Resurrection process for an abused ICS

[sean meltvedt]

Well I kinda fell into a deal for an ICS that had been in a building when the roof collapsed on it. The left wing and fence rails are toast, the cabinet a bit beaten, and it obviously saw water damage. Well upon disassembly, the massive trunnions are fine, the arbor is within a thousandth, and just had general surface rust everywhere. I spent 4 days with an oilstone on main table and right wing. I’m not planning on replacing the left wing, instead I’ll probably put on a slider. I’m refitting my original PCS 36” rails shifted to the edge of the main table-that will give me approx 47” of usable fence to the right of the blade.

Kudos to Sawstop tech support as they worked with me to get all the replacement electrical components, and of course a new 5hp single phase 240v motor to replace the original 3phase 480v motor. All in with the slider should end up totaling just north of 3 grand-about 50 cents on the dollar compared to new. It’ll make a great big brother to my PCS!
I’ll add pics to this thread as work progresses!
Cheers
Sean

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[Michael Gantz]

What caused the roof to collapse? Fire? Snow load? It looks surprisingly good for having a roof come down on it.

[Clark Hussey]

Nice job on the restoration

[Jim Becker]

That's a really nice restoration project, Sean. Nice find!

Make sure you get a good coat of wax or something on those tables now that you've abraded away the rust. It will get into the micro-scratches and help keep things clean and rust free.

[Steve Mathews]

Nice restoration! Good to see serviceable tools spared from the scrap yard.

I like the overhead crane rail shown in the first pic. By coincidence I was thinking of doing something similar in my shop. It would be real handy unloading heavy stuff.

[sean meltvedt]

Michael, the business where I got the saw had their shop roof collapse due to a combination of heavy snow and truss failure. It was lucky that no one was in there when the roof decided to go!

[les winter]

What oil stone did you use to remove all that rust?

[Brian Tymchak]

Congrats on a great recovery Sean! I think I would've passed with the motor being toast, but kudos on having the vision to see the value.

[Mike Henderson]

Great job on the saw. I like the hoist system you have, also. Good idea.

Mike

[Patrick Varley]

Nice work. I also recently resurrected a 5hp ICS that looked like it got rained on at a technical college. Fortunately most of the damage was just a top that needed cleaning, new fence faces, cabinet cleanup and a new switch and cable for the mechanism.

The funnier part of the story is that I got it at auction for about $800 ~3 years ago and told my wife it be great because I could just restore and flip it as we lived in a house where I didn't have the room for it. Well, I was so busy with other stuff that the process dragged on long enough that the saw moved with me half way across the country where I now do have the space for it. One of the few times being slow to get a project done paid off

Love the lift. I did something similar, as it was the only way I could get the arbor/trunions back in the case.

Finally, can't say enough good things about SawStop tech support/service. They treated me like I was the original owner, even though the thing is 10 years old. Got me all the parts I needed, and honestly was suprised at how reasonably priced the parts were.

[sean meltvedt]

What oil stone did you use to remove all that rust?
Les, just a good old Norton combination bench stone
cheers

[sean meltvedt]

Nice work. I also recently resurrected a 5hp ICS that looked like it got rained on at a technical college. Fortunately most of the damage was just a top that needed cleaning, new fence faces, cabinet cleanup and a new switch and cable for the mechanism.

The funnier part of the story is that I got it at auction for about $800 ~3 years ago and told my wife it be great because I could just restore and flip it as we lived in a house where I didn't have the room for it. Well, I was so busy with other stuff that the process dragged on long enough that the saw moved with me half way across the country where I now do have the space for it. One of the few times being slow to get a project done paid off

Love the lift. I did something similar, as it was the only way I could get the arbor/trunions back in the case.

Finally, can't say enough good things about SawStop tech support/service. They treated me like I was the original owner, even though the thing is 10 years old. Got me all the parts I needed, and honestly was suprised at how reasonably priced the parts were.

Patrick, I echo your experience-Sawstop is the most professional, customer oriented equipment company in business today

[les winter]

thanks Sean.

[sean meltvedt]

The reconditioning is completed-this wonderful machine is now making sawdust again. I am not going to call it a rebuild, that’s Zipp Riders gig-I did more of a recondition. Just cleaned up the tables, cleaned and lubed the trunnions and replaced all the electric components including the motor. I used the old fence rails from my 36” PCS fence, but shifted them to the right (I did not replace the broken left wing). This gives me a comfortable 47” fence rip capacity. I may install a slider in the future-but not certain yet as I have a slider on the 52” PCS in the background. Now I’ll use them back to back for a while to figure out the best placement before I rework the outfeed table. For those that have back to back saws, how do you have them placed? Are the blades in line?
Back to the shop to play
Cheers
Sean

[Lisa Starr]

Great job, Sean. My back to back saws have the blades offset so that the two saws form a square.

[Roger Feeley]

Michael, the business where I got the saw had their shop roof collapse due to a combination of heavy snow and truss failure. It was lucky that no one was in there when the roof decided to go!
I used to teach printing and my paper salesman told me a story. He was at a printing plant admiring their brand new Heidelberg 4-color press. Someone was working on the roof that day and had put too much gravel in one spot. The roof gave and all that gravel dumped down on the press while it was running.

[mreza Salav]

Great job. I have one of those saws and it's a wonderful machine.
The company is one of the bests to deal with. Their CS is excellent.

[Mike Henderson]

The reconditioning is completed-this wonderful machine is now making sawdust again. I am not going to call it a rebuild, that’s Zipp Riders gig-I did more of a recondition. Just cleaned up the tables, cleaned and lubed the trunnions and replaced all the electric components including the motor. I used the old fence rails from my 36” PCS fence, but shifted them to the right (I did not replace the broken left wing). This gives me a comfortable 47” fence rip capacity. I may install a slider in the future-but not certain yet as I have a slider on the 52” PCS in the background. Now I’ll use them back to back for a while to figure out the best placement before I rework the outfeed table. For those that have back to back saws, how do you have them placed? Are the blades in line?
Back to the shop to play
Cheers
Sean

Great job. And your shop looks like one of those Fine Woodworking shops - not a speck of dust anywhere:)

Mike

[sean meltvedt]

Great job. And your shop looks like one of those Fine Woodworking shops - not a speck of dust anywhere:)

Mike
Mike-I wish. Typically the shop is clean twice a year-spring and fall. Since spring hasn’t yet sprung in Alaska-her is the saw from another angle. The far table is one of those 3D looking end grain cutting boards and the clamping jig in progress.
Cheers
Sean
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