DeWalt GE Radial Arm Saw

[@iobotwoodworks]

The Morgan Freeman of woodworking. Your narration's are always buttery smooth. Great find ! For a total of $500, that was a steal

[@doobysnacks8094]

Ah yes...Morgan Freeman and his whiny beta-male voice. lol

[@Legovestman]

I liked the touch of having the saw winding down as the video ended, it was really calming.

[@dbeanmail]

It's always a fun challenge exploring and restoring old machines. It's always neat to see how things were done 50 years ago.

[@JaceisFTW]

Some times I wonder how smart you are. If I was going to apprentice under someone, Frank would be a guy I could devote my life to learning from.

[@right.howdoimakethat6519]

Thanks again for humoring me on twitter on how much the cut cleaned up the rust on the blade. Not sure why I'm fascinated with that.

[@Zerostar369]

Kudos to you for bringing her back to life. Thanks Frank.

[@rickgreen9936]

Won't be long and you will be needing a bigger shop. Glad to see a nice piece of machinery saved and brought back to life.

[@GPWoodworks]

I love seeing these old machines come back to life. Thanks Frank..... You drive as slow as you want.... You were in the right lane anyway. :)

[@michaelmakarevich601]

Frank, you begin to remind me my Eastern European woodworking buddies who resurrect old professional woodworking machines from the "dead-dead"! Great job!

[@nightriderrv1139]

Great score always liked the older machines there built solid.

[@tristanarnold4706]

My father recently purchased a, slightly smaller, radial arm saw. and we are both interested in seeing your table and dust collection set up. i could watch your work for days on end. keep it up!

[@phooesnax]

Nice looking unit. Best of luck. Amazing how they do not look big till you see something near it.

[@MyGrowthRings]

Thanks for taking the time and care to bring her back to life. I wish more of us would escape the "buy new" habit and learn to value the gems in the rough that are rusting in shop corners. Well done. Scott

[@bwbark]

Fun project and nice video. Love these old machines. Please keep videoing and sharing your progress.

[@CrownMountainWoodworks]

Nice addition to the shop.

[@Hunter-yc4xi]

The local lumber yard has one of those old Dewalt saws that they use to cut down lumber for customers. I've said several times how I would like to have that saw. That's a great find!

[@craigcampbell7292]

Thanks. Just bought a 1963 ras. Lots of helpful info in your video. I'm thinking I'll have the ras table be the outfeed for the table saw . I have to convince you know that we , two retired people, don't need two vehicles thus freeing up the entire garage for machines and assembly table.

[@randyallaway4085]

Old tools are good tools. Great video, Frank.

[@talltimberswoodshop7552]

I got a 1943 GE last year for $85 which included a new receptacle for the 3 phase plug. Stripped all the paint, new bearings in the motor and the rollerhead, and repainted everything and added iron casters. Gonna make a table and add your dust collection system to it. I can't wait to get it going.

[@eegaugh]

Most enjoyable - thank you. There are some monster RASs in the KZbin video about DeWalts' contribution to the war effort.

[@outdoortools]

You have a lot of great old high quality machinery in your shop. I enjoyed seeing this and learning more about the process.

[@GeminiWoodworks]

Your videos are the best! Please never stop making them and never sell out.

[@dnngskn62]

Nice story as well as a great update. I'm not surprised you got it up and running. Those old machines were very well made. Most were total beasts. I ran a production machine shop in an electrical products plant and many of the drill presses, lathes and milling machines were made in the early 1900's. Many had eighty years running time on them.

[@anklebiterwoodworks2818]

Very cool. I wish they still made tools that well today!

[@williamdawson3353]

Great restoration! I too really enjoy making old things work.

[@9Biloela99]

Frank, I am continually amazed at your ingenuity, well done

[@tympt1]

The old stuff is still the best. I bought a 1960 Wadkin tablesaw and after a bit of TLC it is a brilliant piece of kit!

[@frankmakes]

+tympt1 nice!

[@jghulzenga]

That fork lift operator totally smoked your tailgate!!! hopefully there was no damage, otherwise that could be a much more expensive saw haha, loving the videos Frank, keep up the awesome work!

[@MauriceBlok]

It's nice to hear you dream, then rationalise, work to get it done and do a wonderful document on it.

[@pierpalicious]

+Maurice Blok well said.

[@deej19142]

That was the Simpson Lumber mill. I think around 250 -275 jobs were lost in that cosure. We have also been affected here in Forks Washington, with the closing of Allen Logging Company as well as the Interfor Mill with a total of 120 jobs lost which is huge in a town of 3300. I hate seeing this hapening. But anyway enough of all of that, Frank I am glad to see you have posted a couple of new videos. Thanks a bunch. I love all that you do. :)

[@BonnPolydaris]

My father bought a Soviet refrigerator in 1966. Model refrigerator "Oka-3". In 1966, these refrigerators were installed compressor from the USA (compressor piston). The fridge works to this day, although noisy, but in the garage it prevents. It is a Museum rarity and the property of the nation.

[@Lee-qp6gf]

What a wonderful saw. Guys today are missing out on the best buys there are on radial arm saws. I have two and wouldn't trade them for the new saws.

[@markshipman4864]

This is a great story, Frank. Thanks. I'm inspired to seek and recycle older tools. I can't tell you how much I enjoy your channel.

[@frankmakes]

+Mark Shipman thanks

[@woodspirit52]

Hey, I live in Shelton. Wish I had known you were coming. I heard about the auction AFTER it was finished and didn't get to see what they had. I love the OWWM website. It has helped me many times. I appreciate the patience you take with all your projects.

[@MyShopNotes]

Great saw Frank, nice that you could find the replacement part.

[@SyberPrepper]

Love those big machines, but I wouldn't have the patience to bring them back to working order. Great job. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@michaeledlin9995]

That is half the fun take it apart and clean replace neglected parts, make it sing again. My old tools earn me a living along with my guidance.

[@periodcraftsmen]

I am getting ready to take over a shop and they have a 16 inch Dewalt Radial Arm Saw. I'm pretty pumped about it. Great video.

[@netdoctor1]

And an old tool gets some renewed life. Love it. Thanks for sharing here.

[@AgentZ3R0.]

That sucker must have some real power! We've got an old Rockwell in our shop at school (I'm in my fourth year of carpentry) and its got so much power and torque, cuts through any hard wood like it was butter. I think you'll find you'll want to keep the "smaller" DeWalt for some smaller and more fine tasks. Thanks for the video!

[@RedSmithWorkshop]

Interesting restauration process.

[@Garageworkshop]

Great restoration! Love seeing old machines running again.

[@murraylowe8677]

Great job Frank and looks like a very nice solid saw

[@GiacoWhatever]

I'm at 01:03 and needed to pause and tell you how much I love this one already!!!

[@frankmakes]

+Giaco Whatever Thanks

[@zer0b0t]

I like those rolling stairs, very practical.

[@GarageWoodworks]

That has got to be an incredibly rewarding project. I have yet to buy any used woodworking tools and after seeing what you accomplished I might have to give it a try. Good video.

[@Sprank900]

+GarageWoodworks www.vintagemachinery.org

[@rickringer]

+GarageWoodworks - I have a 1956 DeWalt MBF 9" RAS. If you get one of these gems, I promise that you will fall in love. EVERYTHING is adjustable so you can fine tune it to perfection. I use mine primarily for cross cuts and it cuts a perfect 90 every time. All you have to do is slightly adjust the set screws on the arm until it's right on the money. I just can't begin to tell you just how much I LOVE mine. I even made a small dust collection box that works with a shop vac and it works like a charm. I'd really love to see you get one and restore it. Google Mr. Sawdust - It's a book dedicated to restoring these. There's a mountain of info on the web that will help with the restoration process provided by folks who have joined the cult like me. Hahahaha. They were extremely well engineered.

[@GarageWoodworks]

+Rick Ringer Thank you. I'll check it out.

[@rickringer]

By the way, I love your channel.

[@bubbathedog7625]

"It's a fun process." It also makes for great videos. Thanks for sharing, Frank.

[@jumpleadsx2]

hands up who wants to hangout with frank

[@frankmakes]

+jumpleadsx2 I'll be in Atlanta April 1-3, 2016: videowoodworkers.com/2015/12/atlanta-2016-attendees/

[@mikewiebe4598]

+jumpleadsx2 *Hand Up* Atlanta would be cool, but hanging out in your shop and hearing you talk about all your machines and seeing you in your element would be better.

[@jasonniederkorn7355]

+frank howarth We'll be there, Frank! I actually just got one of those DeWalt GEs last year but haven't set it up yet. It works perfectly though (motor/travel).I haven't used it in the shop yet, though, because when we were loading it, we removed the two bolts that holds the cylinder in place, which caused the arm/blade to drop down to the table. Now I can't lift it up! I'm hoping I can use a jack or something and that will work, but haven't had a chance to try.

[@nerdyrcdriver]

I love old tools like this. I work for a small engineering company inside a large building with many small shops around us. Whenever our home depot drill press won't do the job, I can always count on someone else having an old powermatic or something similar that will go straight through what I want to drill. Its a similar story at school in our shops too. With new tools they actually do the math and figure out the absolute minimum requirements of each part and go with that or a little more. With old tools they built them to last and withstand the abuse.

[@frankmakes]

+nerdyrcdriver +nerdyrcdriver yes, I think bigger tools are engineered to be light, so they can be shipped, but they lose something in rigidity

[@NeilHarrisonNEH]

Thanks for sharing your projects have really enjoyed watching your films. Very much looking forward to watching you future projects.

[@onjofilms]

Awesome fix. DeWalt made some good old saws. I have one like your other and just had to replace the motor bearings. But it's worth it to keep it alive.

[@jgeorge1984]

I really love the videos that you do on restoring the old machines. I think that it's really cool what you do that. Thanks for sharing!

[@retiredminimalist1937]

I originally thought this was much ado about nothing but check the prices. Worth it.

[@TheGeekPub]

I love me some Frank Makes videos!

[@random110]

Frank, I could watch your videos all day long. Keep up the great work.

[@tschuler9923]

Great video Frank and thanks for bringing classic tools back to life . These old DeWalts are awesome . Too bad more people don't see how great and useful they are.

[@nebruin777]

I have an almost identical saw, it was my grandfathers and it's a 16" 1950's dewalt 5HP. I ended up completely restoring it, and replaced all the bearings on the whole thing. Cool to see another one out there. Although I'll admit I almost never use it. It's rare my other saws can't handle any cut I need to make. But it is nice to have the capacity if I ever need it.

[@TexasKid747]

Lol. That blade looks like the ones I just inherited from my Dad. I would up dissolving sap and "goop" then coating with Paste Wax. We'll see what they look like after some use. Love that saw (and all your older equipment) and the care you take to use them.

[@dbstelly1]

Wonderful video, thank you for filming your repairs!

[@elbob248]

You have a radial arm saw problem my friend. And that's a good thing. Nice find.

[@frankmakes]

+Robert Palmer lol, thanks

[@MRrwmac]

Great find and lucky you found the replacement parts! You should be proud to bring such a wonderful machine back to a new life of woodworking (I know I would be). Wish I had the space for your (now smaller) old one. Looking forward to the next installment of you getting the table made for it. Thanks for sharing this!

[@woodturningjohn]

Cool, I am very bad at buying things sight unseen at auctions. Get some good and some bad, but even the bad gives me parts and some fun of hunting and gathering tools :)

[@shartne]

It cuts really flat and smooth or leaves no saw marks. I love old machinery. Its a lot better than new stuff.

[@clnmyjts]

I personally think old projects make for the best type of projects for someone to be doing! and of course this is coming from the perspective of an old persons thinking! LOL cool video..of a monstrous old table saw

[@crolodon8024]

Very nice dude, the saw looks great! I love that classic De Walt font.

[@ITSAWOODTHING]

Beautiful looking machine. I wish I could rebuild those like you, very impressed.

[@PaulMeyette]

I enjoyed this video as I have recently acquired a 1960's era craftsman RAS. It's my new project

[@Worldslayer85]

nice work Frank.

[@MichaelLawing]

Great video, Frank. Looks like a lot of fun!

[@LivefreeanddiyTv]

There's a local place here that's always doing estate and business closing auctions ... I love them! This was a nice find, even at 500$ I think you probably get a great deal!

[@HeavyboxesDIYMaster]

I'm surprised you got that to work, because the condition of the machine was unknown. Of course you put a lot of time into it but that is so great that it works and it's huge to handle large sized projects!!!

[@robertevans6481]

a big honking saw there.....really not a bad deal .....great fix on it.

[@JoeCubicle]

Love that sound when it was greased and fired up with the blade on. If you video the sharpening, I would watch that.

[@TheShavingWoodWorkshop]

That should be a great addition to your shop Frank.

[@need2knw80]

really appreciate the videos you make sir.

[@DavidLucas-hf1cx]

I love your vintage tools, that's what most of my shop is. I love the endless loop round lifting straps for moving heavy stuff around without damaging stuff (cheep too).. That is if you don't already have a few...

[@Makebuildmodify]

That saw is a beast! I used a that model while building a basketball court. The concrete floor that we built on was out of level by over 5" from end to end. So we cut hundreds of 4" x 6" shims/legs to build the floor system on. I never did manage to slow the saw down during a cut.

[@ErikAnderson1]

Nice find fix and save

[@rivergate]

You're a talented man. An inspiration.

[@williamwatson8496]

Really cool Frank! I stop to let the paint dry on the DeWalt 1501 I am restoring today and up pops your vid.

[@DaveGatton]

Nice score Frank. That thing is a hoss.

[@zaprodk]

That's a beautiful old saw - Good work on getting in back into operation.

[@Bhix]

Another entertaining, and well produced video! I try describing your videos to friends, but the best description I can give is that they are so well made and pleasant to watch. I've never done any woodworking, but these videos are so interesting to me. I've never wanted to own a wooden bowl so badly. Lol

[@frankmakes]

+Brian Hicks Thanks

[@holmztrup3433]

it's a fun project and it Alslev looks cool! beautifull vintage machinery

[@TonyStrongman]

Great effort in resurrecting that old beast of a tool.

[@samkarimzad3474]

Great work my friend, can't wait to see the guard installation video.

[@cod4madass]

I envy you and your workshop! Nice job bud.

[@Texfire]

I love the passion you bring to every project you film Frank. That's an impressive old machine.

[@garyking9908]

great find! I have an old delta Rockwell but at 10 inches it's just a baby to that one

[@MikeWaldt]

Great work, and great video Frank, a beast of a machine for sure :) Take care Mike

[@frankmakes]

+Mike Waldt Thanks Mike

[@JeremyMcMahan]

Fun that you live in the NW here. I'm about 45 min. from Shelton myself. Keep up the great work!

[@stumorrison27]

Hey I have a summer place in Shelton! And I have been to that mill! (back when it was operating) thanks Mr Howarth, beautiful video work.

[@Stephen1455]

Christ! That's a monster! I am no wood worker and THAT is intimidating!!

[@JasonBarre]

That's a pretty clean cut!

[@filipedinis2414]

Very nice!!! Greetings from Portugal

[@rickringer]

I'm so happy to see this video. I love that you have several of these old gems. As you know, I have a deep love for these extremely precise, well manufactured beauties. I'm so happy to see them enjoying a resurgence of popularity among folks who are dedicated to restoring them and using them to create amazing projects. They're built like no other, and offer the ability to fine tune them to perfection.

[@williamhayden7711]

That's a kick ass cross cut from an old dull blade. It looked like glass with wood grain. :)

[@LukeHague]

Really, really cool. I've seen a few of the smaller DeWalts for sale here and there... Wish I had the space to give one a home :)

[@Regishumberto1]

Very cool !! !, It's a shame that here in Brazil, we have no facility to find machines like this !!

[@Mannabuilder]

Nice job with getting it all up going. That looks just like the radial arm saws Home Depot has. Home Depot bought lots of those old Dewalts for their lumber department. I believe it is an 18 inch blade.

[@jeffscott3160]

The number of these saws that DeWalt manufactured probably was in the six digit numbers, so parts for them are still not too terribly difficult to find. I wish they still made them this way! The two smaller ones you have were made for more than three decades to the best of my knowledge. I have my grandfathers that was manufactured in 1949 I believe and I still have the original owners manual and parts list as well as the jigsaw attachment. There was also a lathe attachment available for them.