I have a Craftsman TS. i've done the little things to get the TS
cutting true again. blade and mitre slots are parrallel. fence is
parrallel to the blade. blade sits at 90". i could use a new set of
arbor bearings, but it's acceptable. the splitter however stinks to
begin with, but i got it bent it appears. (i got it used)
the splitter is a big long piece that goes all the way to the back of
the table, with a pawl on either side.
is there a good alternative to this thing? i would like to use a
splitter and stay safe. i see options for the big names, but so far
nothing for the sears except for shop built solutions. any ideas???
-danny
I have a Craftsman TS, and as far as I know Sears has no better alternative.
The Merlin splitter looks good and says its compatible with Craftsman. Right
now I have just cut a slot in the back of the insert plate and put in my own
splitter and it works well. My future solution will be the Brett Guard.
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 20:51:19 GMT, "Vic Baron" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>Try this link -
>
>www.sears.com/sr/craftsman/custservice/ cr_cs_main.jsp?vertical=SEARS
yeah i thought about getting a replacement. however, is there
anything better than this? ideally i guess i would like a riving
knife. i'm a newb, but i figure someone's bought or seen something.
thanks for the link!
-danny
Try this link -
www.sears.com/sr/craftsman/custservice/ cr_cs_main.jsp?vertical=SEARS
"bummster" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have a Craftsman TS. i've done the little things to get the TS
> cutting true again. blade and mitre slots are parrallel. fence is
> parrallel to the blade. blade sits at 90". i could use a new set of
> arbor bearings, but it's acceptable. the splitter however stinks to
> begin with, but i got it bent it appears. (i got it used)
>
> the splitter is a big long piece that goes all the way to the back of
> the table, with a pawl on either side.
>
> is there a good alternative to this thing? i would like to use a
> splitter and stay safe. i see options for the big names, but so far
> nothing for the sears except for shop built solutions. any ideas???
>
> -danny
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 00:06:05 GMT, bummster
<[email protected]> Crawled out of the shop and said. . .:
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>
>yeah i thought about getting a replacement. however, is there
>anything better than this? ideally i guess i would like a riving
>knife. i'm a newb, but i figure someone's bought or seen something.
try taking a look at the merlin splitter, i personally don't use one,
but i do have the Excalibur fence system made by the same company, and
they make some good stuff. well built.
http://www.excalibur-tools.com/products/products.asp?product=merlin
Traves