MachineJunkie

I finally got around to getting a picture of the finished saw . I was waiting on a piece to the fence to come back from the patternmaker. I assembled the fence with the cracked piece for now while the new one is being cast. According to the manual the piece is called a grossbar (I called it a boss b...

I'm back with some recent photos of the almost completed saw. I wet sanded the base and repainted with better results. I turned the top over, cleaned and painted the underside which came out pretty good but not great. The top is back on and the photos show one table extension in place. I have since ...

I wet sanded the saw base after my first attempt at painting and then tried again. I still got some orange peel and a couple of runs. Getting to apply the paint just right is challenging. You can see the surface is not the best. Now I will probably just wet sand the runs out and spray those areas ag...

Thanks Pete, I'll try that with the photos when I get the base painted. I tried spraying today. The inside of the base and the dust doors came first so I could get used to the gun. There was a little orange peel so I made some adjustments to the gun and started on the outside of the base. I got one ...

I decided to change the color to a light gray before I went any further. My first choice just appeared too dark. Anyway, I have the base primed and ready for paint. I spent a lot of time applying body filler and sanding. I hope to spray this weekend. The motor, yolk and some small parts I painted wi...

DP - thank you for fixing the photos. Not sure how you did that but it makes it a lot easier to view the posts. Pete, I noticed around the feet of the saw some welds that I can make a little better with some grinding. They are similar to what you encountered on your saw. I'll post some shop photos i...

Pete, I managed to lift the motor out by removing the raising stop and cranking on the raising screw until it cleared the ways. I had it attached to a chain fall which made it easy. I decided to take it to Gray electric in Schenectady after I could not get the 1.75" bearing nut off the back of ...

Pete - when you painted your saw did you use a coat of primer first or did you apply the paint directly to the bare metal and body filler? - Jim

I'll take your advice. I was afraid of the WD-40 mess all over my nice concrete floor. I'll try the more aggressive paper as you suggest. I was worried it may erase the cool grinding pattern. It might not be a big deal if it did as long as the top is clean.

I may try the motor myself. The stub arbor came off fairly easily, helped by the wrenches that came with the saw. The 3 hex screws that hold on the bearing cap do not want to move though. I'll try some PB blaster and let them soak a little. Any suggestions? If I can't get them to budge I don't want ...

Pete - I think I am going to lift the motor out with a chain fall. It looks like I can remove a stop block and continue to raise the motor with the raising screw until it comes off the ways. Not sure if I should do that or lift the entire yolk out first like you did and then take it apart. Since you...

thanks Mr douglas t, I added some more photos of the motor and raising assembly with table off. I tried to get a close up of what I think are oil cups on the raising and tilting shafts but when I unscrewed the caps they were filled with black grease. Not sure if after cleaning I should pack grease b...

Hi, I am new to this site - I just picked up a 1951 xj table saw with 5 hp woods motor. I would like to restore this saw but I have never done a restoration. Attached are pics of saw before I moved it. It came with a J-420 rolling table, 7 wrenches, miter guage and two table extensions (one steel, o...