[Nickp]

Craftsman. I looked at the sears parts site, and the list of parts is paltry. I purchased a Freud sBOX8 blade set -- it seemed the two blades were at different heights. Sent it back to Freud - they said it worked perfectly, and my arbor might be worn. Can't find a replacement part...

Hi Dave...looked through your web site...VERY NICE...

When you install the box set, take a look at the outside blade and where it sits. It's possible that the blade might be falling into the threads. If so, the dado stack might be wider than the arbor (non-threaded portion) can handle.

If that is the case not sure you can do anything about that...the bore on the blades needs to be a good fit on the arbor shaft. Possibly a thinner inner washer might help...?

Is it possible a machine shop might be able to machine a new arbor for you with a longer shaft portion...?

...I'm assuming that's what might be happening, of course...

If you're shopping anyway, try Marketplace on Facebook for a used saw (Unisaw, Powermatic, etc...). There are lots of Craftsman on there and maybe one of them could be the same model as yours...?

 

[Nickp]

Seeing the cuts, I don't believe the saw is doing that...

It may just be one tooth or more on the blade is slightly higher than the others...or the blade is slightly out of round...or the bore is not exactly in the center...

I would assemble it for a cut, put a bridge over the blade like when you set the height/depth of cut... Then turn the blade by hand with the bridge in place and make sure each tooth clears the underside of the bridge exactly the same way. Maybe you'll find one tooth on one of the blades hits the bridge a bit more than the others...

 

[Nickp]

I'll have to wait until Freud returns the blade set. They insist that the blades work perfectly on their setup...

...and check every tooth with the bridge (or equivalent)...it might just be one tooth that's the culprit...

 

[Nickp]

here's a very good deal, you can change the motor to a single phase motor.. https://www.burnstools.com/used-beach-18-tablesaw-5hp3ph-220-440v

...that's one heck of a fence adjustment mechanism on there...must be where Incra got it's idea for their system...:smile:

 

[Nickp]

Thanks for your input. I took Stick's advice and got a Bosch 4100xc-10. One thing that pushed it was that Grizzly and Rockler both said curbside delivery only for 500lb+ items. We have a 50 yd gravel driveway and I'm an old guy without the resources to move pallets from the street. For the better. Looking forward to seeing it!

Good luck with the 4100...I'm sure you will love it...I know I enjoy mine...