Pretty sure that saw was a regular old t17 cabinet saw variety, especially with that fence that is on it.
Pretty sure that saw was a regular old t17 cabinet saw variety, especially with that fence that is on it.
What does that mean Darcy? “Regular old cabinet saw variety”- no sliding table? I don’t know why that fence equates to that?
My T75’s all have that type of fence, they all have sliders. Of course its hard to be exact, that pic is small.
Ill be darned, but Darcy is correct, the T-17 apparently came in a non-slider model. There is an example of a slider-less 17 on a popular auction site right now. Alongside some other Martin goodies.
I am very curious why they made it without a sliding table?
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The machine looks great. You guys put an enormous amount of effort into small details. The rods on that clamp look better than anything in my shop.
Well, it's for a customer and he is paying for an expecting good or better than new. I ordered 30mm ground and polished shaft, my guy doing my machine work took the liberty to put a small radius/dome on the ends because it looked nice and keeps you from having a sharp edge.
Today I had to figure out a way to make the actual clamp part of the clamp work correctly. The original plunger looks to have spent a lot of time at the beach (saw came from Miami) and the swivel bearing was locked up and the pad missing. I decided on using a swivel pad from a machine leveler and will have shaft remade with M16 threads on the end to accept new hold down pad. Fairly cheap, fairly easy and will look factory.
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The guy buying the saw should pop for Mac's clamps. A million times better than manual. www.airtightclamps.com Dave
I have a collection of old Martin, new Martin and Hofmann cam clamps. The best clamps of this type I have used but no comparison to the ease, speed and consistent clamping of pneumatic. Mac does a great job of engineering the hoses, controls and connections.
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