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Craftsman TS rebuild-- Question
After reading the Craftsman TS rebuild posted earlier, I've been
wondering, Where can I get parts for my OLD 8" Craftsman. I called Sears & they no longer support the saw in question. This particular saw has a sheet metal body with a rear mounted motor. The saw tilt and blade raise mechanism is one handle. When I pull out on the handle, it engages a gear to tilt the blade to the left. The gear that tilts the saw blade has worn out. Anybody know where I can get one? Any suggestions for repair will be appreciated. |
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Phil wrote:
After reading the Craftsman TS rebuild posted earlier, I've been wondering, Where can I get parts for my OLD 8" Craftsman. I called Sears & they no longer support the saw in question. This particular saw has a sheet metal body with a rear mounted motor. The saw tilt and blade raise mechanism is one handle. When I pull out on the handle, it engages a gear to tilt the blade to the left. The gear that tilts the saw blade has worn out. Anybody know where I can get one? Any suggestions for repair will be appreciated. You might try making friends with a small shop machinist. My buddy has already done thing for me such as threading & boring a shaft for my homebuilt lathe, cutting a keyway in a bolt, and is now making a screw on backplate for a lathe chuck. Good luck. Joe |
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"Phil" wrote in message om... After reading the Craftsman TS rebuild posted earlier, I've been wondering, Where can I get parts for my OLD 8" Craftsman. I called Sears & they no longer support the saw in question. This particular saw has a sheet metal body with a rear mounted motor. The saw tilt and blade raise mechanism is one handle. When I pull out on the handle, it engages a gear to tilt the blade to the left. The gear that tilts the saw blade has worn out. Anybody know where I can get one? Any suggestions for repair will be appreciated. Man - I just put one of those back together last night for a friend. It was my Dad's and I sold it to my friend a couple of years ago. We finally got around to tuning it up and cleaning it up and I have to say, that old girl never sawed as nice as it does now. For the vibration sensitive in the group, it runs with the standard v-belt and we did stand a nickel up on the table and it never moved - right from start up to shut down. It just doesn't get much better than that. Oh yeah - your question... you best bet is what you're doing here. Post inquiries here, and maybe in some similar Yahoo groups. There were a ton of those 8" saws out there so there must be one floating around that someone will part out. Best of luck in your search. BTW - I'm not really a Craftsman sort of guy, even though it sure does sound like it, doesn't it? I just hate to see bandwagons get started or to see really good things take a bad rap for no good reason. -- -Mike- |
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