire. I've got a couple similar bought an auction.

Gonna take some TLC to get that saw blade functional again.

well managed to get'r done today, an ex employee came over and assisted in the battle to install carriage, and wire up new switch and general harrassement of the old guy. 

 

i had to use a tap and clean up the nastiness in the tilt handle to accommodate a new made knob lock, i'll start on that in a day or so, but goal was to get it up and running today, so we did'. 

there is a trick to installing carriage, there is a keeper with a bolt that will allow you to detach the tilt frame from the main carriage, both exterior tilts mechanisms are independent of the main carriage which has motor and height adjustments, removing the bolt and rotating the alum keeper allows you to dissasemble the unit and actually get it in the cabt. without having to remove the tilt shaft and attempt to install it while in cabt. they don't show you that on any videos in regards to taking them apart or installing. makes it easey peasy.

 

one pic shows me tapping the shaft , well cleaning the threads and then one can barely see the tip of the pointer which will force the cones shaped pieces to open and tighten shaft against the race. 

so tuned the top, but alas, i forgot to remove the 9inch piece and mvoe to the other side of saw. so.............in order to remove the extention i have to pull top, and i did put some foam on main cabt. up against the cast iron top to seal a little better, and i do need to really work on the cast iron top before i wax and seal, 

but saw cuts awesome, like its cousin already in use, and now i've ordered a rotary type switch so i can have both hard wired, and still have ability to kill power to them, with the rotary switch i can only run one at a time, allowing me to utilize one circuit to two pieces of equipt. 

yeehaw. 

glad this one is in the bag, now to make two new tables for extention for the 56 inch fences, and all is golden.

rj in az

 

ps the clip seen in pic 7 is the clip that will allow seperation of that section of the carriage to ease install. 

and we had to take apart the old switch and then compare it to the other saw i have up and running to wire the new switch as the new switch did not come with any direction at all for which terminals for in and lout. go figure, anyhows, only had to re attach the wires to different terminal and boom, off we went. 

 

Looking good RJ. 

I'm surprised the locking bullets weren't made of brass. (Those cone shaped pieces) I've only ever seen them in brass. 

yes i was surprised, but were made of steel, and soft steel at that, they easily corroded over the years, i filed and cleaned them up to get them to move thru slot eaisier, so we will see. 

rj

Great progress Rj. Good to see it with the "lid" back on. 

so, the struggle is real on layout, of both saws, lol, i had an idea in beginning to marry them on same table one at one end and one at the other, but finding a uni fence rail longer than the norm is ugly for sure, so............see what comes of my search for a rail or...............perhaps just put them back to back, the advantage would be to have a great working surface for assembly, i dont normally use the saw tops or tables for large assembly, but with shop space becoming sparce, may be an option, see what kind of fences are available, i would like to have at least 50 plus inches on cut side of blade on each saw. 

happy friday, dealing with credit cards being  hacked, it all came from Amazon, ugly situtation

 

Rj in az

 

well been a good am, decided to marry the saws back to back see dwg. found a uni fence rail today on offer up for cheap, negating needing a new fence for saw if i set up this way, and allows me to set up both saws differently. 

only have to build the support legs and frame and redo both tables, with some new melamine, the older saw is showing some ugly wear, i've neglected installing a new table top, so its on the to do list. may just laminate them since i have the laminate to do so. 

see whut happens, 

now to dig thru the metal material stack and see if i have some square tubing, and angle iron, probably wrong size, so off to the metal store i go. lol

happy days

Rj in az

 

well rotary switch showed up, appears to be a simple install, just gotta hit the dipshow store and grab a fitting to tie into j box with 220v plug. love this as it will allow complete power shut down, and can only run one piece of equip. at a time negating the possibility of blowing a breaker by using two at time.

will get it installed sometime today.