Greg G. wrote in message

I've had them on my Delta 28-299 14" for a couple of years. Saw your post
and went out to the shop and hit them with a dial caliper for you.

I appreciate you doing this on Christmas Eve!

No problem ... 30' out the back door, in freezing snow and rain, uphill both
ways, had to fight my way through piles of reindeer crap that fell off the
roof .. but for you, nothing's too tough! ;)


Mine measure precisely 0.46 square, which is, as you say, about 15/32".

Same here...

I never had a problem installing them, or adjusting them and they work
fine
on the saw.

Hmmm....

Thanks, I was a little concerned by this - I wonder why they make
them so danged small? They definitely cock in the bore, and seem
awfully sloppy to me. Well, at least I didn't get an errant batch.

On mine the mechanism that holds each cool block is basically a short square
tube. When tightened from the front, the cool blocks are pushed against the
back of the square tube, automatically squaring them perfectly with the
blade.

It wouldn't make any difference if they were only 1/4" square, when
tightened they would still be square to the blade

If you have a newer model, perhaps that mechanism is different?

Good luck ... and have Merry Christmas.

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