I need to upgrade my TS fence system...

[Jim Rimmer]

In response to some of your later posts:

1. I have put a rare earth magnet on my T2 because the handle drops and I run into it. Seems to work OK.

2. I was upgrading a direct drive C-man TS when I bought my T2. I had also purchased an Incra miter. Then the motor burned up. No replacement from Sears available and repair was mucho $$$. Lesson learned from that one: check all the warning signs (even though they may be hidden) on your saw. Seems I had a position sensitive swithch with the warning label on the bottom.

3. When mine burned up I bought a G0661 and couldn't be happier.

[Michael Dunn]

Jim,

Thanx for the tips. I am unclear on what you mean by the 'position sensitive switch'. What was it that caused your motor to burn up?

Thanx,

shotgunn

In response to some of your later posts:

1. I have put a rare earth magnet on my T2 because the handle drops and I run into it. Seems to work OK.

2. I was upgrading a direct drive C-man TS when I bought my T2. I had also purchased an Incra miter. Then the motor burned up. No replacement from Sears available and repair was mucho $$$. Lesson learned from that one: check all the warning signs (even though they may be hidden) on your saw. Seems I had a position sensitive swithch with the warning label on the bottom.

3. When mine burned up I bought a G0661 and couldn't be happier.

[Jim Rimmer]

Jim,

Thanx for the tips. I am unclear on what you mean by the 'position sensitive switch'. What was it that caused your motor to burn up?

Thanx,

shotgunn

Exactly. It's been a while but in a nutshell, there was no starter capacitor but a gravity/spring relay that provided surge current to start the motor.(Full technical explanation is more complex, but chaninging the position killed my saw) When I moved it from vertical to horizontal to accomodate the new fence, the surge current never turned off and burned up the winidings. The warning label which I found later was on the bottom of the switch.

[Jim Rimmer]

It took a while but here is the link to the post about my motor burning up. More detail and a lot of good input from knowledgeable Creekers. There are other threads about my refurb if you care to search.
Wrong diagnosis and dumb move by me

[Michael Dunn]

I am nearing completion of my new table saw/ routing center. I am wondering how big of a pain it would be for me to shift my new Delta T2 fence over to the right to give me a greater rip capacity.

Should I peel off the adhesive tape measure and apply my own? As far as I can remember I do not think that I have ever put my fence to the left of the blade.

What are some uses of putting the fence on the left side? I would like to consider doing this, but I need to know what I may be missing.

As always, any tips are more than appreciated.

Thanx,

shotgunn