How to change a belt on a old craftsman table saw

#How to change a belt on a old craftsman table saw full size#
#How to change a belt on a old craftsman table saw portable#

'Practically no runout' is not 'no runout.' I suspect that a little bit of runout is at work here too, in addition to what I highlighted above. The fence is parallel to the blade, and the arbor has practically no run-out. The wood could relieve some internal tension, pulling itself away from the fence and into the blade. Your hand could slip and not press the wood tight on the fence, making it jump into the blade a bit When you're running a board through your saw, there are a couple things that could happen: In my experience, this isn't really a big gouge. The blade cuts fine most of the time, but every once in a while something goes wrong and I'll get a big gouge in the wood. I could probably reduce the chance of this happening by cutting in several passes, but when I tried that before I still got the occasional gouge. Here's a video of me making the cut shown earlier, so you can see my set-up and feed rate:ДЄnyways, from what I can tell, the blade vibrated/wobbled a bit and that's what caused the gouge. A splitter was set-up behind the blade, and the blade I used was brand spanking new. I know the table saw is correctly aligned that's the first thing I did when I got it. This kind of gouge makes fine furniture impossible. That seems really extreme, especially considering how smooth and perfect the rest of the cut is. I've measured the depth of the gouge, and it's 15 thou. Here is a picture of what I mean, done on the thinner edge of a 2x4: Last edited by scott spencer 11-22-2017 at 7:33 AM.I'm very new to table saws, and am having trouble getting a clean cut. One of the Jet Proshop models might just squeeze within budget on sale.very well proven saws. Grizzly has the G0833 and the G0771Z within budget. Many will stretch your budget a bit, but you're talking about many years of use and enjoyment. With a mobile base, all can easily roll out of the way.

#How to change a belt on a old craftsman table saw full size#

The 'landing zone' in front of the blade is critical for stabilizing the work piece just prior to contact with the blade.that's not only a safety consideration, it's an accuracy consideration as well.ДЄ decent hybrid saw will give you a full size cast iron table, belt drive induction motor, more mass, and modern safety features. Lack of mass and small space in front of the blade are significant safety drawbacks IMO, but the difference in overall footprint isn't usually a show stopper considering the depth that's gained, along with a slew of other advantages.

#How to change a belt on a old craftsman table saw portable#

If you don't need to move the saw from location to location, there's really no reason to adopt the downsides of a portable saw. Last edited by Bill Space 11-21-2017 at 6:40 PM. If you were local I could probably give you a blade guard for the craftsman. your budget does not reach the cost of safety features beyond the blade guard and riving knife it seems. A riving knife is likely not going to happen one the craftsman. If safety features are the ultimate need, then I suppose you may need to change saws. Not even for a shiny oneДЄlso building a cross cut sled made an amazing difference in the saw's performance as well.Д®dit: I see you were typing at the same time I was. My main saw is now more powerful and has a riving knife, but the old Craftsman still performs well and I would not trade it for a contractors type saw. Putting a good fence on the old saw made it a pleasure to use. Naturally, you will not gain a riving knife with the new fence. As mentioned by others above, when I replaced the standard fence with a Unifence, the saw was reborn. I have an old Craftsman table saw similar to yours.