Comments on: 56 – Tablesaw Setup/Tuneup (Pt. 2)

By: Tim (aka Fixitmaster)

Tim (aka Fixitmaster) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:43:34 +0000

This is video has been a life saver. I bought a old Rockwell/Delta unisaw that was made in 1952 and had to take the top off it to rework some of the guts. When I put the top on it was way out of alignment and with all the web sites out there I found a lot of pictures that wasn’t much help. Your video taught this old dog some new tricks, but that wasn’t to hard being I new to wood work.

Thanks

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:15:17 +0000

Sold it to a local woodworking friend. Can’t remember what the price was but I always give my friends good prices. :)

By: jack

jack — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:11:36 +0000

what did you do with the old ts? how much did you sell it for and where did you sell it? I want a place to purchase used tools.

By: Yuriy

Yuriy — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:40:04 +0000

Thank you Marc very much for great video!!!

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:26:54 +0000

Where were you 2 months ago when I had to beat my contractor saw into submission to get in in alignment? I wound up doing exactly what you showed in your video, so I guess I did it right. Its pretty good now but I think it could be better.

On second though a table saw that isnt aligned is the perfect excuse to get a new one!! With a cast iron extension table, and flames! I love that!

Thanks for doing what you do! Its great!

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:24:51 +0000

Rats! Foiled again! lol

By: Mike (aka TacoTown)

Mike (aka TacoTown) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:59:16 +0000

Man, Fine woodworking is cramping your style. they just released a table saw alignment video on their web site…

By: Tom Cissell

Tom Cissell — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:22:29 +0000

Marc,

Great video. I like your non-fanatical practical approach to things. After very careful setup of the blade to the miter slot, I simple move the fence in line with an edge of the slot and adjust according to feel. I slide my finger along the slot to sense whether it is off one way or another.

Tom

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:55:33 +0000

Marc
one more step when I set up the saw (and I use a dial indicator for it 11 bucks at Harbor Freight) is I mount this on a piece of wood in the miter slot so it is stable and a constant distance to the blade. Then I tilt the blade at 45 and have the indicator at 90 degrees to the blade and measure the height from front to back.
I have a X5 Unisaw and I had to add .006 in shims to the front of the table so that the trunions and the table were in the same plane. Other wise there would be a pinch of the cutoff piece at the back of the blade when cutting bevels. Obviosly for 90 degree ripping this error never appears. At our guild meeting only one other person had this issue and it was a contractor version, so he added some shim stock as a spacer/washer on the bolts holding the trunion to the table.
Like the new saw though – really sharp.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:09:30 +0000

Marc,

I use to really struggle getting my blade to 90, until I found a really cool trick. You can make this jig in less than a half hour and you will NEVER squint down a square pushed against your blade EVER again. See here: (at the bottom)

http://www.garagewoodworks.com/jigsfixtures.htm

This tool will save you time AND it is more accurate than squinting at a square for light.

PS I love the new saw! :^)