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That is bizarre if it's machined into the metal. Is it a mating surface? I know for "rough" machining (non mating) Delta here in the US used to use large circular (think almost like a meat grinder blade) tooling on horizontal mills, but not sure if something like that would make that pattern...

Looks almost like wood from the original pattern transferred to the mold... I thought with a lot of those fillers that they were meant to go over a coat of primer and not directly to bare metal.... so in other words: strip (however) > prime > fill > sand > spot fill > then prime again ... Do...

That 1' bar sticking out of the arbor hole on the trenching heads isn't acutally the arbor in question, just a hold down support from an old Delta Unisaw sliding table attachment that coincidentally was a machined 1" diameter rod... That said the Delta 40B that they will be used on is a 1 inch...

11th made? Wow. I'm would classify that under a "still learning how to build this thing" error if that is the case. "Philip, tell Frank he forgot the #$%'ing boss on the casting again!" Almost looks like they had a go at it with cold chisels....

Ooooh. An oldie. This a keeper? Need a later one of these some day m'thinks. Or an ET/E or Pickels, or Stenner, or, or, or... but just settle for a BGS10. I think the latter is the only one that would actually fit in my garage tbh. :)

Hi Vann, First of all, Wadkin was apparently serious about their blade flanges... they look the size of dinner plates! Interesting.... So the pin dead ends into the outer blade flange? At least from the picture it looks like it doesn't go all the way through which sort of requires you to use...

Hi Vann, Are you talking about the locating pin like there is a hole for in the trenching heads? I've often wondered it the heads were meant to match a hole in the flange or not and someone I know over here said his Wadkin Bursgreen BRA radial arm saw did have a hole in the inner flange, so I...

Not a problem at all.... all useful info! I'm not sure what the holes were originally, but if you need something that is a closer fit and gives you some length look for some "drill rod." Its usually made from high quality steel and should fit the hole better without as much slop. They also...

Hi Gremmy, Ah, I was confused as to how it maintains its position on the arbor housing, but after looking at the pictures I guess that entire framework is anchored to the trunnion in two places and unlike the "parallelogram" style is rigid so it probably doesn't need it. Yea, this splitter on...

Good to know. I'm going to leave it on since I need to true up the face, but if the arbor is out at all and I need to bash it back into true at least I know it will come off. Took the measurment to the face of from the front to the end of the arbor so at least I would know how far to press it...

I assume you pressed it off over the front of the arbor?

Hi Miles, Hope all is well. Do you by any chance know the size of circlip that is used on to retain the spindle housing collar? I'm about to start the shop class for the semester and it's my plan to start this project once I clean up the arbor blade flanges and whatnot. KT

Hi Vann, I was mostly just moaning, but if you actually had a spare or so I don't think I would turn it down! I measured it and in true WB weirdness, it's meant to go over the 10-1.25 threaded handwheel shafts and therefore has an ID of 10.3mm (or close... my calipers aren't spectacular), but...

It's a bummer, but I was going to make a custom outer flange for 12" blades anyway, so I might as well plan on spending quality time on the whole spindle.... Also, the dado nut is similarly bunged up, so I'm going to assume I'll need to skim that as well. Just to make work for myself and...

Gear or belt driven? If gear, check the backlash on the blade. The gears may be getting worn and when the motor starts it's getting a running start before it hits that first gear or worm tooth.

Also, here is some pretty good evidence that the idea of using pin spanners (i.e. steel rods in this case) to lock the arbor is not the best idea. I was taking measurements of the arbor before I brought it over to a friend's to get the bearings and whatnot off and I could see that the back of...

The cant shaft is fully apart and I cleaned up the burrs from where the meathead at the factory tried to hammer the roll pin though the solid bar. The shaft itself doesn't seem to be bent... its not perfectly flat, but its close enough. Cleaned up the burrs on the various stops as well...

Hi Vann, You wouldn't happen to have any extra this size would you? :) Sort of dread the idea of having to just make something like that on a lathe. Takes forever and is the definition of fiddley. I did find some washers labelled "machined washers" but couldn't find any other pics or info...

HI Gremmy, Do you have any close-up pictures of the riving knife "hub" that goes around the arbor housing? Especially how it is retained on there. My arbor housing has that groove (in one of the above pictures) that I assumed took some kind of a retaining clip, but on yours it looks like it is...

Actually, I took at night metal shop class at the local junior college just so I could fix this saw. :) Wish I had room for a lathe! I guess I'll have to make one next semester....