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I waited a long time to have a saw like this saw was built in 1940.

These pictures are of what I've been told is a 1940 unisaw that I

purchased 12-18-2004 for $200.

The finished cost was about $900.00  .

During the rehab I had a lot of  help from  my  close friend Carey

as well as the use of his shop to do the work in.

The rehab included painting, new 220 volt 3 hp motor,

new motor cover door,switch & 50" Shopfox fence.

Carey & I worked together in the assembly of the tables

Carey  did  routing  on the tables which required quite a

 bit of routing for access to the mounting bolts to fasten it

to the saw top.

I then brought the saw home to my shop & assembled it.

Its as I have heard there is a big big difference between a

contractors table-saw & a cabinet-saw.

 

 
This is how the saw looked when I received it.

The saw was painted light green right over the rust.
Nice & shiny ain't it.

Carey spent some time with a random orbit sander on the top & polished it right up.

It took me a little bit longer to sand the case down.
Holey but not rusty any more.

I used play sand in my little sand blaster to blast the cast iron plinth around the bottom & hand sanded the centers of the hand wheels.
The Rebel in its new clothes

I had planned to paint the saw grey with black trim.  What can I say. I LIKE TO BE DIFFERENT!!!!
Under the hood is a high powered motor!!!!

With the time & money & other things that go into a shop I just couldn't afford a Delta motor so this is a 3 HP Grizzly motor. It bolted right in with no problems & works great. At about $100 less. I also purchased the door from Grizzly.
A shot across my favorite 8' long Unisaw.

This shot shows the saw fully assembled in my shop with the fence & router table.
I wanted a Unisaw for some time & place to store all the bits & blades.

I really like to see matched fronts on cabinet doors & drawers yes even in the shop. However you probably won't ever see expensive hardwoods in my shop cabinets. So far my cabinets are made from Fir & Hemlock. This cabinet is Fir with a Alder face frame.