Jeff Horton
06-01-2006, 3:39 PM
The cabinet, the base, motor cover (goose egg) and the floor are painted. No not the shop floor, the saw cabinet floor. This has taken a bit longer than I anticipated. I relearned a few body working tricks that I don't care if I forget. ;) And I spent a lot of time watching paint dry too.
Of course this saw was cosmetically in horrible shape! Before photos (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=36619&highlight=unisaw) and you can see the mating shaper in the background. I didn't get the cabinet perfect. Since this is a user saw, not something for display I didn't try to go back and fill every little pit, but I did get most of them. It looks perfect from 5 feet back and unless someone is going to get on their hands and knee's you not going to see the flaws.
39852
I decided to paint the floor of the saw flat black. Mainly because I ran out of the gray :rolleyes: and it doesn't show anyway. I was going to repaint all the inard' pieces but after working so long on the cabinet I realized that I am going to use this saw and that nothing inside shows anyway. The paint is in good shape on all the pieces. I have just decided to tackle any rusty spots, spot paint them for protection and run with it. I have to keep reminding myself unlike the DeWalt RAS most of this saw doesn't show.
Next step (maybe tonight) is start assembling some of the parts!
Of course this saw was cosmetically in horrible shape! Before photos (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=36619&highlight=unisaw) and you can see the mating shaper in the background. I didn't get the cabinet perfect. Since this is a user saw, not something for display I didn't try to go back and fill every little pit, but I did get most of them. It looks perfect from 5 feet back and unless someone is going to get on their hands and knee's you not going to see the flaws.
39852
I decided to paint the floor of the saw flat black. Mainly because I ran out of the gray :rolleyes: and it doesn't show anyway. I was going to repaint all the inard' pieces but after working so long on the cabinet I realized that I am going to use this saw and that nothing inside shows anyway. The paint is in good shape on all the pieces. I have just decided to tackle any rusty spots, spot paint them for protection and run with it. I have to keep reminding myself unlike the DeWalt RAS most of this saw doesn't show.
Next step (maybe tonight) is start assembling some of the parts!