Thanks Neil

Posted by Shane Whitlock on Tue 01 Mar 2011 08:22:12 PM MST

Jekyll and Hyde

I'm a few weeks into ownership of my 1956 model MBF. It looks suspiciously like your "before."

I'm 90% certain that I'm only going to do a mechanical restoration (all six bearings, anti-kickback pawls, new power cords, the Forrest blade,...

I'm a few weeks into ownership of my 1956 model MBF. It looks suspiciously like your "before."

I'm 90% certain that I'm only going to do a mechanical restoration (all six bearings, anti-kickback pawls, new power cords, the Forrest blade, stiffener, and a Mister Sawdust table).

But ... yours ... is just a thing of beauty.

If I wind up going farther ... like ... a cosmetic restoration ... rest assured that it will be ALL your fault ;-)

Phenomenal job !

Incidentally ... this one's mine:

Posted by Neil Brooks (guest) on Mon 14 Feb 2011 09:34:34 AM MST

Thanks Bill. Yes I usually use a wire wheel mounted in a angle grinder or bench top grinder.
No parts have been chromed, just polished.

Posted by Shane Whitlock on Fri 12 Nov 2010 12:24:49 PM MST

Dewalt RAS incredible!

Wow, this is amazing....just starting to restore a few things (Unisaw and 32" bandsaw) and I can't get over just how good you have made these tools look. How do you clean up the tools? Grinder with wire wheel? Where do you get the items chromed?

Wow, this is amazing....just starting to restore a few things (Unisaw and 32" bandsaw) and I can't get over just how good you have made these tools look. How do you clean up the tools? Grinder with wire wheel? Where do you get the items chromed?

Really impressive!

Bill

Posted by Bill (guest) on Wed 10 Nov 2010 07:28:56 PM MST