HOME MADE TRACK SAW FROM OLD MITRE SAW

Very clever indeed!

Sweet.

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Stop making cool stuff I want to make, I have enough projects on my list already. :)

-- Rick M, http://thewoodknack.blogspot.com/

Very ingenious indeed!

Very clever work.

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Very clever guy…

Brilliant. But I gave my old miter saw (that exact same Delta model) to my daughter. :)

-- Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands. 1Thessolonians4:11

I love it, nice job. You might improve both the wanting to wonder off, and also keep the edges better cut if you can lay down some rubber like material, similar to what other track saws use on the bottoms of their rails. Might be able to use their rubber strips, whoever is cheapest.

The only thing I wonder about is (I think) all of the commercial track saws have a riving knife, so be really careful about kickback seeing that saw was never designed to use as a circular saw, much less a track saw.

Thanks for posting, and Congrats on your 3.

-- Think safe, be safe

The proper selection of blade geometry will negate kickback concerns.
My home made TS track is baltic birch and, I clamp it at both ends. It doesn’t wander.

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

yes you get this :

AWARD :<))
GRATZ TOP 3

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Cool idea but looks pretty dangerous. Track saws don’t only have a riving knife, they have spring-loaded rubber cams on the bottom of the saw that engage the track. The saw can only move forward on the track. Any kickback is stopped by the rubber cams as they grab the track. Obviously the blade on a track saw is fully shrouded when the blade is retracted and above the cutting surface. Use it with extreme caution OP.

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Very Clever, Great Idea!

-- DWelch. Michigan, The only dumb question is the one not asked!

Awesome reuse, thank you for sharing, love the track guide

-- Norman - I never never make a mistake, I just change the design.

ingenious idea. Thanks for sharing.

-- Lee - Northern idaho~"If the women don't find you handsome, at least they ought to find you handy"~ Red Green

As everybody else has already said, Great idea.
I’ll need to keep a lookout for those old miter saws now.