It’s funny Darcy..
I get email updates when I have responses to my posts. I noticed you responded and I thought “oh boy he is gonna tell me I told you so” lol...
Regardless of how I feel it was pretty much mandatory imop that I do what I’m doing. The sliding table needed fixing. I have now found a number of other problems that need addressing. Sure I could have used the saw but sooner than later something would have forced me to repair it. This way I’ll get many many years of reliable service without any worry.
With that said I think I could take a month off from work and instead spend 50hrs a week on this project and maybe just barely finsh it. If things keep going as they are at work I just might get the opportunity, yikes!
As for the motor I tried to undo those five bolts first and slip the motor out. It did not want to come and I did not want to force it. It seemed hung up on something. I thought maybe it was the shaft of the motor bolted to the piece the belt runs on. I tried to loosen that also but could not gain enough purchase on the wheel to loosen it either.
So are you saying I should be able to just take off the five bolts and the motor should slide right out without removing that back plate that the large round shaft carries.
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