10-17-2012, 07:05 AM
(10-14-2012, 10:29 AM)stevec Wrote: Good move Willie, we await the final report.
Hard to believe, but I actually finished a project that I started on for once, and I got my saw back together.
I had to install flat head screws in the 1/4" base plate because the hex head bolts I used got in the way of the sliding plate on the underside of the new motor mount. It was just a matter of chamfering the holes while I drilled and tapped the holes for attaching the new mount to the base plate.
The shortened mount fit great as it is within 1/4" of the chip pan when the saw is raised to the vertical position.
The combination of the base plate and the thicker motor mount makes the motor sit about 3/8" higher on the frame of the saw, which moves it slightly away from the gearbox for the drive wheel. So the original v-belt was just a hair short of going onto the pulleys. But I had planned on replacing it with a Fenner power twist belt anyway which worked out perfectly.
I was surprised by how quiet the saw runs now! I suppose all the buzzing noise I had previously was coming from the motor vibrating on the original thin sheet metal mount. The motor is rock solid now, and I am extremely pleased with how easy it is to adjust the belt tension. I can get to the nuts to loosen the motor (on TOP now) and the centered tension adjusting bolt keeps the motor in line as it should be.
And I can actually cross off one of my back-burner projects from the list.
Willie