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John Antoszek
 
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I got a free Delta 34-740C tablesaw (gloat, or maybe not). It had sat
outside over a southern Ontario Canada winter. The top was rusty but
a little sanding and some Topcoat got things sliding again. I had to
replace the plug too as previous owner had cut the ground pin off.

After a lot of oiling and greasing, I got a new blade (Oldham 60 tooth
finishing) installed and did a few test cuts. I couldn't get a nice
clean rip (wrong blade?). After I hit google and the newsgroup, I got
myself a dial indicator. Runout on the blade just below the teeth was
0.038. Runout on the arbor flange was 0.005. I found the high spot
on the arbor flange and did some sanding. I stopped after I got it
down to 0.004 and put the blade back on. Blade runout was down to
0.029 - still not good but a step in the right direction.

Before I go back to sanding I'd like to ask a couple of questions.
I've read that the proper way to address this problem is the remove
the motor, strip out the arbor , and have the flange fixed on a lathe
(BTW, this saw is direct drive). Can I expect that my sanding will
ever get the flange down to 0.001? Is hand sanding the flange
dangerous?

While I was sanding, I noticed that the arbor flange was not tightly
fixed to the motor shaft. I didn't notice any play in the motor
shaft. I couldn't move the flange in or out but I could, however, turn
it side-to-side (I'd say less than a 16th of an inch, just enough to
notice). I don't know how the shaft and flange are assembled - press
on, welded? With the blade installed everything feels tight and
secure but I wonder if this thing is safe. Any thoughts would be
appreciated.
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Dan Valleskey
 
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I'd guess the saw is worth some time. You've done the hard stuff
already.

Just guessing- someone will tell me if I am wrong- but you might be
able to true up that arbor flange with a few well placed delicate
hammer blows. It was probably a press fit, originally.

If you once get it flat, so somthing to keep it that way. Weld?
Epoxy? Hell, maybe a drop a CA glue would even help.
~~~~~
I'm not advocating this, don't try it, but..... nah, you better not.
Run the motor and lay a file or flatstone on the flange face. Nah,
too dangerous. But you might true things up some that way.
~~~~~
I'm a little confused about the runout jumping so much from the flange
to the blade. Sounds like a lot. How is the shaft? try rotating the
blade to a few positions before tightening it. Might be some bad
spotts on the flange will cancel some blade porblems.

Can you borrow a different blade to try it?

Not sure you can go the lathe route with a universal type motor.

good luck with it!


-Dan V.

On 18 Apr 2005 14:19:17 -0700, (John
Antoszek) wrote:

I got a free Delta 34-740C tablesaw (gloat, or maybe not). It had sat
outside over a southern Ontario Canada winter. The top was rusty but
a little sanding and some Topcoat got things sliding again. I had to
replace the plug too as previous owner had cut the ground pin off.

After a lot of oiling and greasing, I got a new blade (Oldham 60 tooth
finishing) installed and did a few test cuts. I couldn't get a nice
clean rip (wrong blade?). After I hit google and the newsgroup, I got
myself a dial indicator. Runout on the blade just below the teeth was
0.038. Runout on the arbor flange was 0.005. I found the high spot
on the arbor flange and did some sanding. I stopped after I got it
down to 0.004 and put the blade back on. Blade runout was down to
0.029 - still not good but a step in the right direction.

Before I go back to sanding I'd like to ask a couple of questions.
I've read that the proper way to address this problem is the remove
the motor, strip out the arbor , and have the flange fixed on a lathe
(BTW, this saw is direct drive). Can I expect that my sanding will
ever get the flange down to 0.001? Is hand sanding the flange
dangerous?

While I was sanding, I noticed that the arbor flange was not tightly
fixed to the motor shaft. I didn't notice any play in the motor
shaft. I couldn't move the flange in or out but I could, however, turn
it side-to-side (I'd say less than a 16th of an inch, just enough to
notice). I don't know how the shaft and flange are assembled - press
on, welded? With the blade installed everything feels tight and
secure but I wonder if this thing is safe. Any thoughts would be
appreciated.


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While I was sanding, I noticed that the arbor flange was not tightly
fixed to the motor shaft. I didn't notice any play in the motor
shaft. I couldn't move the flange in or out but I could, however, turn
it side-to-side (I'd say less than a 16th of an inch, just enough to
notice). I don't know how the shaft and flange are assembled - press
on, welded? With the blade installed everything feels tight and
secure but I wonder if this thing is safe. Any thoughts would be
appreciated.

Usually the pulley is keyed to the shaft. You can disasembled the pulley
from the motor shaft by removing the nut from the shaft. You may need a
puller to get the pulley off.
Jim


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Hello all;

I don't want to sound overly cautious here, but you do know that if
you decide to spin up the motor, you surely will have the blade
removed before tinkering around with it.

I am not saying that you are not playing with a full deck, but
someone else who reads this might not have an elevator that goes all
the way to the top floor. One can never be too careful around a
spinning saw motor.


Make more sawdust,

Woodworkerdan
Dan Harriman
Orange, Texas

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"John Antoszek" wrote in message
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While I was sanding, I noticed that the arbor flange was not
tightly fixed to the motor shaft. I didn't notice any play in
the motor shaft. I couldn't move the flange in or out but I
could, however, turn it side-to-side (I'd say less than a 16th of
an inch, just enough to notice). I don't know how the shaft and
flange are assembled - press on, welded? With the blade
installed everything feels tight and secure but I wonder if this
thing is safe. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Usually the pulley is keyed to the shaft. You can disasembled the
pulley from the motor shaft by removing the nut from the shaft.
You may need a puller to get the pulley off.
Jim




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Whether you can fix it on a lathe all depends on how securely the
machinist can hold the flange while facing the flange. If he can grab
in in a collet or a secure 3-jaw chuck with at least 1/2 inch in the
machine, you'd probably be better off going that route. If the piece
can't be held securely, you'd be much better off doing it by hand.
Otherwise the runout in the work-holding setup will screw up the flange
even more than it already is. Also, remember, with a dial indicator,
you should be indicating with the pointer partially pushed in, not at
the end of it's travel. This reduces errors.



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Hello all;

I don't want to sound overly cautious here, but you do know that if
you decide to spin up the motor, you surely will have the blade
removed before tinkering around with it.

I never touch power equipment that is still connected to the power lines.
And, it does seem a bit difficult to image anyone being able to remove a
pulley from the shaft of a spinning motor.

Jim


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Duane Bozarth
 
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Jim wrote:
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I never touch power equipment that is still connected to the power lines.

....

Safer, undoubtedly, but makes it a little ineffective to use however,
doesn't it? VBG
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This saw uses a motor that has the inner flange splined onto the main
rotor. Don't waste a lot of time or money on it as parts are going to be
hard to find, and it is seriously underpowered... The motor for this saw
is about $230.00. In order to reface the flange, you have to disassemble
the motor, remove the rotor and turn the whole thing. This saw is
basically the new TS350 that was just relaeased, selling for about
399.00 at lowes...

woodworker88 wrote:
Whether you can fix it on a lathe all depends on how securely the
machinist can hold the flange while facing the flange. If he can grab
in in a collet or a secure 3-jaw chuck with at least 1/2 inch in the
machine, you'd probably be better off going that route. If the piece
can't be held securely, you'd be much better off doing it by hand.
Otherwise the runout in the work-holding setup will screw up the flange
even more than it already is. Also, remember, with a dial indicator,
you should be indicating with the pointer partially pushed in, not at
the end of it's travel. This reduces errors.


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I have a 34-740 saw that I bought new in 1985. Tho I am only a weekend warrior, it still works great. I is accurate and cuts well with an 80 tooth Freud blade.

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