Sears/Dunlap 103.0214 7" Table Saw

[NC Homestead]

At the risk of becoming a vintage table saw Junkie I am going to take a look at a 7" Sears/Dunlap table saw this evening. This gal is just so small and cute I don't know if I could pass her up! I would need to find a motor (preferably a period motor), but I would still think the rest would be a fun restore and rebuild. What do you all think?

https://charlotte.craigslist.org/tls/5041762831.html

Will

 

[jakemac]

I think that for $25 it would be a nice little diversion project. But I don't think that you'll find many buyers for it once it's done. Your best bet would be to try to find someone in the hipster crowd who wants it as industrial art for their condo.

 

[uniballer]

I have several craftsman motor to fit that. Wish it was closer to me.

 

[NC Homestead]

I am laughing at all of the suggestions on this forum for people selling tool to hipsters for art/decor items. I mean I love tools and all, I just can't see using a table saw for an end table in me living room. But I bet if I could find a way to mount a lamp shade to it it would sell like hotcakes! I am actually thinking of keeping it around for use.....

 

[jakemac]

Yeah, I don't get it either. But I miss out on usable items all the time because someone wants to repurpose rusty iron into "chic" furniture to compliment their overpriced Swedish pressboard furnishings (some ***-embly required).

 

[zkling]

If you want a project and you like the aspects of this one go for it.
If you want a table saw to use in the end and are willing to put the work in to restore it, look for a better unit. Those are model making/picture frame type saws at best.

 

[NC Homestead]

OK so it came home with me. For $20 I figured what the hell! The table was a little more rough that I was thinking it had a hole rusted through the top and a crack on the underside, but surprisingly everything else worked. It is already starting to pay for itself though, I am able to experiment with rust removal on its table before trying it on my other table saw restoration. But don't worry this little gal will get her own restoration.

On the plus side the guy I got it off of was pretty cool. He said he was a contractor and runs across old tools like this from time to time, and would kep me in mind if he was gifted any more vintage equipment!

 

[bubinga]

bet a guy could take that fence and rail off, and use it on a bandsaw.
Say like a 14" delta.

 

[NC Homestead]

Interesting Bubinga, never thought of that... I was lucky enough that my Band saw came with a fence, but could be a to recoup the cost later. I did think bout parting it out as well if the condition was too far gone to recover.

 

[bubinga]

yeah, l had a little delta Home-line I think it is, 10 + years ago , when l moved, I left it behind , never thought of it, I had a 14" delta bandsaw that l later restored, could have used the fence, and all the ball cranks on the saw, I could have sold or re-purposed.
even had some delta faucet knobs on it, I didn't know better at the time.

 

[NC Homestead]

For those of you that do restorations, if this were a high value item, or one that had special sentimental value, how would you go about repairing the hole and the crack? My initial thoughts were to JB weld... and while that may get it functionally working again it is not a very good cosmetic repair for the hole.

 

[jakemac]

Build up a weld, then grind/sand it flush ?

 

[exmaxima1]

OK so it came home with me. For $20 I figured what the hell! The table was a little more rough that I was thinking it had a hole rusted through the top and a crack on the underside, but surprisingly everything else worked. It is already starting to pay for itself though, I am able to experiment with rust removal on its table before trying it on my other table saw restoration. But don't worry this little gal will get her own restoration.

I think I found the ONLY other person on the planet that would have spent $20 on that boat anchor: there's this blind woodworker in Springfield IL....

http://www.sj-r.com/x1959828801/Dave-Bakke-Woodworking-helps-blind-man-return-to-life

 

[NC Homestead]

I think I found the ONLY other person on the planet that would have spent $20 on that boat anchor: there's this blind woodworker in Springfield IL....

http://www.sj-r.com/x1959828801/Dave-Bakke-Woodworking-helps-blind-man-return-to-life

LMAO @exmaxima1, I doubt even he would have come home with this table saw!

 

[Carla]

You may laugh all you like, at the 'minimalist' or 'low-order hobbyist grade' of miniature table saw, but I used one very much like that one (except mine was a lesser grade yet, believe it or don't....the 1950-ish Sears 'Dunlap' miniature saw which was even more lightly built) when I shingled the exterior of my little cottage.

I had to work up on the porch roof, and cut the appropriate angle on the shingles to fit into the gables, and it was quick/easy to improvise a stand for the miniature saw, which was angled to suit the porch roof.

cheers

Carla

 

[exmaxima1]

You may laugh all you like, at the 'minimalist' or 'low-order hobbyist grade' of miniature table saw, but I used one very much like that one (except mine was a lesser grade yet, believe it or don't....the 1950-ish Sears 'Dunlap' miniature saw which was even more lightly built) when I shingled the exterior of my little cottage.

I used a CM 8-inch saw for many years and it was great. The problem with the Dunlop saw is it's a tilting-table (not tilting arbor) and it extremely dangerous to use when cutting angle rips. AFAIK, tilting table saws are outlawed in many parts of Europe for safety reasons. My neighbor offered me a 10-inch Delta tilting-table saw for FREE and I turned him down---why bother when you can get a half decent 10-inch CM tilting arbor table saw for $50??

 

[exmaxima1]

bet a guy could take that fence and rail off, and use it on a bandsaw.
Say like a 14" delta.

I agree. You could chop it down, wire brush the hell outta it, and probably get it to work on a bandsaw. Is it worth all the time? I'm semi-retired, with lots of spare time, and even I think that saw is too far gone to mess with at any level.

 

[Enigma]

OK so it came home with me. For $20 I figured what the hell! The table was a little more rough that I was thinking it had a hole rusted through the top and a crack on the underside, but surprisingly everything else worked. It is already starting to pay for itself though, I am able to experiment with rust removal on its table before trying it on my other table saw restoration. But don't worry this little gal will get her own restoration.

On the plus side the guy I got it off of was pretty cool. He said he was a contractor and runs across old tools like this from time to time, and would kep me in mind if he was gifted any more vintage equipment!

why can I not see the pictures?

 

[jakemac]

Because Photobucket decided charge all their users an outrageous ransom fee to share pictures without any warning.

 

[jywilli69]

At the risk of becoming a vintage table saw Junkie I am going to take a look at a 7" Sears/Dunlap table saw this evening. This gal is just so small and cute I don't know if I could pass her up! I would need to find a motor (preferably a period motor), but I would still think the rest would be a fun restore and rebuild. What do you all think?

https://charlotte.craigslist.org/tls/5041762831.html

Will

Well I would fix the little fella if your able to. People can make all the jokes they want about vintage tools. I had a similar experience on another site. I picked up a 1936 Craftsman 8" Bench Saw 471. To me. it was a diamond in the rough. Here is a picture of a similar one to what I have. I am in the middle of fixing mine back up.

 

[Lynden]

I have a nearly identical saw. Mine is a Craftsman 103.23420. It belonged to my father and it is the saw I learned on. It's in storage and I don't have any pictures, but it looks like this one.

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=11211 -- this one is missing the table tilt handle