Oliver No. 80 Table Saw Restoration Group Project - June 2014

Some video clips showing the complete restoration of an Oliver No. 80 Table saw that was completed over June 6-8 2014 by a group of 19 volunteers at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture in Tifton, GA

[@wdhewson]

Collaborative people working with unified purpose can achieve great things in a short time. Kind of like the way, on a larger scale, that America was industrialized. My compliments to all the good people. Maybe a special thanks to the women who did the Oliver machine plate. An artist!!

[@kgdies]

Old school, nice use of the dividing head. These old machines are better than any of the junk built today. Had an old Fay & Egan bandsaw but never got around to restoring it.

[@battmann678]

It's nice to see a classic get another chance.

[@gwcude]

That's a very nice restore Keith. I enjoyed every minute of this video. Old rusty tool restores are almost always worth the time and effort. I know everyone who volunteered is proud of the outcome and rightly so.

[@grahamsengineering.2532]

Love seeing the old machines given a new lease on life. I'm doing up an Archdale Drill Point Grinder (Copy of an Oliver 510) Powered it up the other day, what a great feeling to breath new life into them. Oliver were very helpful in supplying some parts that I needed. Yes I could have made them but time is a killer sometimes. I need to start filming some of the stuff I do, I do take lots of pictures though. Love your work Keith and it is great to see the volunteers come together like that. The lady that refurbished the Oliver name plate did a beautiful job. Love the old flat belt cleat press too. Keep up the good work. Graham. Brisbane Australia.

[@Abom79]

Keith, she's a beauty! It looks amazing! Everyone did such a good job at the restoration. I wish id could have stayed to see the final test, but I know I would see it here. It's going to be nice having such a high quality solid machine to do your wood cutting. Ido have lots of video to share on the channel. Mine will be similar to yours but I did get some up close shots of the machining with the GoPro. I'll be working on mine later in the week. Thanks for slamming this one together for us buddy. I know everyone has been excited to see some of the action. I had a great time and look forward to meeting again. Best regards, Adam

[@12345NoNamesLeft]

***** This sort of restoration bee is a fun way to get things done. A mix of all sorts of skill sets, fussy painting, sparkie, brute rust killers machining and much more. It's also nice to see an inter You tube channel collaboration too real people, not just internet. I'm looking forward to Adam's video too. Did you make that hand wheel handle ?? got a pattern for that ?

[@bradley3549]

Adam, you had quite a live audience while showing your expertise on the four jaw :)

[@stevewatr]

How quickly you trued that 4 jaw was masterful! Just shows there is no substitute for experience.

[@haroldhaines7690]

Keith, looks like a great time. I have watched all of your video and enjoyed them all. This one is the best. Harold

[@fordsure]

that is a great project Keith, that is something i would have loved to help with, even if it was sweeping the floor! Seeing people enthusiastically coming together to finish what became a beautiful piece of machinery, made me want to help, right here from my seat watching this video. Best regards, Daniel.

[@josephmagedanz4070]

Great old saw to refurbish and get running again--and a great example of people getting together for fun and to help each other out. Thanks, Keith, and all the volunteers. I enjoyed watching.

[@mfletch392]

The saw looks fantastic Keith I can smell the cut timber all the way to Great Britain

[@kurtarmbrust]

Thanks for getting the video posted so quickly. I was checking KZbin all during the day to see how the restoration came out. The saw is beautiful! You would never guess how bad it looked before the group started working. Thanks to all that participated.

[@kurtarmbrust]

***** A time laps shot of the work would have been awesome.

[@razorworks5869]

Keith, I am truly blown away!! I am glad to hear you may be doing this next year for a annual event. If so, you can sign me up for next year. Very cool to see Adam (Abom79) there. You and I Keith, seem to have the same interests in restoring old machinery as I am slowly restoring my little 8" Southbend, and my step pulley Bridgeport built in 1957. Same year I came along!! OUCH!! Next on my list is my 9" Southbend, and my Southbend Heavy 10. You guys and GALS, did an unbelievable job!! I have to give props to the gal that did the badge work as it looked incredible!! And to Adam as it looked like he was putting the graduation marks on the dial. Again very impressive! Congratulations to all for a job well done!! Ray.

[@tattoos1988]

Absolutely stunning the craftsmanship and quality and attention to detail is amazing thank you for sharing Keith god bless

[@tharp78]

Wow Mr. Rucker! Great job! The finished saw looks like it just came from the showroom floor. I bet you and the guys had a blast this weekend tinkering around. Again, great job. Thanks for sharing. Tharp

[@The_JV]

Fantasic work Keith and all... Nothing brings people together like the love for vintage machinery.. ;)

[@stephenreeves9025]

Beautiful restoration job. Hope you can bring this great group of people back for the metal planer or some other old American Iron, Future generations need to see how it was done and you are contributing to that cause. Thank You

[@ScottHenion]

I wish I could have been there :( Looks like a lot of fun. I will definitely try and get there for the next one! With a 70-year old lathe, 40-year old welders and other old stuff, I appreciate the satisfaction of running the "old iron". That ID plate is a work of art. She should have signed it ;)

[@oxtoolco]

Hey Keith, Looks like you guys had some great fun. What a wonderful way to meet some like minded folks. Thanks for taking your time to organize it and make it a success. All the best, Tom

[@chandlerpablo6784]

I know I am kinda randomly asking but do anyone know a good website to watch new movies online?

[@andersconner4174]

@Chandler Pablo Lately I have been using FlixZone. Just google for it :)

[@tombellus8986]

Keith, I think you have a winner there. What a transformation, Thank goodness for cast iron and a lot of talented and caring Machinists and Craftsmen and of course the beautiful job the lady did on the name plates. That was a real joy to watch and what a great old machine ----- brought back to life. Thanks to you and all the others who helped.

[@robertmasarik4423]

Looks fantastic, both brass name plates are works of art. Glad to see Adam hasn't lost his four jaw touch.

[@arlynsmith9196]

Wonderful project - congratulations to all the volunteers. It was nice to see Adam Booth and you together. Thank you so much for taking the time to produce your videos - they are much appreciated.

[@mclarpet]

What a beautiful old machine, beautiful paint job. It certainly looks like everyone had a fun weekend.

[@TheHhilm]

Awesome - pleasure to see this old machine come to live. Thanks Keith. -hhilm

[@pierresgarage2687]

Hi Keith, WOW... She just looks like a bride in her wedding dress, beautiful and desirable. Will be nice to hear what the volunteers have to say about themselves, they did a marvelous job. Geezzzz! I would like to work on a tool that nice... Thanks for sharing, waiting to watch the rest of the footage, Pierre

[@JohnBare747]

Ah, the sound of a real saw. Thanks to all who worked on this restoration you salvaged a sweet old saw, good for another 100 years. I like the idea of using Crowd Restoration on these old wonderful machines so a lot of people can share in the satisfaction of saving a historical rusty relic from the melting pot, a noble donation of time and effort for sure.

[@dc761]

Awesome job on the saw Keith. It looks and sounds great! I love old machinery of any kind whether its woodworking or metal working machines or farm machinery, construction machinery, or old cars and trucks. Im glad that there are people like all of us that appreciate it enough to restore it and keep it around for the future.

[@arkansas1313]

Keith, it's great to see you and all the other team members work together to produce a great restortation. Thanks for the show!

[@DSCKy]

This group effort is one of the coolest things I've seen yet...

[@billdlv]

Everyone did a great job on that saw it looks great. What a great reward for everyone's hard work. Once again nice job Keith.

[@JunkMikesWorld]

You should all be very proud! A wonderful machine! Should be good for another 70+ years. Thanks so much for organizing this event and documenting it. I wish you were not so far away from me as I would love3 to come help out.

[@not2fast4u2c]

This was so great to watch everybody working on it ..What a nice looking and running machine it is now ..Thanks for all the time You have put into the project and the videos on it and to everyone who gave their time to bring it back to life .

[@vza423]

Thank you so much. I have just watched the complete series of videos and it is inspirational to say the least.

[@MyShopNotes]

Looked like some amazing teamwork there. Hat's off to everyone on getting the job done. Having a capable leader sure helps. This was a great video. Loved every minute, wish I was there to help.

[@swarfrat311]

Keith, Man! She is a thing of beauty! What a great job you guys did. From the video it looks like everyone worked hard but still had fun doing it! I still can't get over the transformation! Thank you so much for the video! I will be looking forward to future videos. Great work, guys! Regards, Dave

[@hdoug5]

that saw looks fantastic, the plaque looks professionally done that lady did an awesome job with it .. of all you guys that were there deserve a pat on the back with a well done added

[@darkone1685]

I absolutely love to see machinery resurrected to live again !!

[@Patroand]

Very inspiring, thanks a lot. Everything is possible to save an old machine.

[@cosimomarotta9552]

The king of 4jaw chuck in action! And involved in a great restoration project. Thanks for sharing and congratulations, Keith, you can be proud of this.

[@Dragehest]

It made me chuckle a little bit when Adam was setting up the 4 jaw. Was the 4 jaw ready on the lathe before Adams arrival?

[@Abom79]

Andes Blum I was standing in the background when I heard Keith say "we're going to let Adam set this up!" LOL

[@derekspender7948]

What a testament to your team. She looks as though she is fresh from the factory.

[@deanerichardson8930]

That female artist that did the plack SURE did a beautiful job on it!!!

[@ShadonHKW]

Good lookin saw, nice to see the oldies brought back and saved from the scrap yard. Enjoyed!

[@tileajb1]

Only one word is necessary but I'm gonna use two, FANTASTICALLY BEAUTIFUL!

[@one4stevo]

Beautiful.! What a great team effort on this project. Looking forward to next one.

[@958kris]

What an incredible transformation. I think your weekend is a picture of what heaven will be like. A lot of good people making all things new! Great video.

[@958kris]

I really believe that's what heaven will be like. And just think, when guys like you and me have finished restoring something mechanical, we'll likely be invited to try a new version of someone's pie while listening to someone's new song ...and on ... and on ... and on!

[@Bestcabinetmaker]

Beautiful work! A labor of love by some talented craftsmen. Great to see. Thanks to you ALL!

[@markwilliamson1582]

WOW!! And that's a jaw dropping WOW!! Keath, you guise pulled it off, I have been waiting for this footage, and it was better than I might have thought by far, the generosity of friends donating parts was a lovely gesture, and priceless, It was grate to see Adam working his magic on your lathe, he looked right at home, I bet you had the time of your life, and we'll deserved Keath, you made it all happen, and we are loving the footage, I for one are very grateful, and I think an annual restoration would be brilliant, Thank you to you all, for the input and sharing it with us all, you did a fantastic job, she looks brand new again ;-)))) Best regards, Mark.

[@AnthonyFDeLeo]

Keith, Great job on the restoration. I am not surprised you had such a turnout of volunteers, they had an opportunity to work with and learn from you. Just wished I lived closer. In a previous message, I mentioned out cabinet and millwork shop, originally built in the 1890's, in Port Townsend, WA. We had one of these saws and it was our primary saw for heavy work and big timbers. You have to love the way the fence is designed, quick set then vernier fine tuning. Two things I did not like about the saw, one was that, if a board ever bound or pinched on the blade, the saw would keep running and you and the board would go flying, I was always lucky, never injured, but nearly took out the windshield of one of our trucks with a board that went flying. Other thing was that the table tipped away from the fence, making angle rips a bit of a challenge. As to the horizontal boring unit, way back in the early days of local, independent phone and power companies, this shop produced the cross arms for the poles, drilling them on this unit for the threaded wooden pegs that held the glass insulators. Thanks for a walk down memory lane and thank you for rescuing this wonderful piece on woodworking history!! Tony

[@VintageMachinery]

Anthony F. De Leo That was a fun project and I really enjoyed getting to meet up with some many people and work on a project together. I hope to be able to have another project like that in the future.

[@RaysGarage]

Keith, Amazing resto, the Oliver looks fantastic! It was so awesome to see everyone come together to make this happen in such a short time! I really enjoyed watching this video, thanks for sharing! Ray

[@gary36535]

You guys did a great job. And she did a great job on the brass tag. I really enjoyed watching this video.

[@thedge7]

What a transformation! I really enjoy seeing something being brought back to like new condition. I will look forward to you demonstrating the operation of that saw. As a modern woodworker it will be very interesting to see how the "old iron" compares.

[@eXactModellbau]

Hi Keith That's amazing! You all did a great job. And even Adam came around! Cool! It's allways great to see people working together conserving historical machinery. Keep doing! Regards from Germany Larry

[@DarrylStubby]

Awesome how people come together to help someone out. Keep up the great work!

[@TheDisorderly1]

Wow you guys really did a nice job on this restoration. I can't believe the level of detail on the machine label, a big pat on the back to whomever did the paint work.

[@missyd0g2]

Growing up in Detroit area in the 1969's and 70 so much old machinery was common. It was passed from company to company. Now it is mostly gone. Thank you for taking care of our industrial past.

[@VintageMachinery]

It is a shame that so much of our old machinery has been scrapped.....

[@missyd0g2]

Lucky that the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village saved some here in Dearborn. Too bad they could not save a closed Auto plant. I work at Dodge Main Detroit in the late 70's. Some area's were mothballed but when the plant was torn down everything was scrapped.

[@Cws351]

Keith, many thanks for all the volunteers that brought beauty back from a frozen block of rusted iron. Everybody from Adam to the folks that restored the data plate a well deserved good job is in order. Cws

[@phooesnax]

WOW that was great. I was looking forward to seeing this done. So cool to see the community come together and help. Love it.

[@JohnnyRottenest]

Wow. That thing is a mechanical marvel; well worth restoring. Very cool project.

[@VintageMachinery]

+JohnnyRottenest Thanks - it was a fun project to do!

[@Gjallarhorn85]

That thing is an absolute beauty! Amazing restoration. Greetings from Sweden!

[@SteveMcQuillin]

Great video, what a transformation! And the name plates just finished it off to a tee. Thanks for sharing with us Keith :)

[@Blaze_1961]

I'm late to the party but that pneumatic needle gun sure brought back some memories of when I was in the US Navy.

[@w056007568]

What an amazing end result from everyone's efforts! The machine looks magnificent and the name plates are just an outstanding finish point. It looks as though everyone had just a great time as well. Well done to everyone.

[@andyknowlton7807]

It was a great weekend! I enjoyed meeting many new folks and look forward to an opportunity to participate in something like this again. It was a couple of long hot days but the end result was well worth the effort.

[@george330ful]

The saw looks great a good time was had by all . Thanks for the video !

[@bertjankosters]

So beautiful to see how you all work together!

[@SauronsEye]

Wow indeed. Seeing the saw as it was...a boat anchor at best. To what you and the volunteers did...Wow.

[@loloaqici82qb4ipp]

Beautiful, I congratulate you all for the hard work and especially the result. Splendid. Greetings from France

[@rtkville]

Great video series! Thanks for showing!

[@rickswazey9472]

Great work guys and gals. It was great to see how the saw turned out and to see it make some sawdust after too many years sitting idle. Will be looking forward to next year's installment of "Restore an Old Machine in a Weekend by Keith Rucker and Friends." All the best, RS

[@MikeDittmanmachining]

Awesome restoration Keith. I wish I could make it out to something like that one day. All that experience in one spot would be pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing, Mike

[@allanbrooker7029]

You guys are unbelievable its a real credit to all of you, even the Smithsonian would be proud of you,well done.

[@randyweeks60]

Keith, I wanted to register and come this past weekend but as a woodworker I thought I should leave the restoration to the machinist After watching the video I wish I had been there. You and Adam are very capable machinist and produce great videos but this lady that restored the I D plate should be featured in one of your videos because she is a great talent!

[@mistermichaelj]

Keith,Adam, etc.....awesome crowd, beautiful job!!

[@klmartin1962]

The video and the final results are inspiring. I have always enjoyed watching you and Adam doing machine work, but you coupled that with the restoration of old American Iron, and that made this project beyond enjoyable. It really is inspirational. Although I didn't recognize any of the others there, it was obvious that all of them were well versed in their own field. Another great video, my friend. Leon

[@2007markb]

That was amazing Keith. It was great to see everyone having a good time and doing a great job. Interesting shade of green, i think it was a great choice though. The name plate came out beautiful also. Keep up the great work. Mark

[@tinkermouse-scottrussell3738]

What a team sure the museum will have a solid performer. Scott Russell

[@kellysampson5984]

Hi Keith, This is so cool, Your turn out was fantastic, what a very very fine group of folks to have fun with. The painting on the name plate was perfection. Along with the rest of the job. THANKS FOR ALL OF YOU WORKING TOGETHER. M.K.S.

[@k5at]

Great times were had. I wish I was there. Thanks Keith, maybe next year I can be there also.

[@dougrundell947]

That is one beautiful table saw. Good job.

[@revtmyers1]

Absolutely beautiful table.

[@GaWajn]

This is just so cool! This kind of groupe project is fun to see, Thanks for getting this on video.

[@jlg4880]

Ahhhh! The perfect addition to the pattern-making shop.

[@outsidescrewball]

Hello Keith Amazing!! Congrats to all that worked on the restoration! ATB Chuck

[@Casey9269]

Outstanding work and what a fun time!

[@Thunderstixx77]

What a great video Keith. It looks like you had a lot of great people there on your crew. I like your KZbin videos the most of all that I have seen of people working on things. I was also very impressed on your removal of the shaft in the flat pulley. I didn't hear one swear word. Lots of patience there. Thanks for the great stuff Sir.

[@VintageMachinery]

Steven Thompson It's hard to keep those swear words inside sometimes......

[@tedsykora1858]

I really liked this effort. unbelievable before versus after

[@VintageMachinery]

Thank you!

[@pnwRC.]

It was good to see you get some help on a restoration project!

[@itzik4x6zh]

I really enjoy seeing something being brought back to new condition. you guys had some great fun. Good luck Continues to follow you From the other side of the world

[@ScottandTera]

this is the video that introduced me to the age museum great video

[@keldsor]

Hi Keith ! Sorry I didn't managed to come ;-)) but what a beauty she is ... and she cuts like a dream ! Painting of these tags is just so amazingly done ! Hope to see another project done this way next year - great idea !

[@2024bear]

Beautiful Saw ........ quite the improvement. Excellent Job Guys ..............

[@jakphlash]

Beautifully done.

[@ruperthartop7202]

That was a great project. The name plate looked awesome. As does the whole machine

[@RickRose]

That's a great accomplishment--congrats to all involved!

[@catmshtr89]

Very good job guys and gals. Looks like fun was had by all.

[@RichardHeadGaming]

That is one fine looking saw, everyone did a fine job.

[@Optimumd180]

Great job guys! It looks fantastic!

[@Eastlakehouseofspeed]

Wow the saw looks great Keith. I am relieved to see you were able to use some of the footage I shot for you. I have been worried all weekend that it wouldn't turn out. Like I said camera man is not on the resume.I really enjoyed the visit and would totally be on board for a repeat next year. Thanks for the train ride with you and Adam and for all the great videos. Safe travels. Sam Gable

[@Abom79]

Hey Sam, you did a great job with the camera. I'm looking forward to the train ride footage! I appreciate the help you give me when my eyes were buggin out on me. That sweat can be a real pain sometimes. It was nice to meet you.

[@jusb1066]

wow, so it would take about a year of 1 man working about full time each day to repair this saw, amazing work from everyone.

[@LenPopp]

Wow, I didn't know you could make a table saw out of rust! Beautiful job. :)

[@mainesailah]

First class job Keith, looks like a lot of fun.