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[Just Duke]

Russell, use Johnson Paste on the table top for ease of sliding you wood and rust prevention.

[Russel Nash]

Thanks Duke.

I have tried Minwax paste furniture wax before.

Out of all the things I have tried, really...seriously.... none of them have held up long term.

Arrrgghhh....

But now that I have the JPW for making boolit lube, I might have to give it a try on the Delta Unisaw, the Parks planer/jointer, and the General 18 inch bandsaw.

[10 ga]

Nice restore job. I was kinda hoping you were in such a hurry to do WORK that you leave it in gray primer like most of my stuff. KIWI neutral shoe polish on the top for slickness and rust prevention. NICE!! 10 ga

[Just Duke]

For the new guys.

[John Taylor]

My "shop" is out in a detached one car garage. I have a problem with condensation and the cast iron table tops rusting.

@ Duke.... do you have any recommendations for keeping the rust at bay, short of spraying every bare metal surface down with a clear lacquer???

I have a machine shop that I run 6 days a week. With lots of bare metal laying around I use to have problems with rust. I put a small electric heater in the shop and set it at 50 degrees. It runs off and on in the colder months but there is no longer any rust in the shop. Living close to Seattle there is plenty of moisture in the air.

[Bret4207]

John- hie thee to any boating supply place such as West Marine. They have a variety of spray on coatings that will prevent rust. The ones meant for salt water work really well in a non-salt water environment.

[Just Duke]

My "shop" is out in a detached one car garage. I have a problem with condensation and the cast iron table tops rusting.

@ Duke.... do you have any recommendations for keeping the rust at bay, short of spraying every bare metal surface down with a clear lacquer???

I have a machine shop that I run 6 days a week. With lots of bare metal laying around I use to have problems with rust. I put a small electric heater in the shop and set it at 50 degrees. It runs off and on in the colder months but there is no longer any rust in the shop. Living close to Seattle there is plenty of moisture in the air.

Johnson Paste Wax.

[Just Duke]

I spent most of 37 years with the big brother of it. Ours was a 12/14" Rockwell Delta, of exactly the same basic design. I ordered it with a 10 hp motor.
In 1976 the building burned around it. For less than $600. it was back in service, and in 2007 it was sold for $2800.
There is nothing like a tool that is capable of lots more than you can ask of it.

I can't find anywhere where they made them with a 10 HP motor. All I've seen are 5 and 7 HP.

[44man]

That is indeed XXX rated---WOW a naked machine.
Wonderful job, thank you for sharing.

[Just Duke]

That is indeed XXX rated---WOW a naked machine.
Wonderful job, thank you for sharing.

Thanks.

[Jim]

Duke,
That's a beautiful job, Man!!

[Just Duke]

Here's the other machine you called me about today on the phone Joe.

[mikeym1a]

Great work rebuilding that unit. It looks great.

[Silver Hand]

Wow that is an old thread but it was fun watching the process, not many people would take the time to do a project like that to the standard you applied this day and age. I have been a carpenter for forty five years and have a nice little shop set up with stationary tools that helped pave my way through life 'Most have been restored'. You mentioned wiring for that saw and someone gave you a wire size and to include a separate breaker.
I have a shop basement full of odds and ends so I always wire to the full load of the same motor running on 110v, up to three HP. That way when I burn a motor out, I can go down stairs and look through my junk for a motor. If I have a 220v 30amp circuit with a #10 - 3 wire previously installed, I can hook up a 110v motor and still go to work the next day. I have had this system also work well when re arranging a stationary tools location.
Just saying – Retired now four years and spend more time thinking than doing.
Silver Hand

[ABluehound]

Beautiful work... For what its worth, where I live in FL things can rust very fast here. I use RIG universal on my tools (and guns) to keep them from rusting. I even lost the roof over a milling machine during Hurricane Ivan and did not have a spot of rust on the working surface when I got back to it days later the same can not be said about other parts that I do not protect.

[6bg6ga]

Only thing I can say is ' Tool Porn. Tool of the month.

[CastingFool]

Nice job, Duke. Your saw looks a lot like my Delta Unisaw, 1968 vintage. Of course, mine is doesn't have shiny paint and table extension.

[W.R.Buchanan]

Duke: I also like that you put some of your lesser used machines on wheels. I do this as well.

Randy