Recent content by andrewballantine

Eric, My first attempt was a BMP file, which didn't work. I changed it to a JPG and that worked; photo now visible. Thanks for the tips. Andrew.

Jo, If it worked, that's great. I made an interesting discovery the other day. For a long time I have thought the brass measure for the fence was pretty useless since it did not read zero when the fence was touching the blade. I was at an auction of woodworking gear and saw the identical saw...

Jo, Couldn't find your pictures. I had another look at my saw today and "pins" is not quite the right description. The saw carriage runs on a curved V groove into which run V blocks which are adjustable. I found that you could take up the wear in the blocks by twisting them in the V groove and...

Jo, If I remember correctly (I'm amazed that it is two years since I set up my saw), the arbor mounting on the trunions is a V groove and there are pointed pins that run in the V groove that can be adjusted. Mine were worn and I was beginning to despair of adjusting out the play. Then I found...

As a late post script, I managed to take-up/adjust the slack in the saw mounting so that the saw blade now runs true to the guide slots. I also made myself a sled which is brilliant for cross cutting large and small items. Thanks for the timely advise and apologies for being so slow to say...

Bob, Thanks for your speedy replies. I have printed off a Daltons manual which is very similar to my model, so I'll have a good look at that. Thanks again, Andrew.

Hi, Just joined the web site and you seem to be a pretty helpful bunch. I have just acquired a Startrite 275 Tilt Arbour Table saw. On checking it over I find that the saw blade is not quite parallel to the mitre channels in the table top. Since the saw carrier is registered into the table...