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It was 5/4 and ripping. Blade is older which will help, plus I found get a thin kerf blade when I replace but was wondering how to tell if it’s the blade, or the belt slipping and at what rpm the blade is actually turning at,

My revitalized craftsman table saw, 113.27520 is up and running and I’m looking for some new advice. It seemed to slip/slow down while cutting some poplar the other day. I’m not sure if this could be the belt (old) slipping? the blade not being sharp enougn? Or perhaps the motor/blade not...

Thanks for the reply, I agree I guess I should have asked which of those methods are safest in ranking.

I have been revitalizing an old 10” craftsman table saw and was wondering about a few more things. This is a reliable old machine that i want to update. I’m worried more about safety than restoring it to original. I was looking at original splitter/knife replacement, or a newer Shark guard PM66...

There is about 5” to the left of the blade to the miter slot, the far right of the miter slot

Thanks for the idea, I’ll check it later and see how it matches up, I have about 6 different manuals for various and I’ll see if it makes sense. Thanks again

Can someone help identify what model Craftsman this is? I hope to replace a few parts if i can, I recently put a new motor on this (still have the old 3/4 hp CM if. That was working but it needed rewriting etc and I thought I’d just replace it now). I would imagine many of the parts were...

Joseph - those look great! I have a very similar one I’m cleaning and putting a new motor on. However my Model plate was never on this saw, it was in the family for at least 50 years plus. Is their a way to tell what exact model i have? Many of the castings have (part?) numbers on them...

Is there a way to get the correct model number of my Craftsman table saw? I have dated it about 1951, the serial number and model plate has been removed, it was my fathers for 40 years before he gave it to me. I am in the process or replacing the motor and adding dust collect along with...