March 9th I picked up a 1985 delta unisaw. I had been looking for a while and I thought this one was a good price and it included a biesemeyer fence. Then a week later on March 18th, I came across another unisaw, a 1970, for a price I couldn’t pass up. Free time here and there has been cleaning them up, painting, wiring, ect. The two saws fit within the biesemeyer fence rails perfectly and I decided to try out a two saw setup. I could sell the 2nd one for a profit but I would still need to then make an extension table. Right now it fills the area and I plan to set it up with a dado stack and use the left one with the bigger motor as the main saw.
Aligning and adjusting both saws together and with a biesemeyer fence was not an easy task! The left one is perfect, dial indicator used to get it as spot on as I could get. Fence system is set to it. The right saw is good too but I just used a square to adjust it. Half the videos out there use squares to set their saws and only those wanting 100% perfection use the dial indicators. Only small adjustments were needed to get the two tables flush as well. Overall I’m very happy. All that’s left is to wire the right saw, attach faces to the fence and a couple other small things. A free table behind it will get a new top to use as an outfeed table.
These new toys and spring break has kept me pretty busy, but I still finished two saws. Another kenyon style 22 inch crosscut saw and a joiners saw using a repurposed plate. Both cut beautifully.
Thousand Oaks Toolworks 