I bought one used for £6.50 last year now obviously for that price its missing some parts so if anyone has one of these machines i'd like to see some pictures and measurements of the rise and fall underneath and the bearing flange on both the top and bottom of the spindle thanks in advance
plus ripping so much in one pass could warp the blade and 16 inch blades are VERY expensive i got lucky and picked a freud up for 30 plus shipping (old stock) but most of them are £100 up for a decent one
dzj it makes 4.25 inch cut give or take so it could do 8.5 rip i wouldn't do the the full 4 in one pass mainly because of how hard i would have to push against the workpiece and the blade would be very exposed it only takes one slip.... i'd rather let the saw do the work in a few passes im not...
used it again for a larger job and it din't get warm til i turned it on and off a few times so it must draw more to get it going and warms up seems like its just a normal feature panic over and just to settle the debate it handles rip cuts using the 16" blade no preoblem no bogging down or...
maybe but if that was the case the arbour would get hot quick regardless of blade size i only noticed when i changed the blade and had a hold of the arbour on some jobs i change the blade a lot from dado to large blade to small blade etc
i had another go with it today doing a small job including some resawing was on about 10 mins 15 mins and it didn't get warm maybe i had my saw running a bit longer than i thought yesterday? anyway im gonna put a fan on the second arbour on the motor that should keep the motor cool in future i...
there isnt a plate to change it from star to delta the only place i can see for wiring is the button and a plate to the cap but neither of those are for altering the winding configuration