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I got my parts off the cut table yesterday. I had to make a trip to Fleet Fart to pick up some hardware that I needed to put everything together. Here are the parts straight off the table. parts by Rat Finkelton, on Flickr I went through and cleaned up the slag that was left from the...

Thanks for the link, I haven't seen this one I will check it out.

I had the exact same thought about machining it flat, but after I looked at it closer I realized there isn't enough meat there to take off enough to be flat. I didn't really think about the adaptor idea though. I think that could be an interesting route. I wouldn't mind going with that style of...

Thanks for all the support Woody :beer:

This past weekend I was traveling. So I really didn't get much garage time to work on the saw. I have been able to get a little done throughout the week though. I tried to clean up the underside of the table a little. There was 50 years of sawdust, dirt, and general gunk built up on it. So I...

So, it has been a few days since my last post. I was traveling all weekend, needless to say no work got done on the saw. There are a couple updates though. I got the new Freud thin kerf blade in, as well as the last arbor bearing I was waiting on. Today I got the design for my arbor mount...

I was able to get a little more work done today and one of my arbor bearings showed up. I took the outfeed portion of the jointer table and the sander off since they are all one sub assembly of the saw. jointer by Rat Finkelton, on Flickr sander by Rat Finkelton, on Flickr For anyone...

Tonight I did not get much time in the garage working. My mobile base for the saw did show up though :thumbup: Instead I have been measuring and getting my information together, so I can spend my lunch breaks at work designing my riving knife, throat insert, and fence system. Once I get a...

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the positive feedback. I knew Yates machines in general were highly regarded. When I was doing my homework on the saw however, I ran across a handful of posts saying things like the saw is too small and underpowered (I figured an old 3/4 HP motor was probably...

I could definitely see that being the case. So now that I can post pics here is one pic of the saw "before" IMG_0555 by Rat Finkelton, on Flickr So far I have managed to tear everything down and started working on the trunnion assembly. I had a bear of a time getting it all apart, and...

Thanks ragtop, Im jealous you have the extensions for yours.

3. I want to add a zero clearance throat plate, due to the weird shape of the throat on the saw I plan to plasma cut this out on the table as well. 4. Since I don't have the wings for this saw, and the top is small I am hoping to add a homemade wing on the side to increase stability on wider...

My plans are as follows: 1. Add a riving knife. I believe I can do this by creating an addition onto the arbor bearing mount. Currently there is a sort of bearing retaining plate that is held in place by three screws, on the arbor bearing mount. I plan to design a new retaining plate that...

So what the heck do I plan to do with this thing, and what do I mean by resto-mod? Well, first and foremost I need to get this thing back into tune. The saw worked good and cut wood before I started. It was by no means a basket case, but was far from a saw that would create good quality cuts. I...

Yates Table Saw-Refresh/Riving Knife addition Hi everyone, thanks for checking out my thread. I am new here and this is my first post. First things first, I will give you a little background on this project. I have a Yates M-1701 combination 8" table saw, 4" jointer, and 10" disk sander...