Sam Chambers
06-20-2005, 9:13 PM
The Homecoming
Saturday morning, I got up uncommonly early, removed the middle seats from the van and drove across town to Redmond & Sons. A short while later, the good folks at Redmond were deftly sliding my new Unisaw into the side door of the van.
I got home just in time for my first guitar student, knowing it would be a few hours before I could extract the saw from the vehicle. (Sheer torture, let me tell you!) Once I kicked the last student out the door, I got busy adjusting my Shop Fox mobile base to fit the new saw. No problemo - just slid the rails in a little bit farther and we were good to go.
I strapped the base onto the saw while it was still on its side. Then I drafted a lucky neighbor to help me ease the Unisaw out the side door of the van. It went very smoothly with just the two of us, except that the base fell off halfway down to the ground. It was just a minor setback, since most of the weight was still in the van. (It turned out to be just a little bit more of a problem than I thought...more in a minute.) We wheeled the saw over the threshhold easily. Then my neighbor suddenly remembered that he had to go do something. Smart guy, that neighbor.
I stood back and admired my new toy, then I remembered to grab my camera to placate the photo cops at Sawmilll Creek! (see Photo 1) And just in case someone didn't believe me, Photo 2 shows the price tag.
I quickly wrote down the model number, then headed upstairs to the computer to download the owner's manual and parts list. (See Photo 4) once the downloads were complete, I looked up the model number on Delta's web site. A wave of panic hit me as I realized that the "5" in the model number meant 5 horsepower! :eek: Oh no! I can't get 3 phase power here! What the heck am I going to do!!! As I sprinted back down the stairs, I thought, "I know I checked that motor last weekend when I found the saw." To my great relief, the motor was indeed a 3 HP, 1 phase. Whew!
Anyway, the top looked like Photo 5. An hour or so later, after a little work with some Scotchbrite pads, WD-40 and my random orbit sander, and it looks much better. (See Photo 6)
The missing parts are going to cost me about $160, direct from Delta, and the new switch ($60) arrived today from Grizzly. So, if nothing else goes wrong, I'll have a basically new Unisaw for a little over $700. :D
Next: Chapter 2: "We've Got Power, Captain!"
Saturday morning, I got up uncommonly early, removed the middle seats from the van and drove across town to Redmond & Sons. A short while later, the good folks at Redmond were deftly sliding my new Unisaw into the side door of the van.
I got home just in time for my first guitar student, knowing it would be a few hours before I could extract the saw from the vehicle. (Sheer torture, let me tell you!) Once I kicked the last student out the door, I got busy adjusting my Shop Fox mobile base to fit the new saw. No problemo - just slid the rails in a little bit farther and we were good to go.
I strapped the base onto the saw while it was still on its side. Then I drafted a lucky neighbor to help me ease the Unisaw out the side door of the van. It went very smoothly with just the two of us, except that the base fell off halfway down to the ground. It was just a minor setback, since most of the weight was still in the van. (It turned out to be just a little bit more of a problem than I thought...more in a minute.) We wheeled the saw over the threshhold easily. Then my neighbor suddenly remembered that he had to go do something. Smart guy, that neighbor.
I stood back and admired my new toy, then I remembered to grab my camera to placate the photo cops at Sawmilll Creek! (see Photo 1) And just in case someone didn't believe me, Photo 2 shows the price tag.
I quickly wrote down the model number, then headed upstairs to the computer to download the owner's manual and parts list. (See Photo 4) once the downloads were complete, I looked up the model number on Delta's web site. A wave of panic hit me as I realized that the "5" in the model number meant 5 horsepower! :eek: Oh no! I can't get 3 phase power here! What the heck am I going to do!!! As I sprinted back down the stairs, I thought, "I know I checked that motor last weekend when I found the saw." To my great relief, the motor was indeed a 3 HP, 1 phase. Whew!
Anyway, the top looked like Photo 5. An hour or so later, after a little work with some Scotchbrite pads, WD-40 and my random orbit sander, and it looks much better. (See Photo 6)
The missing parts are going to cost me about $160, direct from Delta, and the new switch ($60) arrived today from Grizzly. So, if nothing else goes wrong, I'll have a basically new Unisaw for a little over $700. :D
Next: Chapter 2: "We've Got Power, Captain!"