David Weaver
03-25-2007, 10:59 AM
Godo morning, everyone.
After examining my budget and needs (I make about two pieces a year and cut mostly sheet goods or 1 inch common hardwoods - and also do this at my house, so I need a saw shipped with liftgate service), I ordered a Delta 36-717 cabinet hybrid saw from Amazon, knowing it's not as good as a true cabinet saw, but it will likely be plenty to replace my cheap SC contractors saw.
Anyway, as this is an import saw, I'm expecting to screw around with it a little to get it tuned properly. One thing I found after I ordered it is that it's hard to find a phenolic zero clearance insert - maybe impossible? Because it's an import, there isn't as much info as there is for the unisaw (insert size, or other parts for that matter).
Does anyone know if there are inserts available, or what size the inserts are for the table?
If not, has anyone made zero clearance inserts by double-side taping the insert that comes with the saw to a phenolic blank, and then routing to the profile with a zero clearance router bit? That's probably what I'm going to resort to.
By the way, the thing that led me to this saw was that I can get it shipped to my (residential) door for under $1000 with an extra freud ATB blade (free), A Biesemeyer fence, and a delta tenon jig. The mixed reviews for the saw have been more favorable lately, so I'm willing to risk it. Has anyone else gotten one lately?
After examining my budget and needs (I make about two pieces a year and cut mostly sheet goods or 1 inch common hardwoods - and also do this at my house, so I need a saw shipped with liftgate service), I ordered a Delta 36-717 cabinet hybrid saw from Amazon, knowing it's not as good as a true cabinet saw, but it will likely be plenty to replace my cheap SC contractors saw.
Anyway, as this is an import saw, I'm expecting to screw around with it a little to get it tuned properly. One thing I found after I ordered it is that it's hard to find a phenolic zero clearance insert - maybe impossible? Because it's an import, there isn't as much info as there is for the unisaw (insert size, or other parts for that matter).
Does anyone know if there are inserts available, or what size the inserts are for the table?
If not, has anyone made zero clearance inserts by double-side taping the insert that comes with the saw to a phenolic blank, and then routing to the profile with a zero clearance router bit? That's probably what I'm going to resort to.
By the way, the thing that led me to this saw was that I can get it shipped to my (residential) door for under $1000 with an extra freud ATB blade (free), A Biesemeyer fence, and a delta tenon jig. The mixed reviews for the saw have been more favorable lately, so I'm willing to risk it. Has anyone else gotten one lately?