Rick never read anything by him, that I can remember. I use 1943 Sears tablesaw model 103-0209. setup properly it give a great cut for the size patterns I build at home. I put a 1hp motor on it and have cut 1" thick aluminum plate(multiple cuts). as long as the blade doesn't wobble a saw can be to make very good cuts, just more time getting it setup to make the good cut.
--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Sparber" <rgsparber@...> wrote:
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> Dave,
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> Are you familiar with the writings of DeCristoforo? He wrote wonderful wood working articles for, IIRC, Popular Science, for many years. He also wrote a few books. In them he talks about making simple fixtures to greatly improve the accuracy of things like table saws. In fact, he makes an impressive table saw from a hand circular saw.
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> In the spirit of full disclosure, I own a Bosch table saw which is dead on yet found Decristoforo's work extremely inspiring even for metal working.
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> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com [mailto:gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Brad Stogsdill
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 8:28 AM
> To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Re: On Shaper Castings Question ...
>
> Hi Dave
>
> You are correct- a person need the right tools but also the right quality of tools. True a router is no gaurantee, but it has to be a significant improvement over my jobsight table saw, which can not produce a square enough cut fit for anything but framing jobs!
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> I have an issue with the removable plate that allows access to change blades- the plate is flimsy and any small parts that slide over it are not held square and impossible to get a clean square cut. It is a great improvement over a hand held saw, but unfit for work of any accuracy.
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> I figure instead of buying a better table saw and having 2 of them, I am better off adding a different piece of equipment to expand capabilities. (One of the 1st patterns I plan to make on the router is a replacement plate for the saw that will be cast and machined and will be ridgid and will not bow and flex and will hold work piece flat... so I hope anyway)
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> A far as the draft, I dont have an issue hand sanding or power sanding draft lines. The draft lines are not critical except for looks, as long as they function for pattern removal from sand.
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> My problem is with surfaces that must be true parallel or perpendicular to each other. For example, the shaper side columns ram channels need to be flat and square with each other, and my crappy unsquare patterns required me to spend hours and hours hand scraping and filing aluminum. My opposite coners were 1/8 of an inch off and I had to hands crape the channels night after night...If I had been able to produce squared ram channels in that pattern.. I would have saved a week of night work on the shaper...
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> So to make a long story sort I was motivated to make bettter patterns and will report back how well it works. (Stepper motors have arrived to USA and are in transit from California! yahoo! )
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> Hey cool weather is coming - I like to cast in cold weather!
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> Regards
> Bradley
>
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