Michael Dunn
03-10-2013, 1:57 PM
Hey guys!!!
I just picked up a new/old Delta 34-444 with some pretty sweet extras. Such as a Beisemeyer 52" fence/rail system and a MASSIVE custom mobile wheel base with a brilliant leveling system. My table saw routing center now sits about 6" higher... Yay!!! I'm 6'6" tall.
I've cleaned the CI top and it looks great. I've installed the PALS and have it dialed it to .000"!!! However I noticed that the blade doesn't lower to what I consider to be a safe level. With it all the way down I could cut my finger if I were to place my finger over the table insert and press. Obviously I would never do such a thing, but I'd like to have the blade low enough so that it is completely beneath my ZCI when I start/stop the saw. I took a look beneath the CI top and it seems that the only way to remedy this would be to install a few washers between each trunnion stud and the CI top.
Has anyone here had this issue before? I went under the saw and raised and lowered the blade and I can see that there are two stops to prevent the rack/pinion assy from coming apart accidentally. The easiest solution would surely be to simply remove the pin that sets the lowest point of the blade. However, I would hate to ever accidentally lower it too much and have it slip apart. Especially in mid project.
To me, the safest/smartest (therefor, the most difficult, of course...) solution would be to increase the distance between the trunnions and the CI top.
Does anyone have any advice on this matter? I fear that may also present some possible bazaars of its own.
Thoughts and opinions?
Thanx!!!
Pic before I took it apart...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zps59404e27.jpg
Blade height pic...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zpse7a79d04.jpg
Lower blade stop...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zpsf67d3bba.jpg
Rear trunnion...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zps057580e2.jpg
Front trunnion...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zps38c4d474.jpg
Other pics just to show you what I'm working with...
CI Top all cleaned up...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zps615e6ffd.jpg
Old saw in Table Saw/Routing Center...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zpsa587d544.jpg
Router side...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zps06a034e0.jpg
Home Brew Router Fence...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zpsf902f339.jpg
Take a look at this AWESOME mobile base with levelers. My entire assembly weighs so dang much I used my HF 2.5 ton low profile car jack to lift it so I can level it without it scooting all over my shop floor. Then I just turn the levelers so they contact the ground. Leveling takes 2 minutes now...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zpsfef6d2a6.jpg
I just picked up a new/old Delta 34-444 with some pretty sweet extras. Such as a Beisemeyer 52" fence/rail system and a MASSIVE custom mobile wheel base with a brilliant leveling system. My table saw routing center now sits about 6" higher... Yay!!! I'm 6'6" tall.
I've cleaned the CI top and it looks great. I've installed the PALS and have it dialed it to .000"!!! However I noticed that the blade doesn't lower to what I consider to be a safe level. With it all the way down I could cut my finger if I were to place my finger over the table insert and press. Obviously I would never do such a thing, but I'd like to have the blade low enough so that it is completely beneath my ZCI when I start/stop the saw. I took a look beneath the CI top and it seems that the only way to remedy this would be to install a few washers between each trunnion stud and the CI top.
Has anyone here had this issue before? I went under the saw and raised and lowered the blade and I can see that there are two stops to prevent the rack/pinion assy from coming apart accidentally. The easiest solution would surely be to simply remove the pin that sets the lowest point of the blade. However, I would hate to ever accidentally lower it too much and have it slip apart. Especially in mid project.
To me, the safest/smartest (therefor, the most difficult, of course...) solution would be to increase the distance between the trunnions and the CI top.
Does anyone have any advice on this matter? I fear that may also present some possible bazaars of its own.
Thoughts and opinions?
Thanx!!!
Pic before I took it apart...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zps59404e27.jpg
Blade height pic...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zpse7a79d04.jpg
Lower blade stop...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zpsf67d3bba.jpg
Rear trunnion...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zps057580e2.jpg
Front trunnion...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zps38c4d474.jpg
Other pics just to show you what I'm working with...
CI Top all cleaned up...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zps615e6ffd.jpg
Old saw in Table Saw/Routing Center...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zpsa587d544.jpg
Router side...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zps06a034e0.jpg
Home Brew Router Fence...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zpsf902f339.jpg
Take a look at this AWESOME mobile base with levelers. My entire assembly weighs so dang much I used my HF 2.5 ton low profile car jack to lift it so I can level it without it scooting all over my shop floor. Then I just turn the levelers so they contact the ground. Leveling takes 2 minutes now...
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/shotgunndunn/file_zpsfef6d2a6.jpg