Since we've been discussing the various possibilities of delivering Teflon
and wax to the inner workings of cabinet saws, and have pretty well covered
that subject, I've become aware that I know less than I'm comfortable with
regarding maintaining 'the center of my woodworking shop'.
Cleaning and sharpening blades I understand.
Cleaning and waxing the table has been covered pretty completely.
Alignment issues have been pretty well thrashed and trashed.
Cleaning out what the DC doesn't get from underneath seems pretty straight
forward.
What else needs to be considered, and how frequently? (Miles and/or
months?)
I've got a LT Uni, new two years ago, in a hobbyist shop. I run it three
or four sessions a week. Maybe an hour, total time...
Awaiting enlightenment..
Patriarch
Unisaw A100 wrote:
> Keep it clean, do the maintenance you've already listed and
> it will perform better than you will in the coming decades.
> Mine is fifteen years older than me and I wish I was half as
> good looking as it.
>
> UA100
Keith, keep in mind your saw had an "Extreme Makeover". I'm sure with a
little bead blasting...
;-)
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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 11:34:26 -0600, Patriarch
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Since we've been discussing the various possibilities of delivering Teflon
>and wax to the inner workings of cabinet saws, and have pretty well covered
>that subject, I've become aware that I know less than I'm comfortable with
>regarding maintaining 'the center of my woodworking shop'.
To be perfectly honest with you you do not need to do much....
My Cabinet Saw (a Jet) is now close to 15 years old... and besides
cleaning out the cabinet every 6 months of so (always on a rainny
misserable day) IF between projects and checking everything under the
hood (belts, sawdust buildup in the ajjustment mechanism etc I do
not do anything....
I keep the table top waxed and do "dust" the top off at the end of
each work day.. but that is mostly because I enjoy walking into a
clean neat shop every morning ... Same reason I never go to bed with a
mess in the Kitchen sink ...who wants to "start" the day with a
mess...
Bob Griffiths
Nova:
>Keith, keep in mind your saw had an "Extreme Makeover". I'm sure with a
>little bead blasting...
>;-)
Yahbut, considering the saw had been in the hands of "I
don't know how many people" and they did "I don't know what
(unmentionable things) to it", I'd think that anyone buying
a machine today for their use, should be able to keep it a
little nice looking for many years to come.
Me? All I did was give it back it's dignity and replace it
back to where it should have been maintained all along, with
respect.
UA100
>What else needs to be considered, and how frequently? (Miles and/or
>months?)
>I've got a LT Uni, new two years ago, in a hobbyist shop. I run it three
>or four sessions a week. Maybe an hour, total time...
Maybe some day the bearings in the motor and arbor will
finally give out but given the use frequency I'd guess it
would be from age/drying out and not use.
Belts, probably the same thing/might even survive until you
hand it down to your granddaughter.
Keep it clean, do the maintenance you've already listed and
it will perform better than you will in the coming decades.
Mine is fifteen years older than me and I wish I was half as
good looking as it.
UA100