Greetings,

Well, I missed the unadvertised sale on the Delta 36-255L saw at Lowes
for $229, wasn't all that impressed by the bevel scale on it anyway,
and already own a pretty good 12" CMS already.

I AM interested in adding a laser guide to the CMS however. I like
the looks of the LaserKerf, but those ridiculous blade mounted laser
washers are a joke. Either way, I'm not ready to pony up $60 - $80
for a glorified laser pointer. But to be sure, I'm tired of trying to
manually line up the blade with a cut line.

Being an electronics designer and pretty crafty at such mechanical
things, I am pondering the prospect of gutting a $10.00 laser level,
building a small AC power supply for it, and mounting it on the saw.
Blade alignment mechanisms are not a problem, and the whole assembly
could be potted in epoxy when completed.

I could use a standard $5.00 pointer, but would have to add a
cylindrical glass refractor to make the dot into a line. This would
work, but requires precision gluing of the assembly. The gutted laser
level would be much simpler as I can pick up a cheap one for $10.00.

The whole job should take about 2 hours of free time and a few junk
box electronic parts.

Has anyone tried this, and how did it work out?


Greg G.