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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Tuning up an old Craftsman Table Saw
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.201905.5247@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <7227@grus.cs.nps.navy.mil>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:19:05 GMT
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- lombardo@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil writes:
- :
- : Well anyway - the second problem has to do with the blade shaft. What
- : ever bent the motor shaft apparently bent this shaft too. The pulley wobbles
- : slightly and the blade does too. The wobble in the blade (note: new blade)
- : is about 10% of the blade thickness. What can be done about this? Should
- : the shaft and bearings be replaced? A friend suggested removing the blade,
-
- Replacing the shaft would be best - unless it could be straightened. It might
- also be a good idea to replace the bearings, they could have been damaged
- when the shaft was bent.
-
- : A friend suggested removing the blade,
- : powering up the saw and with a file against the blade seat take off any
- : high spots.
-
- DO NOT DO THIS. The blade seat is designed for a fairly close fit to the
- blade - this helps keep the blade in balance. Changing this is likely to
- allow the blade to move around on the arbor. This would be likely to cause
- excess vibration, and possibly wear/damage to the blade arbor cutout.
-
- Bill
-