wrote:
A.M. Wood wrote:
Chrisgiraffe wrote:

One particular problem
I have with Craftsman is their rampant use of plastics throughout their
tools, their poor knockoff features and their non-standard designs
(e.g. miter slots, clearance plates, etc.).


Interesting. Cheap toolmakers using non-standard parts in their
machines. Some of the trolls who frequent this newsgroup assert this
is absolutely not true. Why those fools even make fun of people who
would even think this. Of course, maybe they'd care to explain how to
get a standard miter gauge into a crapsman miter slot.


AM Wood

I surely don't want to make fun of you (you might not sell me your
Unisaw for a good price in the near future) but this foolish troll uses
his Steel City/Crapsman miter gauge in Lee Valley tracks
(http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...=3,43576,52799)
which I added to my newly built outfeed table. My miter gauge is 3/4" x
3/8"...same size as the Lee Valley, Woodcraft. etc. miter tracks. Is
the Delta miter gauge not also 3/4 x 3/8? My old Craftsman contractor
saw also had a 3/4 x 3/8 miter. Well, if I'm a non-standard fool I must
be in good company ... might ask Robin Lee why his miter tracks allow
non-standard junk to slide in them.

Glad your miter gauge is 3/4 x 3/8. The chap who wrote the message I
quoted however didn't seem to be as lucky with the slot on his crapsman
saw. He's also neither the first nor the only person to have had this
"issue" with crapsman products. I sure as hell know I had similar
issues with non-standard components on the garbage i purchased from
ryobi.

No need to worry that offending me would in any way influence my
willingness to sell you anything I may have on the market. While I
don't plan on selling the saw any time soon, if I do my only concern is
going to be the color of your money.

Picked up a Delta Heavy Duty shaper last week. Paid $320. Wonder how
much the shiney new stuff comming out of chaiwan is running these days.
Was a tough haul though. Unfortunately there weren't any plastic
parts to lighten the load, just plain old-fashioned steel and cast
iron. Oh well.

AM Wood