“By training,” John told me, “I am a civil engineer, and worked for Phillips Electronics for about six years after college. How John went from occasional woodworking to the somewhat unique position of being the “go-to guy” for vintage Delta parts is perhaps even more astounding than the staggering number of parts he currently warehouses. For those of us who have ever tried hunting down parts for discontinued tools, or gone through the grief of hearing a manufacturer tell us they no longer stock parts for a tool we love, this is no small thing. Instead, you will find something that may be far more valuable, at least to us woodworkers: a remarkably handy site where you can buy vintage parts for your old Delta, Delta/Milwaukee and Rockwell/Delta tools. but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to own an icon of American woodworking machinery.John Weber has a website called Weber Woodworking, but if you go there expecting to see his woodworking prowess, you are going to be disappointed. I didn't plan on buying this saw and was perfectly happy with my Rockwell Model 10 Contractors saw. It runs great and I plan to use it regularly. It appears to have never had a motor cover (there are no mounting holes). I also found a cast iron goose egg motor cover for it. I think they'll hold for the life of the saw but just in case I have replacement parts ready to go. It has two braze repairs internally on the rear trunnion and rear trunnion bracket. I replaced the top (which had been broken and cracked in multiple places), replaced the fence rails (had been drilled and bent), repaired and repainted the fence, replaced the throat plate (cracked), and replaced a lock knob (broken off).
It unfortunately has a 20 amp two pole light switch instead of the cutler hammer toggle switch. I believe that many of the parts are original, including the fence and rails, miter gauge, dust door, and switch plate. It was purchased in northern California east of Sacramento.
I bought this saw off a gentleman that knew very little about the saw and had purchased it in a lot from another mans estate. The earliest known Unisaw (Serial #A-100) is owned by Keith Bohn (one of the founders of ). 1939 is thought to be the first year Delta sold the Unisaw.
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