On 14 Jul 2003 15:24:46 GMT, (MHaseltine) wrote:

For the Delta to work on Craftsman TS I believe that I had to move the miter
bar. If you look at the bottom of the jig there are two sets of holes. The
Miter bar is screwed onto the base using one set leaving the second set open.
I used the set of holes closest to the right edge of the jig and mounted a 3/4
inch piece of oak ply as a spacer on the face of the jig. If I understand your
post correctly, you may have to use the 2nd set of mounting holes for the miter
bar. Hope this helps.

That depends on the age of the jig. When they first came out, and for
several years, the second set of holes didn't exist. I know, because I
have one and I drilled the set myself so it would fit better on my
Sears saw.

Later, due to demand presumably, Delta shipped the jig with the second
set, almost assuredly to accomodate other saws. So he may not have the
second set of holes.

None of this addresses the miter bar/slot issue with Sears' saws. I
have an article about miter slots on my website, but the long and the
short of it is Sears' saws have a .750 miter slot and bars that
typically mike at .746 or thereabouts. The entire rest of the
civilized world (for the most part) uses miter bars of .750 and mill
their slots at about .755 or thereabouts.

Only a few thousandths, but all the difference in the world as to
whether the Delta miter bar will fit in the Craftsman slot.

There are three solutions:

1. mill the Delta bar to fit (sand, file, grind; whatever)
2. mill the Craftsman slot (same choices)
3. replace the Delta bar with a Sears bar

I chose 3, but eventually I'll do 2. I can't stand having two sets of
miter gauges in the shop; one for the Sears table saw and one for the
Delta bandsaw.


LRod

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