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30th June 2020, 10:40 PM #1Member
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MBS 300 / woodman 12 inch Riving knife help
Hey guys,
I have had my old woodman TS for quite a few years now and love it..... Apart from the fence and lack of a riving knife!
I picked up some timber a few years ago and they guy had a riving knife on his newish MBS 300 so I know they are out there!
Would anybody have a spare riving knife or the skills to make one for me? Even do a template / photocopy so that I can try get someone to make one for me?
I tried to source when I got the saw and just ended up getting the incorrect knife ordered in time after time and gave up. I did post on here when I got the saw but had no luck.
With the saw fence getting a bit more sloppy and clamping out if square it is a real pain in the ass and takes quite a few checks to make sure it's bang on. A big risk without a knife imo.
I'm not very good with steel as always messed with timber. Any help really appreciated! Enjoying getting back into the sawdust again!
Cheers
Steve
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1st July 2020, 12:36 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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These saws are made in Taiwan - MBS-300 12" cabient saw, tilting arbor saw, table saw | Taiwantrade.com
The specification similarities and virtually identical appearance with the Sherwood (Timbecon) SWMS300 would lead me to suspect that both saws are out of the same factory so there might be a chance that Timbecon could help you.
Also found the following image of the saws innards, with a riving knife, online that might help. If the worst comes to the worst you could always make some zero clearance inserts and glue a hardwood splitter into the insert in line with the rear of the blade. Not the same as a rise and fall riving knife but a hell of a lot better than nothing.
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1st July 2020, 04:12 PM #3Member
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Thank you -
i wasn't aware that timbecon were now manufacturing this model! - i rang them and they were very firm on not helping me. Because it is not their saw they do not want to help. pretty crap since i buy everything from them.,....at the moment anyway! I have also tried to get some info from Greg's as apparently they still stock this saw.
Great idea thanks! cheers for your reply mate!
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2nd July 2020, 11:26 AM #4Member
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Hey cossi - Sounds like we are doing the exact same thing, but I'm in Melbourne.
I recently got an old TS-222 that needs a big cleanup. I reached out to Timbecon since the Sherwood is the same version (MBS300), but they said the same thing, can't help with anything that is not their product specifically. Disappointing because the Sherwood must be close to exactly the same.
Gregmach were helpful, they provided an old MBS300 Operation Manual. Useful and nice to have, but the parts list is not very specific "bearing shaft", "belt", but scarce on the measurements etc.
They also mentioned that could likely provide a new fence.
As far as I can tell, not really a riving knife off the shelf that would fit. I had planned to make a splitter.
I still have to clean it up, but will definitely need new v-belts, splitter, blade guard/dust extraction. Possibly a new fence depending how that comes up.
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6th July 2020, 02:14 PM #5Member
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Hey FlaminGunz,
Gregs got back to me and there is a riving knife available for our saw. ) i will be ordering it soon. Good luck setting your saw up, i love mine - so quiet! is yours 3 phase?
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7th July 2020, 11:32 AM #6Member
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That's great! When you order, do you mind sending me through the info? Would be good to check out as if it fits I'd probably order one for myself. Splitter was a last resort sort of option...
Mine is single phase. The bloke I bought it off had it running off a normal outlet, but I do have a 15amp socket available, so was planning to use that.
Looking forward to cleaning it all up!
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17th November 2020, 09:07 AM #7Senior Member
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Resurrecting an old-ish thread. Did you find a source for a riving knife for this saw?
I just got a Hafco ST-12D which is practically the same saw, same Taiwanese manufacturer.
Here's their riving knife for it.
The saw comes stock with a guard assembly attached to an extended riving knife mounted above the blade. The extended riving knife is super annoying - it really gets in the way, especially with cuts using the mitre fence, or when cutting 45 degree bevels close to the rip fence.
I'm getting a overhead dust guard, so looking for a better riving knife.
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17th November 2020, 09:12 AM #8Senior Member
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Definitely looks like the correct part. I just took a measurement, and the height from the mounting block to the top of the blade is bigger the height of this riving knife.
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