Recent content by WaldoBarnstormer

I haven't updated this thread for ages but thought I'd post a few new pics.. Got the majority of the painting done and reassembly is 90% complete. Going on from these pics I've repainted the cast top now as well and mounted the new single phase motor.. Everything seems to be working fine...

Been a bit busy lately and not able to get much done.. Started the cleaning and painting tho... Halfway through the priming

Nice way to kill a few hours/days/weeks.....

Just sent an email to SharkGuard asking for a price on one of their riving knives and crown guards... They look excellent items but it's gonna be a lot of £££

Dave.. Thanks for the good info.. I think it was your sketchup drawings I have for both knives. Did you manage to get one made for your saw in the end? If so do you know what they made it from? I hear mild steel bends too easily. I'll need to find somewhere that can cut one for me, either that...

That's a bold choice

Of course, I forgot one of the biggest things! I need to choose a paint colour!!! decisions, decisions, decisions!

So that's about 90% of the disassembly completed! I still have the fence to dismantle, tilt mech to remove, and then decide if I'm going to pull the spindle and raise/lower mech apart. They are running really nicely on the bearings - zero play and sounding smooth so I'm tempted to leave them as...

Just in case anyone from the future is following this thread, this is what you need to unscrew to remove the rise/lower gear in order to get the main trunion out. Apparently it is a 1/4" gas pip screw!

Sadly stop drilling won't fix these cracks... I've got a feeling that when it was moved it was probably dragged by the fence rails or one of the table extensions (hence the damaged bolts there as well). I'll have a ponder before it goes back together.. best case is it still holds fine and it's...

Just came in to have a quick read through on how to remove the main mechanism now as I can't see how the raise lower mech comes off which as far as I can tell is whats obstructing the whole thing from just lifting out.

Got the main top off now and confirmed that there are 2 cracks running under the front and rear fence rail mount holes on the right hand side. Not great news.. hopefully they don't explode when I go to refit the fence rail.

Bob.. Thanks, that is INCREDIBLY generous of you. I live in the midlands though, so by the time we post them back and forth it would cost about half the price of a little cheap set. As I'll probably only ever use them a few times a cheap set would probably suffice for me. But once again...

I'm looking to see if I have a bsw tap to clear out the holes, but re tapping is an option. Considering the previous owners seem to have been running the saw back to front, it's anyone guess what happened to these lol

According to the parts manual they are 3/8" whitworth x 1 1/4 inches... ebay have them, but as you say, just over £1 eac At least the allen bolts for the fence rail are a bit more reasonable