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buggyman1
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Oh...by the way..I have a tractor too. Sorry I got carried-away. I have made a few things for the Kubota also. I will post pics asap...I'm working on a 3-point reciever hitch to move my trailers. I made a clamp-on bucket hitch, but it seemed to put to much strain on the lip of the bucket. Bud was not happy. I have got a lot of good ideas from TBN...keep them coming.
mjncad
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buggyman1:
You are a true craftsman, especially since you can work metal and wood equally well. My wood working skills are nothing but hack work to make jigs for other projects.
I like the disk sander you made.
Your Craftsman table saw is just like mine, except for some minor differences in the hand-wheels it looks like. Did you solve the binding of the arbor tilt hand-wheel that is common to these saws? I took the hand-wheel and lead screw off, and just huck the arbor to the desired angle; but I would rather use a lead-screw and hand-wheel. My other mods to the saw were additional leg bracing, a Ridgid mobile base, PowerTwist belts, zero-clearance inserts and an Incra 1000-SE miter gauge. I would like to get a better fence for it some day.
That's quite some shop too. Mine needs your organizational touch.
You are a true craftsman, especially since you can work metal and wood equally well. My wood working skills are nothing but hack work to make jigs for other projects.
I like the disk sander you made.
Your Craftsman table saw is just like mine, except for some minor differences in the hand-wheels it looks like. Did you solve the binding of the arbor tilt hand-wheel that is common to these saws? I took the hand-wheel and lead screw off, and just huck the arbor to the desired angle; but I would rather use a lead-screw and hand-wheel. My other mods to the saw were additional leg bracing, a Ridgid mobile base, PowerTwist belts, zero-clearance inserts and an Incra 1000-SE miter gauge. I would like to get a better fence for it some day.
That's quite some shop too. Mine needs your organizational touch.
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buggyman1
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buggyman1:
You are a true craftsman, especially since you can work metal and wood equally well. My wood working skills are nothing but hack work to make jigs for other projects.
I like the disk sander you made.
Your Craftsman table saw is just like mine, except for some minor differences in the hand-wheels it looks like. Did you solve the binding of the arbor tilt hand-wheel that is common to these saws? I took the hand-wheel and lead screw off, and just huck the arbor to the desired angle; but I would rather use a lead-screw and hand-wheel. My other mods to the saw were additional leg bracing, a Ridgid mobile base, PowerTwist belts, zero-clearance inserts and an Incra 1000-SE miter gauge. I would like to get a better fence for it some day.
That's quite some shop too. Mine needs your organizational touch.
Thanks for the kind words. As for the tablesaw, I used upgraded hand-wheels,(i didn't like the cheap plastic ones). I didn't have any prob. with the arbor on mine, it works fine. I would love to have the Incra, but i've made so many jigs for the stock Craftsman for mine, I just hate to start over. The fence is the weak point, check it, then double check it again, I need a good one for mine.
mjncad
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Buggy:
I bought my saw around 1994, so maybe Craftsman fixed the tilt problem when you bought your saw. Mine came with cast metal handwheels, which are not as nice as your replacements; but work A-OK.
I agree that the Craftsman formed sheet metal fence is weak. Do you have a preferred brand and model for a replacement fence that you would like to get for it?
By the way, check out the stuff that 4shorts, waxman, 3rrl, and gugliols make as you appear to be at their level of fabrication.
I bought my saw around 1994, so maybe Craftsman fixed the tilt problem when you bought your saw. Mine came with cast metal handwheels, which are not as nice as your replacements; but work A-OK.
I agree that the Craftsman formed sheet metal fence is weak. Do you have a preferred brand and model for a replacement fence that you would like to get for it?
By the way, check out the stuff that 4shorts, waxman, 3rrl, and gugliols make as you appear to be at their level of fabrication.
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buggyman1
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Thanks for the tips. Check out the Biesemeyer fences, pricey but nice.
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More wood pics.
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buggyman1:
You are a true craftsman, especially since you can work metal and wood equally well. My wood working skills are nothing but hack work to make jigs for other projects.
I like the disk sander you made.
Your Craftsman table saw is just like mine, except for some minor differences in the hand-wheels it looks like. Did you solve the binding of the arbor tilt hand-wheel that is common to these saws? I took the hand-wheel and lead screw off, and just huck the arbor to the desired angle; but I would rather use a lead-screw and hand-wheel. My other mods to the saw were additional leg bracing, a Ridgid mobile base, PowerTwist belts, zero-clearance inserts and an Incra 1000-SE miter gauge. I would like to get a better fence for it some day.
That's quite some shop too. Mine needs your organizational touch.
I looked at your pics, and i can't imagine you hacking anything up...nice work
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