Need a Replacement Table Top

[Brian Backner]

Hi all,

Does anyone know where I can find a replacement cast iron table top for an old Rockwell SCM SI-15WF 16" tilting arbor saw with a sliding table? SCMI does not list replacements as being available on their website.

A sales brochure for this beast is located here:

http://www.exfactory.com/seelit.aspx?showall=yes&recnum=PS-011113&scanpages=4%20&scanname=SCMI\SI15WF (http://www.exfactory.com/seelit.aspx?showall=yes&recnum=PS-011113&scanpages=4%20&scanname=SCMI%5CSI15WF)

Thanks,

Brian

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

without knowing what's wrong with the one ya got I'd say consider a welding shop and then off to the grinder.

Or buy a used one
http://www.murphyauctions.net/past/jloop.html#pic25
http://www.mlsmachinery.com/onlineCatalog/details.asp/cat/1670/auct/0/liq/0/id/21567/p/4/rpp/10

I'd look into fixing the one ya got.

[Brian Backner]

Cliff,

Thank you for those two links, they did not pop up on my Google search.

To clarify, I do not yet own this saw - I am considering buying one that is missing the table completely. As I continue to do only research, however, it appears that the table may actually have been made from a plate of aluminum. Can anyone verify that?

Thanks again,

Brian

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

Jig plate would be an ideal table.
I'd send it out to a Hard Coat anodizer and ask for "mil spec."
It's a sulfuric acid and high voltage process that produces a 63 Rockwell surface that will never be a problem in the wood shop.

With a 1 or 2 inch piece or jig plate you can bolt anything you want to the underside. Tapping and drilling is easy.

However, this machine is older than the hard coat technology Is - I believe - so it's unlikely they'd have use an alum table in an industrial machine. Everything would be streaked with aluminum oxide ( black).

[Rick Lizek]

Cliff,

Thank you for those two links, they did not pop up on my Google search.

To clarify, I do not yet own this saw - I am considering buying one that is missing the table completely. As I continue to do only research, however, it appears that the table may actually have been made from a plate of aluminum. Can anyone verify that?

Thanks again,

Brian
I believe I used to own that very saw and actually have one in the shop I work in now. 99% sure it's cast iron. Have the manual too. I would never base any conclusion on search from website info. Calling them direct and talking to a parts person is the only way...period. Sometimes you may have to talk to several as some are more knowledgable than others especially on older parts. The table will probably cost more than you would expect. Recently priced a crosscut fence for $2,000 on a similar saw. Some other parts were still not available and will have to be fabbed up. There's a certain point of no being worth doing. You can buy a now Paolini saw complete and parts are half the price of the SCMI. SCMI parts have always been pretty high as well as Griggio and some others. I have a machine shop to fab stuff and access to other machine shops and casting sources and it's often better to walk away from some things. Anything is fixable but you have to learn to draw the line somewhere.

[Keith Outten]

Quality Grinding and Machine makes replacement tops.