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    nice rebuild

    A very nice rebuild.
    Sometimes they have pins that are meant to fail, so as another more expensive part does not fail.
    Used to be called sacrificial pins or shear pins, sometimes made from...
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    spreader

    The riving knife is what the modern saws have. It moves with the blade as it is raised and lowered.
    Yes you are correct that the plate needs to be wider than the saw blade, not the kerf of the saw....
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    Saw goes

    Now the saw Goes.
    The for motor that I brought the saw is configured to only ever run in a clockwise direction. I took it to a shop in town who has a motor rewinder, he looked at the windings and...
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    Well it is all back into pieces again. When I put...

    Well it is all back into pieces again. When I put the fence on, I noticed that the dummy blade was moving around a bit when raised or lowered. Also noticed that when it was tilted and brought back up...
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    Re assembly

    So I have started putting it all back together and sorting out the the missing pieces of the puzzle. I did have some great help from Roger at Down town tools.
    I made a reference plate to mimic a...
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    dust cover

    SO finally got around to making a dust cover for the Thrust bearing repair. Shaft was worn alot and fixed by using a thrust bearing. Made a cover from some plastic water pipe. The fixed side of the...
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    Thank you for the very useful tips. I made the...

    Thank you for the very useful tips. I made the new washers because there is some small amounts of wear on the shaft, and because those washers tend to be fiddly and have come out of the blade. I gave...
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    Adapting new saw bades

    I got some new 10 inch saw blades in a few teeth pitch ranges. But they have 30mm bore on them. One did come with a washer that reduced it to a 1 inch bore(25.4mm). So my solution was to make new...
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    I was in contact with PTC in Whangarei today, and...

    I was in contact with PTC in Whangarei today, and they told me about the date range of my saw. No parts what so ever are in stock for my model saw. I have the 3hp motor arrived today, and a rail and...
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    I found out today, that these saws were made from...

    I found out today, that these saws were made from 1958, through to sometime in 1962. They were made for a little less than 4 years in total, with no known spares being available. Most that I have...
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    Today was getting the table top cleaned up. After...

    Today was getting the table top cleaned up. After getting the rust off of it, went and got it plow ground flat again to a minimum amount. There was about 0.25mm of wear and you can see an area that...
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    Bearing spacer springs

    So I got some bearing spring washers that are used to preload bearings in electric motors etc. All that was required was an approximate length outer spacer. This is the distance of the centre spacer,...
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    Is there any ideas as to how to make the splitter...

    Is there any ideas as to how to make the splitter become a riving knife and adjust with the Blade?
    Thanks.
    Neil
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    Pictures

    Here are the pics
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    Making bits

    So I have added some auto oiling ports where the dril oil holes were. The idea being with an oil or grease gun can lube it without taking things apart etc. I also cut back the shaft for raising and...
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    Spindle bearings

    So I replaced the spindle bearings with C2 sealed bearings. I noticed that there is about 0.2mm of end float on these bearings. It has no outer spacer or wavy washers that are often found in a...
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    I couldn't wait for the weekend. So tried some...

    I couldn't wait for the weekend. So tried some heat. It came out really easily. Good thing I took some pictures. I made a drift to hit on the pin with. The pin is 22mm and thought I measured wrong...
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    Thanks, I will try that next weekend. I have...

    Thanks, I will try that next weekend.
    I have tried tapping on each end, but did not want to exert any large amount
    of force incase there was some not obvious way of retaining the shaft to the ...
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    Unknown age Tanner Saw

    I have an old tanner saw of an unknown date.
    I am trying to take the spindle assembly out of the frame.
    Is the pin seized, or is it somehow retained in the cast assembly?
    Any help will be...
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