Did you ever have one of those days?
The other day, I accidentally tilted the blade (well, tried to) while
the zero clearance insert was in. Oops! Quickly tilted it back up,
but noticed that the blade was no longer centered in the insert (I
widened the hole a little to avoid the "zing" noise - I'm using the
ZCI more as a better regular insert than a ZC one). It also no longer
ran right against the cut edge of my crosscut sled. Damn.
No big deal, I know how to adjust the trunnion. Bad news - I can't
adjust them far enough to put the blade back! Ok, what ELSE could
have gone wrong? Did I bend the blade? No, that checks out. Could I
have pressed the drive shaft into the cast iron? Hmmm, possible -
it's off by 1/16". So, out comes the pivot shaft so I can get the
drive iron out... tap, tap, tap, SPROING! Hey, am I going to need
that? Where did that go? It turns out the pivot shaft was spring
loaded with two "crinkle washers" both of which are now in the sawdust
pile somewhere.
Oh well, found them, at least I had the drive iron out. Hmmm, the
shaft and bearings ride against shoulders, no way they could have
moved at all. Now I realize I can't get that piece back in with the
trunnion still in the saw, so out comes the trunnion mount (er,
contractor saw - they're bolted to the table) and the whole blade
holder assembly comes out. Of course, there's no way I can get those
two crinkle washers back in, and I even end up scratching the shaft in
the attempt. Ok, a little lathe time to un-scratch it, decide to
leave one of the washers out, and everything goes back together. Goes
up and down a bit easier now too, small bonus.
The blade is still off. It's not straight either. Sigh, more
fiddling with the trunnion - I need to at least get the blade straight
again. No amount of fiddling seems to be working, it's off by about
0.025 front to back (yes, that's 25 thou).
So, I'm staring at the inside of my saw, trying to figure out what
else could have gone wrong. Think, think, think. What could have
happened when I tilted the blade. Ok, take the insert out, tilt the
blade a few times, try to imagine it getting stuck...
Hmmm... the two ends of the trunnion assembly are held together with
two steel rods. I wonder if they're loose? YANK! Yup, they're
loose, and now the blade is in the right spot. Sigh. Two days fixing
a five minute problem.
As a side note, I did figure out why my handle lock for the up/down
handle wasn't working right. The pressure shaft was a hair too short
to make contact properly, an additional washer solved that easily.
"DJ Delorie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Did you ever have one of those days?
>
> Hmmm... the two ends of the trunnion assembly are held together with
> two steel rods. I wonder if they're loose? YANK! Yup, they're
> loose, and now the blade is in the right spot. Sigh. Two days fixing
> a five minute problem.
Not nearly as bad as yours. I did find out that half of 9 1/2" is NOT 4 1/4"
Ed Pawlowski responds:
>> Did you ever have one of those days?
>>
>> Hmmm... the two ends of the trunnion assembly are held together with
>> two steel rods. I wonder if they're loose? YANK! Yup, they're
>> loose, and now the blade is in the right spot. Sigh. Two days fixing
>> a five minute problem.
>
>Not nearly as bad as yours. I did find out that half of 9 1/2" is NOT 4 1/4"
>
>
Learning from experience. I've found that out about twice in my life. I expect
I'll find it out again some day when I'm a little hot, sweaty and tired and
need something done right then.
So far, I've always had extra wood!
Charlie Self
"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." Ambrose Bierce, The
Devil's Dictionary
"Bill Stock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Ed Pawlowski responds:
> >
> > >> Did you ever have one of those days?
> > >>
> > >> Hmmm... the two ends of the trunnion assembly are held together with
> > >> two steel rods. I wonder if they're loose? YANK! Yup, they're
> > >> loose, and now the blade is in the right spot. Sigh. Two days
fixing
> > >> a five minute problem.
> > >
> > >Not nearly as bad as yours. I did find out that half of 9 1/2" is NOT 4
> 1/4"
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Learning from experience. I've found that out about twice in my life. I
> expect
> > I'll find it out again some day when I'm a little hot, sweaty and tired
> and
> > need something done right then.
>
> Hell, it was raining wood chips in the backyard here today.
>
> I've been using some Spar Urethane and Oil Based primer on a project I'm
> finishing and I got tired of the smell. Even though I'm using a window fan
> and a paint mask the smell was still getting to me. So I decided to
> disassemble the dust sucker (1 HP on top of a garbage can with output to a
> dust bag on another garbage can) and drag the separator portion to my
> basement "finishing room". I got lazy and did not empty the chip bucket
> before sticking my makeshift duct out the window. When I went outside to
> unhook my duct from the window well, I discovered a nice wood chip semi
> circle extending about 15 feet from the house. The reduced back pressure
on
> the output side of my separator allowed the blower to make the smaller
> pieces in the chip bucket airborne.
>
> The last time I used the blower in this capacity, when it was still a
> portable unit (before I cannibalized it for my DC). I painted the
> neighbour's hedge white with cement dust from grinding the basement floor
> flat. :)
>
>
<applause>
Should be more of it! :)
--
conehead
who does dumb stuff all the time but
is too embarrassed to brag about it
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ed Pawlowski responds:
>
> >> Did you ever have one of those days?
> >>
> >> Hmmm... the two ends of the trunnion assembly are held together with
> >> two steel rods. I wonder if they're loose? YANK! Yup, they're
> >> loose, and now the blade is in the right spot. Sigh. Two days fixing
> >> a five minute problem.
> >
> >Not nearly as bad as yours. I did find out that half of 9 1/2" is NOT 4
1/4"
> >
> >
>
> Learning from experience. I've found that out about twice in my life. I
expect
> I'll find it out again some day when I'm a little hot, sweaty and tired
and
> need something done right then.
Hell, it was raining wood chips in the backyard here today.
I've been using some Spar Urethane and Oil Based primer on a project I'm
finishing and I got tired of the smell. Even though I'm using a window fan
and a paint mask the smell was still getting to me. So I decided to
disassemble the dust sucker (1 HP on top of a garbage can with output to a
dust bag on another garbage can) and drag the separator portion to my
basement "finishing room". I got lazy and did not empty the chip bucket
before sticking my makeshift duct out the window. When I went outside to
unhook my duct from the window well, I discovered a nice wood chip semi
circle extending about 15 feet from the house. The reduced back pressure on
the output side of my separator allowed the blower to make the smaller
pieces in the chip bucket airborne.
The last time I used the blower in this capacity, when it was still a
portable unit (before I cannibalized it for my DC). I painted the
neighbour's hedge white with cement dust from grinding the basement floor
flat. :)
"conehead" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Bill Stock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Ed Pawlowski responds:
> > >
> > > >> Did you ever have one of those days?
> > > >>
> > > >> Hmmm... the two ends of the trunnion assembly are held together
with
> > > >> two steel rods. I wonder if they're loose? YANK! Yup, they're
> > > >> loose, and now the blade is in the right spot. Sigh. Two days
> fixing
> > > >> a five minute problem.
> > > >
> > > >Not nearly as bad as yours. I did find out that half of 9 1/2" is NOT
4
> > 1/4"
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Learning from experience. I've found that out about twice in my life.
I
> > expect
> > > I'll find it out again some day when I'm a little hot, sweaty and
tired
> > and
> > > need something done right then.
> >
> > Hell, it was raining wood chips in the backyard here today.
> >
> > I've been using some Spar Urethane and Oil Based primer on a project I'm
> > finishing and I got tired of the smell. Even though I'm using a window
fan
> > and a paint mask the smell was still getting to me. So I decided to
> > disassemble the dust sucker (1 HP on top of a garbage can with output to
a
> > dust bag on another garbage can) and drag the separator portion to my
> > basement "finishing room". I got lazy and did not empty the chip bucket
> > before sticking my makeshift duct out the window. When I went outside to
> > unhook my duct from the window well, I discovered a nice wood chip semi
> > circle extending about 15 feet from the house. The reduced back pressure
> on
> > the output side of my separator allowed the blower to make the smaller
> > pieces in the chip bucket airborne.
> >
> > The last time I used the blower in this capacity, when it was still a
> > portable unit (before I cannibalized it for my DC). I painted the
> > neighbour's hedge white with cement dust from grinding the basement
floor
> > flat. :)
> >
> >
>
> <applause>
>
> Should be more of it! :)
LOL. No trees were harmed in the process, the first rain cleaned them right
up. I also got to build a neat water filter for the end of my blower, so I
could continue my grinding without liming the neighbourhood. :)
>
> --
> conehead
> who does dumb stuff all the time but
> is too embarrassed to brag about it
>
>