Beacon Star TC-1 Back in Action
Aug 28, 2022 21:43:42 GMT -5
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Post by goldfinder on Aug 28, 2022 21:43:42 GMT -5
Greetings all,
Yesterday I picked up this Beacon Star TC-1 10" saw. Since my Lortone TS-10 has been down for a couple months waiting to figure out a solution to the arbor woes, since Lortone CS is MIA, I'd been using a very leaky 7" tile Saw and been pulling my hair out on it and been needing another saw to keep going. The power feed on this one is what sold me on it. It'll be an oil saw and I'll keep the Lortone as a dedicated water saw since it's hand feed. Also, the arbor/blade sitting up higher will allow full utilization of the 10" blade.
It was really nasty and hadn't been used in a long time. The only picture I have before cleaning is from the Craigslist ad and doesn't really do justice to how bad it was. It'd been sitting outside so oil/water mixed gunk was everywhere. About 1/4" solidified oil on the carriage side of the deck and about 3" of water mixed oil jello slime in the bottom of the tank mixed with solidified rock gunk.
So I had to disassemble it to fit it in the car, then hauled it home and started mucking it out. Scraping out all the gunk then spraying degreaser and scrubbing it down. I was really surprised how well it cleaned up and how the turquoise color came back to life.
The older lapidary saws are really a work of art, you can tell how well thought out they were and there was a lot of pride in there craftsmanship. On the carriage there is ruler markings to know much it's moved via the cross feed for the next slab, freaking brilliant whomever designed that. It was rigged up for gravity feed when I bought it but the auto feed works flawless. Surprisingly it was clearly build for the gravity feed option with the casted in pulley on the back of the saw.
I wasn't aware of saws build with auto feed and gravity feed options.
I filled it up with oil and took a few slices today and it's working great. The MK301 blade cuts good and appears to have a lot of life left.
Another old saw brought back to life with a bit of TLC!
Yesterday I picked up this Beacon Star TC-1 10" saw. Since my Lortone TS-10 has been down for a couple months waiting to figure out a solution to the arbor woes, since Lortone CS is MIA, I'd been using a very leaky 7" tile Saw and been pulling my hair out on it and been needing another saw to keep going. The power feed on this one is what sold me on it. It'll be an oil saw and I'll keep the Lortone as a dedicated water saw since it's hand feed. Also, the arbor/blade sitting up higher will allow full utilization of the 10" blade.
It was really nasty and hadn't been used in a long time. The only picture I have before cleaning is from the Craigslist ad and doesn't really do justice to how bad it was. It'd been sitting outside so oil/water mixed gunk was everywhere. About 1/4" solidified oil on the carriage side of the deck and about 3" of water mixed oil jello slime in the bottom of the tank mixed with solidified rock gunk.
So I had to disassemble it to fit it in the car, then hauled it home and started mucking it out. Scraping out all the gunk then spraying degreaser and scrubbing it down. I was really surprised how well it cleaned up and how the turquoise color came back to life.
The older lapidary saws are really a work of art, you can tell how well thought out they were and there was a lot of pride in there craftsmanship. On the carriage there is ruler markings to know much it's moved via the cross feed for the next slab, freaking brilliant whomever designed that. It was rigged up for gravity feed when I bought it but the auto feed works flawless. Surprisingly it was clearly build for the gravity feed option with the casted in pulley on the back of the saw.
I wasn't aware of saws build with auto feed and gravity feed options.
I filled it up with oil and took a few slices today and it's working great. The MK301 blade cuts good and appears to have a lot of life left.
Another old saw brought back to life with a bit of TLC!
