Unisaw 34-450 restoration #1: Starting from zero
About three months ago, I wanted to build a small furniture piece for my rec room. This quickly ballooned (as these things do) into putting together a full workshop. The plan to pick up an old $100 portable saw morphed into a recent contractor saw, and then on a whim, into a cabinet saw. The find: I discovered a late 1960s 34-450 Unisaw listed on CL for $500. No fence, miter gauge, blade guard, table, tools, or mobile base. Just a saw. Two weeks later, it was relisted for $250. The saw was formerly in operation at a cabinet shop, but was sitting in a closet for at least five years. We eventually settled on $100. In the process of taking the thing apart to fit it into my van, the sel...
