On 11/15/2012 9:31 PM, DJayhawk wrote:
I have old Craftsman 1 hp tablesaw that is just dogging out on me when I'm ripping 3/4" plywood.

What can I do to get this old dog performing better? Does the blade have that much of a factor or could there be other issues?

The model is 113.29992 it might be from the late 60's. the blade on there now is a new Black and Decker Pirranah.

Thanks for any advice

Yesterday I was ripping a piece of 1X2, and realize there is something
I do that does effect performance,

Most of the time I want very finished cuts for the type of work I am
doing. To decrease the angle the teeth that the are hitting the face of
the board, I adjust the height of the blade so it is about a half to
three quarter inch above the board. This lower angle adds cutting teeth
to the cutting length. ie as you lower the blade from full height, the
angle of the blade in the wood goes from nearly vertical
to nearly horizontal.

However with hard woods the greater cut length also adds to the load on
the saw. If you are using a low blade height you can reduce the load by
raising the blade to reduce the cut length in the wood.