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Cary Falk
08-26-2011, 10:06 PM
I have been dragging my feet on this one. It got sidelined for the Scroll saw I posted a few weeks ago. Most of the hold up was because I was not looking foward to turning the knobs. It was missing a couple and my wife thought it deserved something hand turned. I have never turned spheres before. They always seemed intimidating. I also had to make a new rip scale and miter scale. A friend of mine was restoring a GWI also. He made the pattern up in Excel and gave me a copy. I got a wild hair today and decided to finish it all up.

Here is the before pic. I was looking at it on CL and my wife looks over my shoulder and says "That's pretty you should buy it". You don't have to tell me twice. She noticed it in the garage a couple of days later and asked what it was. I told her it was that pretty on CL that she told me to buy. Her response, "That ugly thing?":D
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Alan Schwabacher
08-26-2011, 10:50 PM
Has your wife changed her mind back to her original position now you've fixed it up? It looks pretty nice to me, and it should be a pleasure to use now.
Cary Falk
08-26-2011, 10:52 PM
Has your wife changed her mind back to her original position now you've fixed it up? It looks pretty nice to me, and it should be a pleasure to use now.

I think she is happy with it now.:)
Neil Brooks
08-27-2011, 10:47 AM
She's an outright beauty.

Great job !
Ken Fitzgerald
08-27-2011, 10:52 AM
Just color me jealous as one can be. There is only two major tools I would like to add to my shop. A real planer to replace my lunchbox planer and a RAS. I am jeolous!

Congrats on a job well done!
Randy Dutkiewicz
08-27-2011, 3:50 PM
Cary,

All I can say is WOW! Phenomenal job!!! Now go and get it a little "dirty" with sawdust:)

Randy
david brum
08-27-2011, 9:40 PM
Oh man, that's beautiful. I love the turned knobs. I think I'll steal that idea. I like your choice of white also. Always tasteful.

Did you make a Mr Sawdust table?
Cary Falk
08-27-2011, 10:56 PM
Oh man, that's beautiful. I love the turned knobs. I think I'll steal that idea. I like your choice of white also. Always tasteful.

Did you make a Mr Sawdust table?

The knobs are rosewood with a coat of BLO. It is a Mr. Sawdust table.
Sam Layton
08-29-2011, 8:09 AM
Cary, your saw looks outstanding. I have a GWI I am going to restore. Did you replace the bearings, and what type of paint did you use?

Great job, Sam
Jerome Hanby
08-29-2011, 8:11 AM
If you upload the pics to SMC then everyone can see them (at least if they can access SMC). Many networks block public hosting sites.
Cary Falk
08-29-2011, 8:36 AM
Cary, your saw looks outstanding. I have a GWI I am going to restore. Did you replace the bearings, and what type of paint did you use?

Great job, Sam

Sam,
I relpaced the motor bearings. The bearings for the carriage were $25 a piced so I think I will hold off. Mine seem to turn just fine. I used Rustoluem rattle can. The colors are White and Charcoal Metalic.
Doug Morgan
08-29-2011, 8:39 AM
Cary
Great job. It looks fantastic.
Kevin Presutti
08-30-2011, 10:58 PM
Cary,
Very Nice! Mr. Sawdust (Wally Kunckle) says the GWI is the finest saw ever. I own a GA which I hope turns out as nice. I only have a few knobs and they are all there but should I feel the need to change I know who does a great job! For anyone look for bearings try this link http://www.owwm.com/files/PDF/FAQ/BearingID.pdf .


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Again nice job Cary! Kevin
Jerome Hanby
08-31-2011, 7:02 PM
I'm missing a round knob or two on my GWI and I'm gong to blatantly steal your idea for the knobs and replace them all. Since my wife is the turner (my one modern era turning project was basically a stick), I bet I can get her to turn them for me! I'm guessing that you drilled them and installed a threaded insert to match the original knobs?

Great job!
Cary Falk
09-01-2011, 1:58 AM
I'm guessing that you drilled them and installed a threaded insert to match the original knobs?

Great job!
I took 2 nuts of the correct size and ground them down and then put a couple of flats on them. I epoxied them into an appropiate sized hole. I used an appropiate sized bolt (head cut off) held in a chuck to hold the wood while I turned it. I doubt you would find inserts for most of the sizes.
Jerome Hanby
09-01-2011, 9:24 AM
Thanks for the information. Sounds like even I could set that up. Hmmm, seems like I remember seeing a spindle shaped turning blank in Rosewood at Woodcraft last time I was up there...


I took 2 nuts of the correct size and ground them down and then put a couple of flats on them. I epoxied them into an appropiate sized hole. I used an appropiate sized bolt (head cut off) held in a chuck to hold the wood while I turned it. I doubt you would find inserts for most of the sizes.
Cary Falk
09-01-2011, 9:54 AM
Thanks for the information. Sounds like even I could set that up. Hmmm, seems like I remember seeing a spindle shaped turning blank in Rosewood at Woodcraft last time I was up there...

I used a 2"x2"x13" Rosewood blank from Woodcraft and was able to get all of the knobs out of it. It cost me $13 IIRC.
Jerome Hanby
09-01-2011, 10:38 AM
I used a 2"x2"x13" Rosewood blank from Woodcraft and was able to get all of the knobs out of it. It cost me $13 IIRC.

Sweet, I've got a key in the mail from WC for some chance at a give away that I think occurs this Saturday. I may see if I can grab a similar piece.
Cary Falk
09-01-2011, 7:54 PM
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Ryan Hellmer
09-02-2011, 10:45 AM
Looks fantastic. I'm about to start a GK (it's a little bigger than the GWI). Did you restore or replace the badges and scales? If replacement, where did you find them?

Thanks

Ryan
Gordon Eyre
09-02-2011, 10:54 AM
Very nice job, I'm impressed.
Cary Falk
09-02-2011, 11:23 AM
Looks fantastic. I'm about to start a GK (it's a little bigger than the GWI). Did you restore or replace the badges and scales? If replacement, where did you find them?

Thanks

Ryan

The Dewalt badge on the arm and base are orignal. They were in pretty good shape. The bevel gauge cleaned up with some silver cleaner and brasso. My ripscale was pretty beat up. I used a piece of brass and printed out an Excel replica of the scale on Avery bumper sticker paper and stuck it to the brass. I then coated it with some crystal celar paint. The miter scale is printed from Excel and sized in photoshop. I printed it out on bumper sticker paper as well. The Dewalt keep blade sharp sticker is from a file on the OWWM website printed on bumper sticker paper also.