Peter G Denmark
Established Member
Hi.
Any of you Wadkin owners have the same problem as me, when setting up the Table on the ags10.
The old american Delta unisaw had the bolts for fitting the top to the saw on the OUTSIDE of the saw. On the Wadkin however, the bolt are buried inside the saw cabinet, which makes them very inaccessible, when trying to tighten them after fine tuning the top, so that the mitre slots are parallel to the saw blade.
To make matters worse, the inside of the cabinet is so close to the threaded rods that stick out of the tables underside when mounted, that there is only JUST room for the bolt to go on the rod, so fitting a socket wrench over the bolt can't be done, because of the thickness of the walls on a standard socket wrench top.
That leaves using a regular spanner - the fork par (sorry - the word eludes me in english). But you can only get about a 1/6 turn, before having to reposition it. All this is done blind, because there is no way to see the bolts while performing the operation.
I've used me wife's make-up mirror to see just a little bit of what i am doing , but it's still near impossible, and when fine tuning the top, tightening and loosening the bolt several times to get perfect alignment is not unusual.
The bolts on the table underside is very long (about 8 cm). You only need about 2 cm to get a tight hold on the threads with the bolt. Maybe cutting of part of the mounting rod would help.
Any of you found a good solution?
I've thought about welding 4 suitable bolts to 4 suitable socket wrench tops, and grind them down, so the will get past the cabinet wall. That way i would be able to put an extension on the wrench, and only worry about hitting the bolt once.
Any of you Wadkin owners have the same problem as me, when setting up the Table on the ags10.
The old american Delta unisaw had the bolts for fitting the top to the saw on the OUTSIDE of the saw. On the Wadkin however, the bolt are buried inside the saw cabinet, which makes them very inaccessible, when trying to tighten them after fine tuning the top, so that the mitre slots are parallel to the saw blade.
To make matters worse, the inside of the cabinet is so close to the threaded rods that stick out of the tables underside when mounted, that there is only JUST room for the bolt to go on the rod, so fitting a socket wrench over the bolt can't be done, because of the thickness of the walls on a standard socket wrench top.
That leaves using a regular spanner - the fork par (sorry - the word eludes me in english). But you can only get about a 1/6 turn, before having to reposition it. All this is done blind, because there is no way to see the bolts while performing the operation.
I've used me wife's make-up mirror to see just a little bit of what i am doing , but it's still near impossible, and when fine tuning the top, tightening and loosening the bolt several times to get perfect alignment is not unusual.
The bolts on the table underside is very long (about 8 cm). You only need about 2 cm to get a tight hold on the threads with the bolt. Maybe cutting of part of the mounting rod would help.
Any of you found a good solution?
I've thought about welding 4 suitable bolts to 4 suitable socket wrench tops, and grind them down, so the will get past the cabinet wall. That way i would be able to put an extension on the wrench, and only worry about hitting the bolt once.