Craftsman 113.298030 with a delta t2 fence

[scooterbum46]

I was given a version of that Craftsman table saw (113.999040). Updated the fence system. Used it a lot.

It's very unsafe. Does not have and cannot attach riving knife to it. Will not be in the tools I hand down to my kids some day.

It was sold by Sears with a riving knife, just not called that. It's part of the removable blade guard/anti kickback/splitter assembly. The manual even shows how to adjust it. I've removed the blade guard and antikickback, but still use the splitter for it's intended purposes. The mount for it has a V groove in the rod that the assembly slides onto, a thumbscrew tightens into that V groove to correctly align the whole blade guard assembly.

Sawstop sells a $200 version of a Biesemyer fence that you'd swear was made for the Craftsman. I had to drill and tap four hols in cast iron to mount it. The 60" rails come with a new table piece that can be used to under mount a router if desired ( I didn't) I did the trunnion alignment about four years ago, I can rip paper thin stock all day long (good blades are part of that). I also added the Wixey saw fence digital readout, which works very well with the Sawstop fence.

It's popular to hoot on the old Craftsman saws as some kind of junk. My opinion is that those folks just don't have the ability to read and follow the instructions on setting one up.

 

[jorp_porp]

Yeah, I have something like that under my current table saw. I have a **** excuse for a concrete floor, cracked and uneven with wide expansion gaps. Essentally an enclosed patio. It was probably installed 80 years ago by a wandering tribe of baboons.

That is a me problem though, somebody with a decent smooth garage floor those would help a lot.


I'm mostly onboard with the idea that if you can make a contractors saw work, you can make a cabinet saw work. I'm just pointing out 100lbs vs 600lbs does make a difference even if they similarly sized. Worst case I can always lift my saw over obstructions.

I know the quality of machine would be a big step up and I would probably use the table saw a lot more than I currently do. I don't like contractor saws, but they are better than no table saw.

I think we have the same concrete, lol

 

[alinc100]

I think we have the same concrete, lol

That makes 3 0f us,hence the reason my Unisaw never moves. I was lucky enough to use engineered hardwood under my feet on half my garage, just not under the saw half.