{"id":231,"date":"2006-01-26T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-26T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/testwp\/story\/powr-kraft-table-saw\/"},"modified":"2017-01-20T03:11:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T03:11:00","slug":"powr-kraft-table-saw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/powr-kraft-table-saw\/","title":{"rendered":"Powr-Kraft Table Saw"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects\/20060110_tablesaw_wiring_img_1492.jpg\" alt=\"Powr-Kraft Tablesaw\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Powr-Kraft Tablesaw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I acquired a table saw last summer at a local estate sale for $20. It needed some repair, but looked like it was likely still in fairly good condition.<\/p>\n<p>The label identifies it as a Powr-Kraft model TMG-3332A from Montgomery-Wards; date unkown. Looking at it, I guessed it was from the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>The saw takes an 8-inch blade, and is belt-driven with the motor mounted on the back of the frame. Mine has a 1-horsepower Craftsman electrical motor. I know this is not the original since Craftsman is a Sears brand.<\/p>\n<p>My friend Jerry helped me find more information about this saw from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.owwm.com\/MfgIndex\/detail.asp?ID=657\">Old Wood Working Machine&#8217;s Powr-Kraft page<\/a>. They had a reprint of a 1956 Ward&#8217;s catalog, and my saw is right inside on the second page.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it is 50 years old, it still works nicely, but there are a number of things this saw needs. The electrical wiring needs repair, and it needs some safety guards. Since it is bordering on being an antique, or at least a collector&#8217;s item, I&#8217;m making sure that any fixes or modifications are not permanent, so it could be restored to original state if desired in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I acquired a table saw last summer at a local estate sale for $20. It needed some repair, but looked like it was likely still in fairly good condition. The label identifies it as a Powr-Kraft model TMG-3332A from Montgomery-Wards; date unkown. Looking at it, I guessed it was from the 1960s. The saw takes &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/powr-kraft-table-saw\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Powr-Kraft Table Saw&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27,3,4],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project","tag-tablesaw","tag-tools","tag-workshop"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366,"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}