Dan's Hobbies » Delta http://www.dans-hobbies.com The things i do for fun. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:51:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Whats wrong with this picture ? http://www.dans-hobbies.com/2009/04/25/whats-wrong-with-this-picture/ http://www.dans-hobbies.com/2009/04/25/whats-wrong-with-this-picture/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:14:51 +0000 Dan http://www.dans-hobbies.com/?p=336 The following photo is a close up of the arbor on my 10″ Delta Contractors saw (model TS350).  I purchased this saw new in 2004 at Lowe’s, and until today it’s done everything I’ve asked of it.

tabesawarbor

Give up?  It’s not a consistent diameter, the threaded section is 0.610″, the non threaded section is 0.557″, & the standard mounting surface is 0.6245″ (what it should be). So what does that mean? Well that nice Freud dial a dado set I just purchased is essentially useless on this saw.

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