Dug out the table saw

[Tribalvision]

it was nice out today so I figured I would. dig out the table saw that was buried in the corner of my garage. It has never been my go to tool because it didnt seem to cut very well. I was thinking about replacing it. Once I got it out I began to clean it up a bit. Then I decided to tear it apart and do a little refurbishing. I removed the whole blade assembly and tossed it on the deck for examination.

I removed the adjusting threaded rods and ran them on the wire wheel to remove some of the rust. I Replaced the 2 o-rings on the height adjustment shaft, greased the shaft between the o-rings and reinstalled the adjustment shaft. I removed the arbor pulley and found one of the saw's issues.
Apparently the previous owner had pulley problems and drilled a hole(depression) in the arbor for the set screw. The pulley was really wobbling.

I ordered a new arbor, bearings, Pulley, and a new belt. $108 shipped from sears parts direct. Not too bad

Ran over to HD and grabbed a new Diablo blade. As soon as the parts get here I can put Humpty Dumpty back together. I will also be upgrading the fence to the Delta T2. This should finally make this saw a good dust creator instead of a dust collector.

 

[G_P]

Looks like the PO lost the key that held the pulley on the shaft and thats why they drilled the hole for the set screw.

 

[Tribalvision]

key way was there.. I didnt understand it but thats the way it was

 

[Tribalvision]

one of the crank handles was missing the handle. a new one was $30. I made a new one for $2.15

went to HD and bought a 5/16 x 2.5" carriage bolt, a 1/2" ******, and a nut.

Cut the ****** to size and tapped it onto the bolt

bolted it onto the crank and then ground the carriage bolt head flush with the ******

Added 2 layers of shrink wrap to the handle for a comfort grip and it's all finished.