My old table saw

About my old Rockwell beaver 9" table saw that I bought used back in 1996, putting it back together after moving it.
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Sorry, no time for a project this week, but I'll have a project next week.

[@bluemoosewoodworking]

I have the same saw. (A Mothers Day present to myself.) I bought it 3 weeks ago from a guy retiring from cabinet making. You have no idea how cool it is for me to know that I have the same saw as you. It's a great saw. I've been trying to figure out how to attach my dust collection hose to it. Now I know. Lol. I also went to UW, in '91, but only for 1 year.

[@simondalzell1965]

That ball-bearing track system thing is ridiculously cool. I'm always amazed at Matthias' simple solutions.

[@wobblysauce]

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[@yorgle]

Yeah. That's super clever!

[@JohnHughes2002]

Simon Dalzell what ball bearing track system?

[@CordBlomquist]

Should we expect many more workshop setup and organization videos in the near future. I know if I moved the first thing I'd want to do is get my workshop organized, especially if I had a huge space like you do!

[@MrSatchelpack]

These are the types of things I look forward to in his videos and of course building things out of perfectly useful dumpster wood.

[@drodakarambo]

I just bought basically the same saw a couple of weeks ago over in Alberta. I was very happy to look and see that you have so many videos and blog posts about tuning up the old saw. And I was glad to see the explanation of your custom rip fence as well. Thanks for all the videos! Keep making them Please!

[@Atoran95]

We made marathon with your videos and everytime you said "here" we took a shot. Thank you for this terrible headache

[@uninsulatedshrimp5518]

Atoran I've had this idea for a long time now. Maybe someone should do a compilation

[@Atoran95]

Uninsulated Shrimp Well, I wouldn't drink to that...

[@Kuskavak]

I'd love to see a video on how you organize the workshop, the thought process etc. Great videos!

[@airwolf61970]

Matthias. I was going to buy a new Delta tablesaw at Lowe's But after researching it. I found out this big beautiful daw had a 13 amp motor in it. Well, I got pissed and asked what is a good tried and true saw for the hobbyist, for cheap. I bought a craftsman 113.298762 It's a newer craftsman but I believe it will do the job. Thanks for your honest videos. They have saved me alot of money and grief. So, thanks again. From Arkansas, USA

[@stevemiller4706]

Tablesaw starts a little slow. Installs a flux capacitor. Now saw starts at 88mph. nice.

[@MrStringybark]

I'm glad to see I am not the only person on this planet to lift and move something that is awkward or heavy before I've worked out what i'm going to do to make the shifting easier. I call it a talent.

[@DennisMathias]

I like the background stories. Revealing. Great videos.

[@mmanut]

I have a 20+ yr old Powermatic Contractor Saw, all cast iron including the wings. Set it up with balanced pulleys and this saw is a beast. Cuts better than my fairly new Delta Unisaw. Smoother, the motor is stronger and just a great saw.

[@robpridgen3791]

That wheel lock mechanism is pure genius. I spent a day welding nuts and threaded rod to lock mine down. If I had only waited until this video:).

[@YPOC]

I feel like you're the definition of "lift smart - not heavy."

[@WittAllen]

Matthias isn't about the gains life.

[@baldwinlc]

I have a vintage Rockwell 9" table saw I bought back in 1981. It still cuts great.. but finding decent blades for it can be a challenge. Anyway, great video Matthias, I always enjoy watching your common sense problem solving solutions.

[@Retroweld]

They done make them like they use too. Enjoyed it.

[@donayre21]

I'm going through the same thing right now.I bought a fancy drill two years ago but I had a few problems with it .While my old skill corded drill never had an issue.

[@MaxBloomfield]

If you have a big garage like that, you might consider installing a hoist or chainfall. Theoretically you never need it because you have a loader, but I can't tell you how often they just make things amazingly easy.

[@thedivinehammerswoodworks1895]

I love all 3 of my old Rockwell Beaver saws, and I agree they are way better than most new saws, it's too bad they went with an oddball size blade for them, I can't find anywhere around Edmonton that has them, so I ended up using 8.25" blades in mine.

[@DioD3]

Im going to miss your old workshop

[@sumosprojects]

Great viewing Matthias, always interesting viewing these videos on the history of your shop, cheers Sumo 👍👍👍

[@pazdemy]

Man, I love your channel. Don't stop doing the things.

[@larryfromlincolncountywa3989]

Yep, sometimes those older tools just work! I love my early '90s model Craftsman contractor saw and, as you said, nothing fancy, but sure functional.

[@tonybp965]

You're the best Matt. just having a tiny bit of fun.

[@ldwithrow08]

I really like the roll around base. Beats locking wheels that don't really lock. I might make me a few of those.

[@MaxMakerChannel]

Thank you Matthias. I can use a video right now.

[@thevolpstar18]

Hey, just a thought. You could switch the aluminum part that you milled with the wooden part on the top part of the fence so that the accuracy of the aluminum part will be the one that registers off the fence.

[@matthiaswandel]

If I swapped them, then the reference surface would be on the bottom part (much less accurate). The reference surface is part of the wider clamp that is on top.

[@MazeFrame]

2:58 I love the starting sound! Great video (as always)!

[@nchtdiemama7267]

My Table Saw was an Iron Cast Monster with 400kg . It was a Felder from 1976 with 800x900mm Table and a Iron Cast crosscut sled Who can handle 1500x1500 plates. An Inductuon Motor with 1,5 horsepower. I Loved her and never changed It against a new. The saw was extrem precise. A crosscut over 2meters i messured 0,2mm Difference.

[@SephirothITM]

I always get excited when I see you have a new video :)

[@eddieespinosa8743]

Where are your friends when you need them

[@SephirothITM]

Who needs friends when you have the internet?

[@Sneepsnorpsupreme]

well done on 1 million subscribers!!

[@12345NoNamesLeft]

Makes you wonder what a Matthias Wandel youtube party would look like.

[@SephirothITM]

12345NoNamesLeft the furniture would be incredible

[@deevlars]

I had similar problem with my table saw table, and i managed to make it straight by adding washers at front.Cast iron bends very easily, but one have to watch not to over bend it, because it can crack.

[@MaxMakerChannel]

Deevla Good idea.

[@matthiaswandel]

My dad's felder had a warped table. The service man fixed it by shimming it. We didn't know cast iron could warp so easily!

[@deevlars]

I learn that trick from my grandfather who was machinist, i also couldn't imagine those big cast iron lathe can warp.. If the bottom is not leveled, machine can't be precise, because bed twists.

[@PolFeliuCuberes]

oh, i didn't know that. Then what is the point of using cast iron?

[@deevlars]

Cheaper and easier mass production(especially difficult shape parts) , easy machining, very good dump vibration properties...etc

[@MRawash]

at 5:35 I heard it "I bought this saw in *1966*", I had to rewind, but for a few moments there I thought you were a vampire, and it actually made sense.

[@rodv7779]

I love your videos. Incredible talent and ingenuity! Keep them coming sir!

[@Wordsnwood]

Hmm, Rockwell Beaver, Delta, Homemade, Canadian Tire Portable, DeWalt portable... Do you actually have more table saws than band saws?

[@matthiaswandel]

Yes, true enough. I should fix that. Need to build more bandsaws! (wife disagrees with this approach). The thing is, a lot of my table saws suck in one way or another.

[@PolFeliuCuberes]

Wordsnwood (Art Mulder) is her approach to get rid of the extra table saws?

[@Wordsnwood]

You've got the room now, so I don't see the problem. Just look at what Matt Cremona built in his back yard, and you've got far more room than that!

[@ptbentley2000]

I have to agree the ball bearings are the bomb. I'm converting my table saw.

[@pawelaco]

Very helpful Matthias video, many explain

[@theislandworkshop8453]

i love older tools they were made to last

[@Fe7Ace]

And I like tales of cheaper tools that through experience have proved better or as good as more expensive tools. It really goes to show that you don't need the newest, fanciest equipment to do good work, and I meet way too many people who think just that.

[@rpnp2]

I agree when they are older commercial equipment, but old contractor type saws were made fairly cheap back in the day hence why most of the saw matthias rebuilt.

[@niske]

maybe only the ones that lasted until now ;)

[@ibeattheleaves5005]

That arbor shaft is huge!

[@marciocastanho7289]

Very nice movable system!

[@burntsider8457]

I mounted an electric hoist on a trolley (barn door track) on the ceiling of my shop. So handy for handling bulk or heavy items when working alone.

[@ron827]

I am always impressed with the simplicity of your designs which follow the advice of Albert Einstein. "Make it as simple as possible and no simpler." Glad to see you are wearing something other than moccasins. I too enjoyed wearing moccasins in my youth and am now dealing with with plantar fasciitis in my senior years. There could be a connection but at least you are not wearing those silly flip-flops in the shop which offer no protection for your feet. Correction; protection for your "meter" in metric land. ;- Sure wish the U.S. would join the rest of the world with their logical measuring system.

[@apacherose7337]

An avatar of a bald eagle and an American flag and you suggest we should be logical? If we were logical, there very well may have never been a United States, sir.

[@davestorr6764]

Nothing quite like old table saw memories 🙂

[@toddferrell2322]

I have a similar 9 inch Delta/Rockwell saw. Where do you get your blades? I have been using circular saw blades. They work OK but i need a good blade.

[@Falney]

It is times like this that an apprentice or intern comes in handy. That looked heavy

[@oppfattet]

cool camerawork in this one 👌

[@Grant_S_M]

Can't wait for the new rip fence build!

[@baodien2142]

Wow, i'm exited about the ball bearing lift.

[@OntarioLakeside]

I have a 9" rockwell, where do you get your blades? I made a video about my workshop if you want to have a look on my channel.

[@dannyd8054]

Hey can you please do a video about what your favorit tools and machines to use around the shop thanks

[@joebrown1382]

You sir are an inventor.

[@tiitsaul9036]

My old table saw had the table bent worse then yours.I build steel frame under neath, tapped threads in them and with set screws I could "push" the table straight. It was a lot of work but worked very well. (Table was bent both directions which is why it was a problem)

[@thomastieffenbacherdocsava1549]

I've an old Stanley metal claw hammer that fits my hand perfectly and has a great balance, but it's Ugly! I think it's in your mastery of your tools sir!

[@johnbouttell5827]

This saw cuts cleaner than your fancier saw. A truth worth repeating.

[@elams1894]

What was the fancier saw that didn't stack up?

[@davemoore8283]

I get so happy when he uploads

[@ScottMason67]

The knobs on the rip fence do seem a little clunky, perhaps a cam lever system wouldn't be too hard to implement there. Great to see old tools keep their usefulness.

[@tonybp965]

Great job as always.

[@BrokenLifeCycle]

Do you agree with the saying "They don't build them like they used to" in the context of a lot of equipment nowadays? It just seems like a lot of the newer things break easier or had too many corner cut to the point that quality becomes questionable.

[@matthiaswandel]

No, there was a lot of junk made in the past too. Just the stuff that's still around is the stuff that didn't break.

[@ScratchAOE2777]

Matthias can you show us how you made that wheel system? I need to make my VERY heavy craftsman 10 inch tablesaw mobile.

[@houtjeboom]

Are you moving Mattias?

[@sdavidleigh6642]

Fun to watch. Thank you and finally you are wearing a shirt that I feel wood workers should wear. Heavy denim. It makes you looked seasoned and wiser. lol

[@allluckyseven]

How about making a spring clamp for that fence?

[@_oven]

Maybe Jeremy Schmidt would help you build a new fence for the saw if you invited him? That incremental fence is quite cool.

[@MaxMakerChannel]

It took me 3 tries to get a decent table saw. I bought 500$ range current models but two of the saws were so unaligned, that they were useless for woodworking. I wish manufacturers would pay more attention.

[@matthiaswandel]

or you could fix the alignment

[@Arasseo]

Wow! I didn't know you went to the University of Waterloo, I'm studying there right now. Do you know if you have to be enrolled in a woodworking class to use the woodshop there? I'm in Computer Science but would love to do some woodworking

[@matthiaswandel]

there was no wood shop when I went there.

[@normanboyes4983]

Well Matthias I am so surprised that you have not rigged up some sort of oscillating surface grinding plate doohickey and improved the table flatness.😉

[@magicrobharv]

You are very inspirational !

[@electricmonk1134]

Hi, do you know by any chance where to find the long bars for the front and back? Mine only has a short (half?) bar and I can only use it with the side grill. I would also like to add a router table. Thank you.

[@T0NGPU]

You should really install a winch on the ceiling. It comes in handy sooo many times. I have a really small garage and made one of steel frames used in suspended ceilings, some metal parts and a few pulleys. I use it all the time.

[@MaxMakerChannel]

T0NGPU I plan the same for my next workshop. One I-beam mounted to the centre of the ceiling to lift a few hundred kg.

[@matthiaswandel]

I have had some ideas about a crane or winch of some sort, yes.

[@AndrewMoizer]

As I recall you do also have a tractor with a front end loader. Make/beg/repurpose a set of forklift forks to go on the loader. Best thing I did for mine.

[@JohnHughes2002]

Seeing as you're moving into a new work shop, please can you do a video on how best to organise a work shop?

[@shanemccabe7755]

I just bought my first table saw today Rockwell Beaver

[@JustinAlexanderBell]

Matthias, Any ideas as to why your newer saw performed poorer than this older less expensive one?

[@KuroganeXIII]

Congratulations for the 1 millon!

[@zainhaider4422]

hello matthias please do some videos about measurment of wood cutting in triangle shape etc for example cabnet making door making measurments

[@davidtopps8345]

I love this i have the same saw and live in ontario. Where do you get 9 inch blades? Best i can find is 8 1/4 circular saw blades

[@matthiaswandel]

home depot, and home hardware

[@Diggnuts]

Nice beaver!

[@christianullrich2923]

Great tip there at the end: "If you're low on cash, first thing, get yourself a table saw!"

[@wesley115777]

Matthias, watching you struggle getting the saw table out of your trailer makes me wonder what's overhead. Are the joists (or roof trusses or whatever) exposed? If so, a come-a-long, block & tackle, or other hoist would be a big help lifting that sort of thing.

[@matthiaswandel]

With the 16' ceiling, it's not really practical. Because I wouldn't want something dangling down that far all the time, and it would be way more hassle putting it up and taking it down than it was to move the saw.

[@vedranlatin1386]

Love your videos Matthias, I've found your channel (or was it a website) probably around 2005 and got hooked immediately :) You now have enough headroom and a flat floor just begging for a small gantry crane. Two A shaped side frames with an I-beam or something similar in between. When not in use it can be parked over the table or a workbench and not waste any space. You already have the welder, it should be a straightforward job.

[@wesley115777]

Well, I envy you the tall space you have. However, there could be many ways to get around the "dangle" issue. Maybe you don't move enough heavy items to think it's worth the effort, but having worked in shops with an overhead hoist, well, I'll just say I miss having one. Another approach to moving heavy stuff is something like Frank Howarth's "Wooden Gantry Crane" (posted under that title about a year ago). An overhead hoist would much easier/cheaper, though.

[@12345NoNamesLeft]

www.lkgoodwin.com/more_info/portable_aluminum_gantry_crane_all_terrain/images/gantry_crane_1.jpg

[@1pcfred]

Let's all not lose sight of the fact that Mathias has a front end loader now. So what he really needs is choker straps.

[@rachedimohammed587]

good morning matthias can you do a video on the tilte michanism on this saw please i m trying to make a table saw and the motor i have is to heavy

[@jakemustian99]

Im not usually the safety nelly type but man that extionchord had some serious charing on it

[@fynbo1007]

Love your solution

[@Goomer]

Did you move or something, or just the Shop?

[@PickelPinApple]

How far apart are the two workshops you have shown in your videos?

[@amirhouseingholinia2023]

Any video on the ball bearing track stand?

[@JW77]

Why do you keep your fancier saw if this old saw cuts cleaner?

[@allanperret8859]

Is there any other video or info on that retract system for the casters ?

[@JCARLOSDECSILVA]

Parabéns. Uma bela máquina.

[@zachjahner7066]

Does your saw blade have a crack in it?

[@leewalerzak]

some old tools and machines perform better than the modern stuff they come out with these days..

[@matthiaswandel]

survivor bias. The new stuff that good will also still be around in 30 years.

[@Carsabi72]

saludos tendrá videos subtitulados en español? me parecen los videos de mucha ayuda

[@robertheal5137]

Is this the new workshop ? It looks the same as the old one.

[@unamor]

32 seconds in the video and my mind is already blown...

[@teh40oz]

this was the only video i've seen to compel me to wire my table saw to 220v. anything else to gain by making the switch?

[@matthiaswandel]

it was only so wimpy because the motor was wired for 240 but plugged into 120. If it was wired for 120 when I plugged it into 120, it would be hard to tell the difference.

[@teh40oz]

Thanks for saving me the extra expense, Matthias! 120v it stays. lol

[@SkyValleyStuff]

good stuff man.

[@mbowes4438]

If you don't mind me asking Matthias. How old are you

[@giantpune]

The new shop has a lot more echo. I'm expecting we'll see a video testing different sound dampening techniques, materials, and thicknesses. Then a video where you turn some old furniture into some impressive acoustical panels. Then each panel painted green and with its own dust collector.

[@matthiaswandel]

Already made a video on that, years ago.

[@raabsand]

9in weird... I assume you use many 7-1/4 blades?

[@XJWill1]

I would like to know more details about how the old saw "cuts cleaner" than the newer, fancier saw.

[@1pcfred]

Nice Beaver.

[@tonybp965]

Hey Matt, how do you install another breaker to the panel?

[@silkspider]

How/why does your fancier saw not cut better?

[@SebastiaanMollema]

Daniel Martinez i thought he said; this cuts nicer than his fancier saw?

[@imortaldeadead]

For an old saw it looks great, What where you at the University of Waterloo for?