| Blog series by marcb | updated 307 days ago | 2 parts | 921 reads | 10 comments total |
Part 1: 1st steps
Its time once again to do a big time tune up on the old Rockwell Model 10. Due to the number of threads on tuning up old saws that I’ve seen, plus the number of people who think its impossible to keep a contractor saw in alignment I figured I would share my method, which is built up of a couple of different articles and discussions I’ve read/had over the years. Unfortunately this first chuck I’ve already done and didn’t think to take pictures, but it is fairly e...
Part 2: Cleanup and finishing
With the guts removed and on the flat surface You can detect of the 2 bars are out of alignment by attempting to rock them. This is similar to the Delta method but we rock the bars not a flat piece of wood on the bars. If they are out of alignment clamp down the bars and loosen the 2 nuts on the rear side. Once the 2 nuts are loosened, make sure no sawdust is jammed behind them, loosen both clamps then reclamp and double check that the arbor is 90 degrees to the flat surface...
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