| Blog series by Bluepine38 | updated 09-30-2013 06:26 PM | 2 parts | 19178 reads | 7 comments total |
Part 1: Repairing Delta 34-966 Tilting Arbor Saw
When Canadian Chips obtained his Delta 8” table saw and 4”jointer combination, I was very interestedbecause of a conversation I had with a model airplane builder. He put a thin kerf skil saw blade on a 10” table saw and used it to cut small precision wood parts for making models. This idea would work evenbetter on an 8” saw if I only wanted to cut small items. I printed out PM-1722 from Old Woodworkingmachines and discovered this little saws arbors and parts were mad...
Part 2: Frankensaw
I bought and rebuilt a 1949 Delta Cabinet Saw for my shop, but it is a little big for small projects, so I decidedto redo my Delta 8” tablesaw for smaller projects. Solid table saw extension for a Delta 8” saw are not easilyfound, but I had an old Atlas 8” table saw I got free with an open style extension that after I drilled a coupleof holes bolted right up to my Delta. These older saws were not made for dust collection, so I cut a few pieces of masonite and made a ...
