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6th February 2020, 09:02 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Dyco 12" Table Saw
Last year I bought this Dyco 12" Superfine Table Saw. I don't know much about it apart from it was made in NZ. I haven't really come across many here in Australia. It's a solid unit and must weight around 100-140kg at a guess.
- It was a 3 phase but bought a 3HP 240v single phase and had some crafty engineering work done to mount the motor as the original motor had a flange which is no longer common (I searched everywhere).
- It got a full bare metal sand blast and coated in etching primer + a couple of coats of machine industrial green
- Gave the table top a good scrub as it had years of layers and layers of muck.
- Bought it for $350 and spent around ~$400 on it in total. There was one over in NZ mid 2019 which wasn't restored, asking price was over $800. so figured it came out OK (didn't over capitalise)
It works well and I built a ~100kg traditional roubo bench with it after the restore and it wen't like a dream. Anyway not much out there on these machines so would be keen to know of others who have one or has come across one in NZ and Australia.
Before restore (tabletop removed)
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Complete - only two things: 1) It has a home made fence 2) Need to make a riving knife
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3HP Motor - from memory it was $180
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6th February 2020, 09:26 PM #2
I don't know much about them. Dyco was based in Auckland and I believe there was some tie in with Masport (Mason and Porter) who had a foundry.
I believe the "Superfine" was a top of the line model, and reasonable quality.
Generally Dyco aren't as well regarded as Tanner, the other significant NZ woodworking machinery manufacturer, also based in Auckland.
I have a 4" Dyco buzzer with a 1/4 hp motor. It's recently stopped working. I must check it out as neither of my Wadkin buzzers are near running yet
Cheers, Vann.Gatherer of rustyplanestools...
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6th February 2020, 10:41 PM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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I have seen some Masports the same\similar. It seems sturdy and well built BUT if I was to compare it to a Wadkin AGS there is about 200kg between them so not really comparable. It'll do the job for now until I find me a Wadkin AGS or BGS slider.
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6th February 2020, 10:51 PM #4
Nice work! Always had a soft spot for these machines, they remind me of the Unisaw a bit and that's a holy grail machine for me.
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7th February 2020, 03:38 AM #5Senior Member
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Nice work [emoji106]
Do you recall where you bought the motor from?
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7th February 2020, 09:15 AM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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Hey Matt, yes - https://www.roycecrossgroup.com but Electric Motor | Electric Motor Melbourne | Buy Electric Motor Online does them also. Are you looking for something specifically for a Dyco saw?
One issue I had (not major) was the single phase 3HP motor was bigger than the 3HP 3 Phase motor but just worked around it.
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Forgot I had this video I took before I sent it off to get sand blasted...
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1st April 2020, 09:39 PM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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I've listed this for sale now for anyone who is interested or knows someone who is interested (take a look at FB & Gumtree). I've bought a Wolfenden that needs some love and I need the space.
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2nd April 2020, 10:22 AM #10
I had one for many years, with the sliding table set up which was a bit of a heath robinson affair, The saw did work very well
Jim Carroll
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