We'll i took the plunge. [sort of] Picked up a vintage unisaw
yesterday. This be a good Q for you unisaw. the tag on the back of the
saw i bought does not look like any of those on your website. it is a
tad that appears to be welded in place and is not colored. just a
steel tab. the number is 64-0344. I figure this to mean it may have
been built in 1948. the fella i bought it from said it's a 3 phase 3
hp unisaw. im not so sure. I'm sure its a unisaw and im reasonably
sure it is 3 phase but everything i have read about saws of that era
tell me its probly 1 1/2 or 2 hp. anyway it has the 5 1/2" pully on
the motor so it aint 3450 rpm. is there any place that a 1725 rpm 3 hp
1 phase motor can be had for this saw?
I realy dont want to use a static phase converter as it will lose me
some hp and probly shorten the life of the motor. A rotory phase
converter is way too much money! I don't mind buying a motor but was
trying to get around spending an additional 50 bucks for a pulley. I
have a magnetic switch already. I'm not sure if this saw is worthy of
a gloat at 400 dollars as i will have to put quite a bit more in it
but the castings are in good shape and i think the saw is mechanicaly
sound. it cleaned up well. even the old jet lock fence seems
servicable. any advise or recomendations gladly accepted.
skeez
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"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Mike Hide wrote:
> >Sir the Jetlock fence was the delta name for their unisaw fence ,nothing
to
> >do with the JET tool company the fence existed long before the Jet
> >manufacturing company
>
> Akchoolee no. Jet the company preceeded the Jet Lock fence
> by almost half a decade.
>
> UA100
>
>We'll i took the plunge. [sort of] Picked up a vintage unisaw
>yesterday. This be a good Q for you unisaw. the tag on the back of the
>saw i bought does not look like any of those on your website. it is a
>tad that appears to be welded in place and is not colored. just a
>steel tab. the number is 64-0344. I figure this to mean it may have
>been built in 1948. the fella i bought it from said it's a 3 phase 3
>hp unisaw. im not so sure. I'm sure its a unisaw and im reasonably
>sure it is 3 phase but everything i have read about saws of that era
>tell me its probly 1 1/2 or 2 hp. anyway it has the 5 1/2" pully on
>the motor so it aint 3450 rpm. is there any place that a 1725 rpm 3 hp
>1 phase motor can be had for this saw?
>I realy dont want to use a static phase converter as it will lose me
>some hp and probly shorten the life of the motor. A rotory phase
>converter is way too much money! I don't mind buying a motor but was
>trying to get around spending an additional 50 bucks for a pulley. I
>have a magnetic switch already. I'm not sure if this saw is worthy of
>a gloat at 400 dollars as i will have to put quite a bit more in it
>but the castings are in good shape and i think the saw is mechanicaly
>sound. it cleaned up well. even the old jet lock fence seems
>servicable. any advise or recomendations gladly accepted.
>skeez
$400 seems pretty cheap if you have three phase power but why a Jet fence ona
Unisaw? Does it fit right?
If you have pictures I'd like to see what the saws look like. 1948 was a long
time ago!
Castratta