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Your video came up on my homepage and glad I stopped to watch. "It's me!" LOL! Upsized my shop to a 3 hp cabinet saw and years later thinking about downsizing but being able to cut hardwoods. Picked up a 113 a few weeks ago and did the requisite clean up. Liked reading the comments re: a double belt pully. Putting an American made 1.5 220 volt motor on but rpm's hlf the current saw. Will change pully ratio. had this saw for a first saw in past. and sold it to buy a cabinet saw. old one had the cast iron wings. Important to make sure wings are level to the table.

The miter slots on my 1980's Rockwell were still crusty rusty after I had polished the top, so I put a big wire wheel on my drill and that took care of those. I didn't go crazy polishing the top. I used a red scotch brite pad and WD-40. I just laid the scotch brite pad on the top and then set my random orbital sander on top of it, sprayed the wd-40 and went to town on it. Afterwards I first sprayed the top with O'Reilly brake parts cleaner to get rid of the WD-40, then put a nice coat of Johnson wax on the top to keep the rust from returning. Wax, when buffed is slick as snot and it also naturally repels dust.

Ok, it’s time for me to go clean up my grandad’s 1964 craftsman. Link belt and new pulleys made a big improvement a few years ago. May have to upgrade the motor as I have some 8/4 walnut to rip.

Just use a tape measure from fence to edge of a track. if distances at front and back of fence are identical then the fence is parallel to the blade. Just takes a minute. I check mine for every cut. Works great and saves money for some expensive new fence.

I sure wish the link still worked, I was ready to purchase these parts.

torch the top to pan heat then apply beeswax then wipe. lots pf tutorials in yt.

It's funny watching you do this restoration. I when through all of the same steps you did. Mine was totally rusted and loaded with mud dauber nests underneath the table. The wings were replaced with cast iron wings I found on ebay. The originals were bowed up so plywood wouldn't lay flat on the table. It's so satisfying to do a restoration on this classic table saw. It will probably out live me.

awesome

You are danderous. No riving knife and no blade guard.

Great work!

Awesome upgrade!!! I just got one of these from my father in-law, I had a hard time getting it to 45deg (only can get to about 43 deg), seems like the miter/angle screw rod doesn't have enough room (even with the collars off it) to push to 45deg. I am able to hit a 90deg with no issues, and about 2inches overhang (on the other side of the collar)... First time working on an older saw, and so I'm not sure if i can just unscrew the rod (the rod is shown at 2:33) all the way out?... Then re-insert when it's close to 90 so I would end up with more room when it's at the 45 deg... Or if that'd cause more issues. Any insights?

I have the same saw, my grandfather bought it brand-new in 73, used it for his cabinet making shop. when he passed away, my dad took it over and used it for his wood working business. Now my dad passed away a few months ago, Sept. 16th. And I have it in my garage! I have fully taken it apart, restored every piece/part, replaced the arbor bearings, replaced all nuts, bolts clips, o-ring, washers etc....put it all back together, and it's brand spanking new! It's 100% square, cuts super smooth, don't have to worry about adjustments or anything. These saws are absolutely amazing! Next up is to make a new fence using liner roller bars on tracks to have micro adjust for fine tuning!

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My Son just used your idea for his Boy Scout Eagle Project and donated 2 Ukes to an underfunded school! Wish I could post a few pics here :) thanks for the inspiration - I also have sketchup files if anyone else is interested

Incredibly good work. Nicely done sir !! Love those volume swells with the delay. Always reminds me of King Crimson stuff.

Which glue did you use to attach the black parts inside?

You need a BIESEMEYER fence now. That can make it a pro saw. The fence that come with craftsman is cheap. Once I add the biesmeyer fence To my old craftsman saw wow! big difference in cuts.

I had picked up one of these saws for my Dad in about 1972. He used it for years until he got a UniSaw. He gave it back to me and I renovated it like this, especially the turned pulleys and linked belt. I built a movable cabinet from plans from Woodsmith and it was a terrific saw. I gave it to a Brother Mason when my new wife insisted that I buy a Sawstop. I have one of these Craftsman that I found abandoned at the local transfer station this summer, and I am going to restore it this winter. You did a fine job, here! Well done!

Just take the motor out

My 45+ yr old Craftsman Delta table is actually /flatter/ than the new one - there's little reason to not use one of these wonderful workhorses. Pulleys, link belt, 3rd party T bessemeyer style fence, good blade = great saw. And you can make a router table insert for the right side space and there you go.

i love it. so simple. saved.

cool.. but looks heavy. I guess you could get away with thinner boards

I have this same saw and do the same with a RO sander once a year and apply green turtle wax paste.

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This was really helpful thank you for explaining!

Well done..... maybe it should have be better if signal line and power line hadn't come out from that two close holes.... ;-)

I don't like the velcro , but great job anyway ! ;-)

I have one just like it. I can share some of the updates I did to mine.

I have the same saw. It was dropped off the back of a work truck and apparently had sat for quite a few years. The original 3 hp motor had been replaced with a 1.5 hp, which I really don't like but haven't found a cheap used 3 hp 110v motor. Since it had been dropped of the back of a truck, I had to build a new stand for it. The top seemed fine. I had to take apart the entire blade adjustment system apart and clean clean clean. Was all rusted up. Old fence was totally junked, so later on I built my own fence and rail, with a 16 tpi threaded 5/8 rod _(3/4" would have been better)_ for the fence to "lock down" onto. Makes moving the fence by 1/16 inch at a time very easy. Its not a great saw, but its the best table saw I've ever owned and works for what I need.

Have you made an improvements since this video? I have this same saw and am deciding wether it’s better to buy new pulleys and fence or just get a new saw

this is exactly what I was looking for just one of these from my dad and then top is in bad shape, need to switch it to 110v and see how she's does. Pulleys and belt also make it seem way less harsh. great work!

The table came new with an as machined finish. Craftsman wasn't about appearance, it was cost effective function. To get a finish like a Unisaw, Powermatic, etc would require finishing with a stone cutter. I don't think the sand err r scratched the surface, rather it took the patina off the high part of the surface topography, while leaving the color in the pores, as it were. Great work and informative video

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Best way Ive found to clean table top is maroon scotchbrite with wd40. No scratches.

never rip with your left hand

Spend the money for the fence, totally worth it!

Good "how to fix it up" video. I have a 1969 113 I inherited from my dad in better shape than yours, but still needed help. The cast iron only had a little rust and I was able to fully remove it. I cleaned it up in much the same way and added In-Line Industries PALs to make alignment of the blade much easier. I'm waiting on them for a set of pulleys and belt (out of stock currently). I highly recommend the Delta T3 fence system... it made a huge improvement and was not too hard to install. Along with some extra cast wings I got via eBay and a router table from Peachtree, it now is a super good table saw. 10" rips to the left and 36.5" to the right.

Is that a Vox Pathfinder? I sorely miss the one I got rid of years ago. Don't know what I was thinking.

Beautiful project. Hope it's still serving you well. Thanks for the video.

The fence is not supposed to be parallel with the blade because true parallel is very difficult to achieve. It should be deliberately out-off parallel by the far end by about 0.01 inch from the miter slot, the front end right on the miter. Looking from above, the fence should be rotated clockwise by a tiny bit. This is for ripping with the fence on the right. Parallelism with the TS starts with blade alignment with the miter slots. Hopefully the slots are parallel so parallel with one mean with the other. Use the same tooth one the blade, and one that sets outward, and rotate the blade, when you measure parallelism. There are bolt (six I think) where the attachment to the table is located. If out of parallel, these have to be loosen and retightened.

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I did the same pulley and link belt "upgrade". Now if I'm cutting anything over 1in the saw loses power and will even shut off and trip the breaker. Have you had any power issues with the link belt?

I traded the aluminium topped version of this for an even older cast iron saw and its all beat up , odk if i should go through the pain of restoring it or drop 400 bucks on a newer yet inferior saw , the problem with mine is the motor is not swiveling with the blade when trying to cut 45s , it came unholked when i moved and i cant seem to figure out how to reattach it , i have a bigger motor i was thinking of building a custom bracket for and then welding it to tje saw

I gave my old delta saw a spa treatment a week ago. Realigned, cleaned and lubed everything, cleaned and used Top-coat (now called Glidecoat) by bostich on the top. Still had some vibration, like a wobble, when the motor was starting up and gearing down. Put a link belt on and it all went away. Runs extremely smoothly and much quieter now. Best bang for your buck upgrade beyond a nice new or resharpened blade. As as one other person mentioned in the comments, use compressed air to blow out your motor, can’t believe the amount of sawdust that came out.

Any cast iron top table saw that is belt driven is worth investing in a Biesemeyer fence system. Have you seen the junk that is sold these days? I just bought a used Delta contractor's saw with the Delta fence and cast iron top and cast iron extensions I bought my Craftsman table saw in 91 for less than $200.

Just put one new steel pulley on the arbor ( Grainger only had one ) and the new belt on my 32 y/o saw, made a lot of difference.

Hi Billy, nice video... I too just got one of these saws. Do you know which dado stack can be used on this saw? thanks

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My dad bought a Craftsman table saw as an upgrade from the one HIS father had bought; my dad's is likely from 1965. In the 1990's, he bought an upgraded fence from an aftermarket company, and put a mobile base underneath it. (that aftermarket fence surely cost more in 1990 dollars than the saw itself did in 1965). So my best guess is that the saw is two years older than I am, and it runs like a tank. I was able to find some automotive V-belts that fit pretty close, and that solved a lot of the vibration problems immediately. I'm interested in getting a riving knife installed, because that's the one thing which is missing that gives me some pause.

I have a Craftsman saw like that. The arbor pulley on mine falls off occasionally so I have sort of the opposite problem.