A few comments:
* ?I drilled, tapped, and brass plugged a 1/8” NPT in my gearbox body and filled the box with the saw in the vertical position. ? I couldn’t tilt the saw due to my new stand. ? I really prefer the fill plug.
* I found that sawing wood didn’t work as well as sawing 1 1/2” round steel. ? Most of my squareness inconsistencies was due to the slop in the pivot bushings. ? The bushings were still reasonably round, but were grossly oversized. ? I turned a new pivot shaft and got it just right with very acceptable clearance. ? This is critical for getting reproducible cutting squareness.
* ?I actually filed my table so it was parallel to my pivot shaft. ? I did this because I got the pivot shaft so well sized.
* ?The saw frame is not very stiff. ? I replaced the blade hand tightener with a stud and a thrust washer and nut. ? I tighten the blade until it runs true and then give it 1 1/2 turns to tension the blade. ? ?This needs to be done before fiddling around with trying to square the cut. ? This should reproducibly distort the saw frame to the same position.
?I did all sorts of modifications to my saw. ? I bought my saw for $20 and this is the only reason why I haven’t spent more money than what I would have spent on a good saw that worked right out of the box. ? I have my mods shown in the photos section. ?
I’m really enjoying seeing comments from the’old guard’ and some new members!?
Dave
