39F and cloudy @ 22:00, heading down to 35F for the low.
Long day/night "yesterday" ... coffee is tasting good though.
Lower back is killing me, probably from too much standing on concrete.
Doubtful if I will head up to the shop this evening. Might even go back to bed.
Did get a fair amount accomplished yesterday, including some clean up and organizing in the shop. That included unloading a pallet that had a number of items on it including the top frame for the LPGS build ... another project I need to get back to ...
... and tearing it apart to burn.
Still working on getting all the silicone rubber removed from the Unisaw cabinetry but making progress ... just a little left to go:
Taking a little closer look at the black base of the saw, it seems like there was square dust port from the factory as original equipment ... so not real clear to me why someone would feel it was necessary to hack the cabinetry.
Went to clean up the throat plate and the contact cement reared its ugly head again ... all four of the set screws that allow for leveling the throat plate were full of it:
Screwed around quite a while trying to dig that out with a pick to get a hex bit in there to remove them. Finally hit it with carb cleaner and the acetone in that softened it right up. Chased the screws with a die after I got them out.
Did a little scrubbing on the hand wheels for the blade tilt and raise/lower, also cleaned out the bores with a fine stainless steel bore brush for a 12 gauge. A "before" pic:
Got the little welding table cleared off and started tearing into the 3 phase motor. Will need to do some further reading on that before I go any deeper:
Finally bit the bullet and pulled the guts of the machine: front and rear trunnion brackets, trunnion itself, blade arbor and motor mount ... along with two worm gears and shafts:
A bit tricky for one person to do alone (wouldn't want to drop any of those castings on the concrete) but manageable with care.
These old machines aren't terribly complex and can be gone through and rehabbed without too much difficulty by someone who possesses reasonable mechanical skills. They are rather durable apparently.
So if you see a deal and want a saw ...
Had to cancel the order for the VFD and place it again - when they initially said it would be here "Monday" I didn't pay close attention to the date of the Monday they were talking about - it was going to be next Monday not today ...
Instead it will be here this Wednesday.
Also ordered zero-clearance UHMW throat plate and a 3/8 x 4 x 48 UHMW strip from Peachtree Wood working.
The strip will be used to reface the one side of the Biesenmeyer fence ... after I rip a small strip off of it to use as runners for a crosscut sled.
Also on the menu will be building a side extension for the table saw (described in the manual for the Biesenmeyer fence) for handling sheet goods (and because one can never have too many horizontal surfaces ...
) and a mobile base for both.
Hope everyone has a good evening ...
