When I moved my saw, I removed the motor. First of all, because it's heavy,
and anything I could get off the saw to make the main part lighter and more
manageable was good. Secondly, because the motor on my saw is on a hinge,
allowing the motor weight to tension the belt, and the thought of the motor
bouncing up and down, slamming against it's stop didn't seem like a good
idea.

Why do you have to rewire your saw to take the motor off? If you do have to
rewire the saw, I'd suggest doing it something like my GI contractor saw...
That is, the motor isn't wired directly to the switch; there's a plug type
connection between them. This allows the motor to be easily disconnected
from the saw. Should be easy to retrofit something like that, and you could
even get a locking type connector to make sure it only came disconnected
when you wanted it to.

Clint

"AndyB" wrote in message
...

I am about to move to my new house and I need
to move my shop (since I don't want the mover to
touch my tools)

Anyway, I need to move my Rockwell (now Delta)
contractor style table saw. I have removed the
table extensions, the fence, the fence rails,
the blade, table insert and splitter.

My question is this. The motor is on a swing
arm and is held up by tension from the drive belt.
Can I leave the motor attached (in it's normal
operating position) for the ride? I will be driving
it about 1/2 hour in a pickup truck.

I don't want to ruin the bearings or otherwise hurt
the various parts, but removing the motor would be
a major nuisance since I would basically have to
re-wire the saw to do it.

Any and all advice would be appreciated.

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AndyB