Brian DeMore
05-14-2010, 12:00 PM
Hello All,
I'm a new poster and new to wood working in general. I am however a pretty avid researcher. After a significant amount of said research, I decided to look for a high quality, used TS. After a few weeks, I found a "new" looking TS on CL. It's a Delta 36-560 Contractor. I looked at it and it seriously does not appear to have ever been used. Very few wear marks, good threads, litle saw dust and a believable owner story. After some haggling, I bought it for $320.00 which included delivery to my house. Upon delivery, the owner wanted to demonstrate that it was in working order so after re-installing the motor he hit the power switch. A horrible sound ensued and he quickly turned it off. After a few "adjustments" he explained that because the motor's cover plate was removed something must have rubbed. I quickly inspected the saw and couldn't see or hear anything wrong.
Chapter Two:
I totally broke down the saw, cleaned it, removed what little rust the tabletop had, and began to tune it. After buying some calibration equipment from In-Line I began to suspect something was terribly wrong!! Is my arbor supposed to be on a cam shaft?? :) You guessed it. When said owner started he saw in my garage, the blade was in its fully retracted position. The arbor was firmly seated at its lowest depth with the arbor sitting squarely on the steel round tube at the bottom of the trunion assembly (sorry don't know the technical term). Anyway, I have another $100 arbor shaft on order. :( Now for my question.
Why is it possible to lower the blade this far? I want to avoid this problem going forward. Is my saw missing a stop or is this a design flaw?? Sorry for the novel but had to vent here. My wife is alrady mad and doesn't want to hear about it.
I'm a new poster and new to wood working in general. I am however a pretty avid researcher. After a significant amount of said research, I decided to look for a high quality, used TS. After a few weeks, I found a "new" looking TS on CL. It's a Delta 36-560 Contractor. I looked at it and it seriously does not appear to have ever been used. Very few wear marks, good threads, litle saw dust and a believable owner story. After some haggling, I bought it for $320.00 which included delivery to my house. Upon delivery, the owner wanted to demonstrate that it was in working order so after re-installing the motor he hit the power switch. A horrible sound ensued and he quickly turned it off. After a few "adjustments" he explained that because the motor's cover plate was removed something must have rubbed. I quickly inspected the saw and couldn't see or hear anything wrong.
Chapter Two:
I totally broke down the saw, cleaned it, removed what little rust the tabletop had, and began to tune it. After buying some calibration equipment from In-Line I began to suspect something was terribly wrong!! Is my arbor supposed to be on a cam shaft?? :) You guessed it. When said owner started he saw in my garage, the blade was in its fully retracted position. The arbor was firmly seated at its lowest depth with the arbor sitting squarely on the steel round tube at the bottom of the trunion assembly (sorry don't know the technical term). Anyway, I have another $100 arbor shaft on order. :( Now for my question.
Why is it possible to lower the blade this far? I want to avoid this problem going forward. Is my saw missing a stop or is this a design flaw?? Sorry for the novel but had to vent here. My wife is alrady mad and doesn't want to hear about it.