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Jimmy King

11-29-2003 15:27:26

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I just came up from the basement a while ago after wiring in a new switch and plug on my table saw. My Dad bought the saw before I was born, I turned 62 thanksgiving day. Mom and Dad got married April 12, 1936. So it is some where between then. Craftsman model #103.0206. I remember Dad telling he bid a cabnet job then bought the saw and the job paid for it.

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Kevin

11-30-2003 16:11:39

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Re: Old Table Saw in reply to Jimmy King, 11-29-2003 15:27:26

I was at an USDA building last week. It had a 12" Dewalt RAS that has to be at least 60, if not 70 years old. I'd say it could cut out to 36" at 90 degrees. A guy there said it gets used regularly and there was a picture nearby of 1500 board feet of boardwalk that had been made in the shop year before last. P.S. Those old Craftsmans usually are 8". You can get blades right off the shelve at my local farm store. Many people switched to 7 1/4 because the blades were cheaper and the saw couldn't be overworked with a smaller blade.

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cole in mo.

11-30-2003 04:35:20

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Re: Old Table Saw in reply to Jimmy King, 11-29-2003 15:27:26

I've got one of those, bought it at a farm sale over 30 years ago for $12.00 bucks. it didn't have a motor on it. 2 years ago I wanted to build 24x40 over at the other place, theres no elec. there, so I built a stand and installed a 3 hp briggs on it. had a friend help to cut the long stuff, even changed the saw blade out for one to cut angle on the tin, worked like a charm. I got called hard headed, cause 2 neighbors volenteard the use of thier generators and elec. saws.

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Fred P

11-29-2003 21:40:00

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Re: Old Table Saw in reply to Jimmy King, 11-29-2003 15:27:26

It sounds just like My saw. Dad was building a house in 1946. He went to Sears and got the only saw that they had in the store. Dad gave it to me 30? years ago. I have always called it a 8" saw. Last year I came by a 10 inch sears saw in a G sale. There are some things that are nice about the new saw. Such as not having to check and recheck the fence before you rip a board. I am going to keep the old saw for no other reason than it was Dads and still works good . I think that I put new bearing it it when I first got it. The old sears saw has made a lot of saw dust in the last 59 years and has only cut one of my fingers.

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Bonnan_bui

12-07-2003 18:19:37

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Re: Re: Old Table Saw in reply to Fred P, 11-29-2003 21:40:00

Sounds just like my saw. Dad bought it right after WW II. Built a summer home and many,many other projects. But that fence does need checked and rechecked. Got the original motor etc.

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John Ne.

11-29-2003 20:53:44

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Re: Old Table Saw in reply to Jimmy King, 11-29-2003 15:27:26

I bought a small table saw at a garage sale, Montgomery Wards. Table tilts, everything is cast iron. Belt drive, and the arbor bearings have grease zerks on them. Just looking at it tells me it dates to the 40s, but seems to make sawdust as well as a new $300.00 one would. Gotta love them old tools. John in Nebr.

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wdTom

11-30-2003 17:24:19

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Re: Re: Old Table Saw in reply to John Ne., 11-29-2003 20:53:44

I am sure it makes sawdust as well as a new one. And probably it will still be making sawdust when the new ones have been melted down to make Hondas or something else.

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wdTom

11-29-2003 20:10:53

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Re: Old Table Saw in reply to Jimmy King, 11-29-2003 15:27:26

You might want to take the arbor apart and lue the bearings. Same with the motor. If they are sealed you can still do it. If the seals are rubber carefully pry them out with a small smooth tool from the samller diameter. Clean, put new grease back in, put seal back in after straightening if you bent it in removing. If the seals are steel, drill a small, 1/16" or less hole in the seal, inject some greasee, cover hole with a dab of silicone gasket maker. Let dry. Of course you can wait for the bearings to fail and buy more.

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Mac

11-29-2003 19:56:28

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Re: Old Table Saw in reply to Jimmy King, 11-29-2003 15:27:26

That old saw was made by the long gone King-Seeley co for Sears. If you are curious, google search for "Old King-Seeley Saws" maybe you can find some additional iformation.

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tools

11-29-2003 17:24:44

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Re: Old Table Saw in reply to Jimmy King, 11-29-2003 15:27:26

Hey Jimmy,

First, happy birthday! Second, is your saw a 10"? I may have a very similar saw I recently restored, a 10" tilting arbor from 1939.

Mike in Chickamauga, GA

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Jimmy King

11-29-2003 18:23:00

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Re: Re: Old Table Saw in reply to tools, 11-29-2003 17:24:44

Mike I would guess it is a 7 inch all the blades I have are 7 inch the hole is 8" long when the incert is taken out to tilt the table the hole is 10" long it is in very good shape as Dad took real good care of it. We were building my house when he died so when I finished [the basement is very dry and the shop is not sometimes] Ijust put it and the radial arm saw in the basement.

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VaTom

11-29-2003 18:43:52

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Re: Re: Re: Old Table Saw in reply to Jimmy King, 11-29-2003 18:23:00

Jimmy,

I started my professional woodworking with a similar saw that my father gave me. He'd bought it used many years before.

The tilting top left a lot to be desired and I've long since moved up to a Unisaw. I sure did a lot of work on that old Craftsman though, including re-figuring a couple of fingers. If I remember correctly, it came with a 1/2hp motor that was a little under-powered for what I wanted to do.

It now resides at my mother's summer house in Michigan, just in case I, or any visitor, have reason to want a table saw. I expect it'll live forever, unlike many of the newer Craftsman I've seen.

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Jimmy King

11-29-2003 19:47:17

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Old Table Saw in reply to VaTom, 11-29-2003 18:43:52

I am not a good carpenter, Dad was fact is I don't even like to much. It has a 1/2 hp craftsmsn belt is worn and loose but it still does a good job for what I want to do. Mom lives next door, Dad and I farmed togather from 1971 until He died in 1986.

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Bruce

11-30-2003 08:01:59

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Old Table Saw in reply to Jimmy King , 11-29-2003 19:47:17

Here is aweb site where you can find out what year that table saw was mfg by the serial number at www.oldwwmachines@yahoogroups .com

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