I have watched various alignment videos about how to align your table
saw blade to the
miter slot. I have a gauge and see that the blade is off by 25/1000 of
an inch. The videos
say that you loosen the bolts that hold the table to the base and
whack it with a rubber
mallet to align it.
I tried this but it turns out my walker turner 2221 (~1950) table saw
has a 4 other inaccessible
bolts holding the chassis to the table.
Does anyone have any clues about how this beast might be adjusted?
It weighs 400 pounds, I can't believe I have to flip it to do this.
I'm a novice (read fool) and probably should have passed on buying
this thing, but at $250 it
seemed like a reasonable deal since it runs good and has a good
surface and a flat fence.
Does anyone have any opinions about .25 inch? maybe I can just
fagetdabodit and make
something,
b
On Jan 12, 11:13=A0pm, sibosop <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have watched various alignment videos about how to align your table
> saw blade to the
> miter slot. I have a gauge and see that the blade is off by 25/1000 of
> an inch. The videos
> say that you loosen the bolts that hold the table to the base and
> whack it with a rubber
> mallet to align it.
> I tried this but it turns out my walker turner 2221 (~1950) table saw
> has a 4 other inaccessible
> bolts holding the chassis to the table.
> Does anyone have any clues about how this beast might be adjusted?
> It weighs 400 pounds, I can't believe I have to flip it to do this.
>
> I'm a novice (read fool) and probably should have passed on buying
> this thing, but at $250 it
> seemed like a reasonable deal since it runs good and has a good
> surface and a flat fence.
>
> Does anyone have any opinions about .25 inch? maybe I can just
> fagetdabodit and make
> something,
>
> b
Sorry. I meant .025 inch
On Jan 13, 9:26=A0am, Mike O. <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:13:29 -0800 (PST), sibosop
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I tried this but it turns out my walker turner 2221 (~1950) table saw
> >has a 4 other inaccessible
> >bolts holding the chassis to the table.
> >Does anyone have any clues about how this beast might be adjusted?
> >It weighs 400 pounds, I can't believe I have to flip it to do this.
>
> I agree with Phil. =A0If you ask over on OWWM.org (it's free) someone
> there can probably give a quick answer.
> Also over on the .com site =A0(OWWM.com... it's free too) there are some
> Walker Turner manuals and diagrams. =A0About a dozen or so are for
> different WT table saw models.
>
> Mike O.
Yep. Owwm came through (complete with the part numbers).
Truly amazing folks.
Not to imply that the folks here are any slackers...
b
"sibosop" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have watched various alignment videos about how to align your table
> saw blade to the
> miter slot. I have a gauge and see that the blade is off by 25/1000 of
> an inch. The videos
> say that you loosen the bolts that hold the table to the base and
> whack it with a rubber
> mallet to align it.
> I tried this but it turns out my walker turner 2221 (~1950) table saw
> has a 4 other inaccessible
> bolts holding the chassis to the table.
> Does anyone have any clues about how this beast might be adjusted?
> It weighs 400 pounds, I can't believe I have to flip it to do this.
Well, those 4 inaccessible bolts must be accessable, some one put them
in....;~). It may be time to upgrade your tools. You may have to reach
them with longer extensions or a crow foot on an extension.
I do agree with not tilting unless absolutely necessary. That would only
increase the difficulty in adjusting the top especially when you are looking
for less than .005" from the front to the back of the blade tooth location.
Remember to measure using the "SAME" tooth, rotate the blade to relocate the
tooth for measurements.
Remember the closer to dead-on perfect will be rewarding as any other
problems will amplify from this point.
>
> I'm a novice (read fool) and probably should have passed on buying
> this thing, but at $250 it
> seemed like a reasonable deal since it runs good and has a good
> surface and a flat fence.
Not a fool, just inexperienced with this saw as I would be on that
particular saw.
sibosop wrote:
> I have watched various alignment videos about how to align your table
> saw blade to the
> miter slot. I have a gauge and see that the blade is off by 25/1000 of
> an inch. The videos
> say that you loosen the bolts that hold the table to the base and
> whack it with a rubber
> mallet to align it.
> I tried this but it turns out my walker turner 2221 (~1950) table saw
> has a 4 other inaccessible
> bolts holding the chassis to the table.
> Does anyone have any clues about how this beast might be adjusted?
> It weighs 400 pounds, I can't believe I have to flip it to do this.
>
> I'm a novice (read fool) and probably should have passed on buying
> this thing, but at $250 it
> seemed like a reasonable deal since it runs good and has a good
> surface and a flat fence.
>
> Does anyone have any opinions about .25 inch? maybe I can just
> fagetdabodit and make
> something,
>
> b
Needs fixing. So does 0.025.
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On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:13:29 -0800 (PST), sibosop
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I tried this but it turns out my walker turner 2221 (~1950) table saw
>has a 4 other inaccessible
>bolts holding the chassis to the table.
>Does anyone have any clues about how this beast might be adjusted?
>It weighs 400 pounds, I can't believe I have to flip it to do this.
I agree with Phil. If you ask over on OWWM.org (it's free) someone
there can probably give a quick answer.
Also over on the .com site (OWWM.com... it's free too) there are some
Walker Turner manuals and diagrams. About a dozen or so are for
different WT table saw models.
Mike O.
On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:10:43 -0600, Leon wrote:
> "sibosop" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:7b78ba10-8796-44ed-a7a1-
[email protected]...
>>I have watched various alignment videos about how to align your table
>> saw blade to the
>> miter slot. I have a gauge and see that the blade is off by 25/1000 of
>> an inch.
> Well, those 4 inaccessible bolts must be accessable, some one put them
> in....;~). It may be time to upgrade your tools. You may have to reach
> them with longer extensions or a crow foot on an extension. I do agree
> with not tilting unless absolutely necessary. That would only increase
> the difficulty in adjusting the top especially when you are looking for
> less than .005" from the front to the back of the blade tooth location.
> Remember to measure using the "SAME" tooth, rotate the blade to relocate
> the tooth for measurements.
> Remember the closer to dead-on perfect will be rewarding as any other
> problems will amplify from this point.
>
And once you've done that, tilt the blade (or table, in some cases) and
see if it's still in line. Some contractor type saws have the trunnions
out of line so that it can line up at 90 but not at 45. If that's the
case you'll have to shim the trunnions to fix it.