Leon wrote:
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This link shows the 5 hp 3ph motor.
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I personally really didn't care; was just trying to point OP into a
possible reason for the described clearance anomaly...

Somehow the shaft adjustment being off seems mostly likely culprit still
other than swapped-out parts. I'm convinced there were no shims needed
on original table when it left the factory...

Of course, I've an old "Rockwell Delta" jointer that was pieced together
from discarded castings that (apparently) were salvaged from a used iron
dealer before they were shipped off for remelt...undoubtedly the saw
under discussion has at least a slightly better provenance than that,
but "ya' never knows" where something used/secondhand may have come from.

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