Why I like Vintage Tools #8: The Finished Scroll Saw

A great job, Brian. It looks like it works as well as it ever did. Sure makes those plactic marvels look sad.

-- Thos. Angle

Fantastic! I really like that gold and black. Nice restore…

I love making old, run down things new again. Great job on this.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

“Sure makes those plactic marvels look sad.”

Thanks Thos., my thoughts exactly.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

I love the old saw. I have one, a sears and roebuck, that I got off ebay for 99 cents because no one wanted the poor thing. I stuck a power cord on it and it worked, so I will be cleaning it up and have some pics soon.

-- Gary, Missouri

Steve,

The colors match by Craftman 100 table saw, and after I restored my plane, I knew I was restoring all my Craftsman tools to this color.

Gary,

I look at how much I have spent for this saw – $10.00, and almost all my tools ($40.00 is the most I have spent), and wonder why people give this stuff away.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

Vintage glory nice fine nice work…Blkcherry

Thanks Blccherry.

A guy I went to school with has a car shop that deals with mostly old chevys. He calls it Old Gold. That’s how I look at these tools.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

Thanks for reading and I hope you see that just becasue it is old and dirty, doesn’t mean it can’t be cleaned up and used for another 60 years.

I believe this statement applies to more than just tools! Maybe some woodworkers too!

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

At 40 plus I am beginning to think the same way about myself. I think I clean up pretty well, but my wife would probably argue with me about that.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

I love old woodworking machines and the people who restore them. Nice job. The old machines are so honest. No gizmos, or worthless add-ons. I’ve been buying some older (but not vintage, yet) equipment off CL. Half the fun is cleaning them up and restoring the missing parts.

-- david roberts, houston area, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but that has never been a problem for me."

That came out great!

Nothing like an old tool.

It looks like you put on a new dust cover, I have the same saw and would like to know if you made it or was able to purchase it and if so , where?

-- Bob K. East Northport, NY

Dave – Thanks and you are so right! No frills on this one, and it is 10 times better than the one I bought new.

Bob – I had to break out the sewing machine and figure out how to make a dust boot. For now this one will do, but I want to make one our of canvass rather than one of my wife’s sheets. She didn’t like it when she tried to use the sheet and saw a big chunck missing from the corner.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

Very nice, I still have to finish the jointer I received before I jump into my scroll saws. I bought a pair of them earlier this fall and need to get at least 1 done for my friend for XMas

Mine are both King-Seely models as well, though the motor doesn’t mount to the casting.

marcb,
Thanks! I really like the King-Seeley lines and how they work. I guess an added benifit is that they don’t break. Every one of Craftsman tools are older than I am, I only wish I was running as smooth as they are. One problem you might experience is that if you restore one tool, then you will want to restore the other and then you will have to buy some more…
Good Luck.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

Nice job! I’m amazed at your wrok. Did you use any eletrolytic rust removal techniques?

Thanks Ratchet, nope just a lot of scrubbing with a wire brush and sanding.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

good restoration

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon