chrispuzzle":2ru773h5 said:
Alan -
What mods did you perform to make it a Delta/Diamond hybrid?
Chris
Hi Chris,
The mod I did was a transplant of a Delta top arm into the Diamond top arm. I did this because blade release and re-clamping is so much quicker with the Delta Quickset clamps than with the Diamond holders.
One major failing (in my opinion) of the Diamond is it's old fashioned blade holders. Sure, they are good if you need to rotate them through 360 degrees but other than that they are a pain !
Diamond claim a 7 second release, thread through, and reclamp of a blade but I've never heard of anyone actually achieving that !
By comparison I was doing the same operation on a Delta in 5 seconds as the norm.
I am a great Delta fan but they wear out too quick for me. One day I had the mad thought of my perfect saw, A Diamond with Delta clamps.
There was no easy way of fitting the Delta clamps to the Diamond so I transplanted the whole top Delta arm into the hollow section of the Diamond arm and it worked a treat. I left the Diamond bottom holder in place as that was in fact quicker to use on blade changing than the tool based bottom Delta clamp.I then had quick blade changing on a very durable and precision saw.
That was, until the DeWalt 788 came along which has fast blade changing,precision and durabilty, and I absolutely love it as it has far less vibration than any saw I've used or seen. The Diamond by comparison sounds like a loud sewing machine !
Anyway,here's a photo of my hybrid Delta/Diamond: