Tool Gloat

Nice find. Lots of luck with the saw.

-- mrg

Nice gloat, I hope you have lots of enjoyment with your new saw.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Good for you !
That saw just needs a little love and will clean up beautifully.
I am still saddled with the craftsman for a few years :(

-- Scott "Some days you are the big dog, some days you are the fire hydrant"

That is a very good saw to have

-- Norman

enjoy

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Very cool Congrats!

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Powermatic tablesaws are great, we use the at school.

Enjoy your new tsaw.

Another CL find. Some mineral spirits, steel wool and a little elbow grease will have that looking like new in no time.

Congrats! Enjoy the new saw!

I see that saw has the Biesemeyer fence. You will really be pleased with it. I have a similar saw to this but made by Delta with the Biesemeyer fence. That fence is a great fence.

-- Hey, woodworking ain't brain surgery. Just do something and keep trying till you get it. Doc

Awesome find!

-- Got Wood? --- Somewhere along the way the people in Washington forgot that they are there to represent the people, not to rule them.

Nice find!

I am jealous, as I only have the 30-inch version, not the 50-inch like yourself. Of course, I don’t really have anywhere to put a saw that size! Sometimes I have to swivel it around to crosscut pieces.

I also picked mine up from CL (for $450).

So far, all of my power tools in my woodshop have come off of CL: Powermatic 64A tablesaw, Ridgid 15501 drill press, and a 14” Central Machinery bandsaw (still need to assemble it, as it was NIB). I am still searching for a used router table, plus a few other things such as a drum sander and maybe a planer if I can’t find a drum sander.

Enjoy the upgrade!

-- Jonathan, Denver, CO "Constructive criticism is welcome and valued as it gives me new perspectives and helps me to advance as a woodworker."

That will be real good saw for you. You shouldn’t need to replace it for a long time….............Good find….........Schloemoe

-- schloemoe, Oregon , http://www. woodrehab.blogspot.com

Nice, enjoy your new saw. Like the fence, so important. Once you cleaned up the top, give it some wax every so often. You will love it.

-- Div @ the bottom end of Africa. "A woodworker's sharpest tool should be his mind."

As a former school shop teacher you’ll want to sand off the table top rust with some wet/dry sandpaper about 360 or finer grit. Wet the paper with mineral oil. When you get the desired shine wax the top with a good automotive wax and buff. Wood will skate very easy on this surface.

Great find! Jealous…...

-- Ted Pagels, Green Bay, WI

Ted,

Did you mean to say mineral spirits, rather than mineral oil? I know people wet sand their table tops with mineral spirits, but I have not heard of using mineral oil.

-- Jonathan, Denver, CO "Constructive criticism is welcome and valued as it gives me new perspectives and helps me to advance as a woodworker."