Bob Yarbrough
06-11-2005, 7:21 PM
I have brought up my love/hate relationship with my Delta contractors saw, purchased in January 05. Almost returned it several times.
Spent several hours last Sat. getting it adjusted to the best of my ability. Ripped a few (5-4) short pieces of wood (3-5 foot long) for test cuts. Seemed to work ok and I quit while I was ahead of the game.
Went to the candy store today, bought a Freud "glue-line" rip blade and a flexbelt for the beast. I have installed a merlin splitter and zero clearence insert on the saw already.
Picked up a piece of poplar to make a painted quilt hanger. Cross cut the piece to 4 ft on the miter box and squared the ends with the good long edge of the wood. Ripped a narrow band off the bad edge to produce a square board. Nice smooth cut. Went to rip the board into a 3 inch wide piece, got about half way into the cut and I could sense the saw bogging down, so I shut it down. Lifted the board off, restarted the saw, ran the piece through. When I had two pieces, I could see where the saw was just starting to try and burn. Bummer.
Any ideas, suggestions or advice.
Bob
PS. Minor gloat. A box from Lee Valley arrived yesterday with a low angle block and low angle smooth plane. Boy did I have some fun last night.
:D
Spent several hours last Sat. getting it adjusted to the best of my ability. Ripped a few (5-4) short pieces of wood (3-5 foot long) for test cuts. Seemed to work ok and I quit while I was ahead of the game.
Went to the candy store today, bought a Freud "glue-line" rip blade and a flexbelt for the beast. I have installed a merlin splitter and zero clearence insert on the saw already.
Picked up a piece of poplar to make a painted quilt hanger. Cross cut the piece to 4 ft on the miter box and squared the ends with the good long edge of the wood. Ripped a narrow band off the bad edge to produce a square board. Nice smooth cut. Went to rip the board into a 3 inch wide piece, got about half way into the cut and I could sense the saw bogging down, so I shut it down. Lifted the board off, restarted the saw, ran the piece through. When I had two pieces, I could see where the saw was just starting to try and burn. Bummer.
Any ideas, suggestions or advice.
Bob
PS. Minor gloat. A box from Lee Valley arrived yesterday with a low angle block and low angle smooth plane. Boy did I have some fun last night.
:D