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    Default Hyco 9 1/4 ? Table Saw

    My son wants to consider cabinetry as a career and I suggested he try his hand at at before he commits to it. Sent him off to look at buying a new Makita and he came back empty handed. Two days later, we're covered in vintage surface rust and well aged grime.

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    I'm from Sydney and this looks older and in better condition than me. The arbor (lay shaft) was a bit of a mess and maybe someone changed the bearings and didn't seat them but the bearing and shaft would move in and out. Persuaded it apart and took to cleaning up so the bearing would seat correctly. All done.

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    Layshaft pulley needs a key and some fresh grubs screws are in order. Everything else looks good working order.

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    We're now onto making the out table to give it a home. There's a pulley oddly stuck on the motor and will get more pics as we go.

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    Hi blis . Welcome to the forum. Nice little Aussie machine your doing up there .

    Rob

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    Quote Originally Posted by auscab View Post
    Hi blis . Welcome to the forum. Nice little Aussie machine your doing up there .

    Rob
    Working on the table at the moment... floating saw bed and a sliding motor bed... so any belt will do

    later would love some guidance on blade guards

    Having fun with the son!



    PS: We're going to get to know her first, build her a home and get her working, then one day give it a better restoration.
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    I'm an IT guy, before I studied programming, I gave it a go at the hobby level to see if it was something I could enjoy. Because we all know, it's not the good times that matter, it's the tough times that count.

    It's VERSION 1, the work table you made without a worktable.... There's a tight budget, if we can get it all together to the price of a decent modern domestic unit, I think we're ahead. The saw deck is adjustable and the motor mount slides. It's feeling solid, as square as we can and next is the top and bottom.

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    Nice little saw there... should be a great user.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blis View Post
    Working on the table at the moment... floating saw bed and a sliding motor bed... so any belt will do

    later would love some guidance on blade guards

    Having fun with the son!



    PS: We're going to get to know her first, build her a home and get her working, then one day give it a better restoration.
    Here is what I did for the guard on my ezycut saw that is kind of similar. I made the riving knife out of saw plate and was lucky enough to have the guard plus the part that the knife mounts on. It would be easy to make a ply or clear plastic guard. Chances are there are hundreds of examples on youtube.
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    This is what the original Setup was on these.
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    Here is a scan of the machine as shown on page 115 of the 1955 McPherson's Catalogue

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    Default Getting there - Outtable for Hyco saw

    Lot of head scratching, we're getting there... Having the adjustable deck helps, but there was a miscalculation on the belt and motor position.
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    The motor has to sit up quite close to the saw to get the belt under and clear of structural support... And still deciding on what to use for the deck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gaza58 View Post
    This is what the original Setup was on these.
    Hyco Junior Saw 001-3.jpg
    (Note this is not my image)
    SCB007.jpg
    Here is a scan of the machine as shown on page 115 of the 1955 McPherson's Catalogue
    Almost certain I liked the post.. oh well, here's to let you know I did Not sure what we've got ourselves into, but it's a lot of fun!

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    Default Into the bench and motor mounting concerns

    We're getting close but the motor mounting has me stumped. Do the belt driven tables have belt tensioners or side on a movable mount. Because if I raise the saw, I'll add tension to the belt. If I lower it is will loosen.
    I thought of raising the motor slightly to decrease the change in pulley and belt angle but that then has the belt very close to the underside of the table. More head scratching... but all is good.

    I've also succumb to deferring any splitter/riving solution for now. To get the motor mounted I had to remove the splitter mount to get the motor close enough. there's some wiggle room in future. There's also not enough end room on the zero plate to use MJ Splitters... I'd have to drill into the deck I think.

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    Advice appreciated in advance

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    Wish I could edit the original post, it's an 8" saw with a 7/14 blade on it atm and the saw blade itself is using a ring to shim out the spindle diameter... now to find a correct 8" blade for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blis View Post
    We're getting close but the motor mounting has me stumped. Do the belt driven tables have belt tensioners or side on a movable mount. Because if I raise the saw, I'll add tension to the belt. If I lower it is will loosen.
    On most of the saws of this type and vintage the motor was mounted on a hinged plate that would maintain the belt tension and move as you adjusted the blade height.

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    Check this thread.
    Hyco bench saw restoration.
    It gives a shot of Stew's machine that shows how the motor is assembled.

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    Blis

    if you pester me on saturday morning i will photograph some of my hyco motor mounts to give you some ideas. i have several hyco machines that all have the same pulley configuration as your saw. i also have the same saw with an original stand.

    PS self confessed hyco and berg nerd!!!


    Cheer stew

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    Quote Originally Posted by bunya pine View Post
    Blis

    if you pester me on saturday morning i will photograph some of my hyco motor mounts to give you some ideas. i have several hyco machines that all have the same pulley configuration as your saw. i also have the same saw with an original stand.

    PS self confessed hyco and berg nerd!!!


    Cheer stew

    We've succumb to creating our own belt tensioner. It's nothing unusual for us as we race RC cars that are belt driven. And with most things, you learn from mistakes. From what I know now, I would have spent a lot more time designing the motor mount. I realised once I'd built it that a hinged and sprung system would have been the best choice. That said, it's mighty tight no matter what you do because there's no recess for the belt in the table. Otherwise I would have mounted the motor higher to reduce the change in belt.

    All said and done, we dont know enough about woodworking etc to let it get us down, it was a fun build too.

    PS: I'm at The Gap

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