Ive been reading these for a while now and figured I should say High.
Im no expert in wood or metal and my jobs are acceptable at best but I love returning old scrap tools or timber to a useable glory. Done mainly to show the kids that despite its age or look it can be used again not just thrown away,
Until recently my tools have taken a side role in the shed due to roof leaks cars and cockroaches but now I find myself in a 6 car garage with ample room for my toys to be set up:U:U
As far as tools go my First old faithfull table saw is a Craftmaster 1984 "ctsc-10" that I found in a very poor state until i got my hands on it. I cant find any details on it online but she hums now
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After a full strip down, bearings redone and repaint she actually came good apart from the fence which is great for rough ripping before squaring up. But she works well for a 38yr old girl.
The feet I also added some wheels and footings to enable a bit of mobility to it as seen below.
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Not bad for $90 and some time, paint and bearings but I have replaced it nearly with a scary table saw with a nice T fence but that is a work in progress as during the last move I lost some spacers that lock it into position when tilting, these I will have to remake on the lathe at work.This saw has a strange ability that allows you to release the blade and slide it forward within the table saw creating a under table docking saw SCARY for fingers but hay I don't have to release it.
So far the body and the cast iron top have been cleaned treated and are ready for reassembly. I also added my custom footings and lockable wheels once again for mobility even with it being over 200kg.
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Other projects include the now operational router table that has a home made height adjust and space to hold all the crap associated with it as seen below made from scrap timber from pallets and some offcuts I had around the shed. Oh the top is a $10 sheet of formwork ply for concreting from bunnings I love this stuff spill paint on it and it peals off as soon as its dry. I added the t-track and basic plate from Timbecon but built the height adjust from scratch Yes the router is now dedicated to it since it now cant be removed. router was $15 at a garage sale
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Another prize find is an old planner 200 that is full cast Iron and works a treat that when coupled with an old thicknesser I got for 100 that now works a treat allows me to cleanup and use alot of the pallet timber I get from overseas at work
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Yes these two still havnt had a facelift but they are operational and I cant afford to tear them down and not use them
Apart from these I have the carbatec drill press $100 Linisher $90 Bandsaw $120 etc all found on Gumtree in an abused state that have all received an injection of TLC to be more then usable again
For now most of what I do in the limited time I get to play is orientated to setting up my shed but as you can see below you can still have fun using some Italian hardwood pallets to make a holder for your Dado set
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Well that is me sorta in a nut shell im no expert but as I was taught "If some one has done it before there is no reason you cant"
