Category Archives: Carbide Saw table

Cardbide Saw Table – belt tensioning system

Posted on 6 June, 2009 by Mike Freeman

Self designed carbide tipped blade table saw tensioner system worked on and uses threaded studding to vary the tension pulley. Continue reading →

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A day of heat in the workshop!

Posted on 5 June, 2009 by Mike Freeman

How welding aluminium worked well using Durafix but the normally successful silver soldering for steel didn’t work so well for a model engineer Continue reading →

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A couple of hours in the workshop on the Saw Table

Posted on 3 June, 2009 by Mike Freeman

Two projects under way at mikes-models.com being the Fowler A7 traction engine by MJ Engineering at 2″ scale and a home made, home designed carbide tipped saw table. Continue reading →

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More progress with the saw table -quadrant for adjustment started

Posted on 14 May, 2009 by Mike Freeman

The quadrant for the carbide tipped sawblade table is machined using a rotary table followed by gear cutting the teeth on a Vertex dividing head. Continue reading →

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All the pulleys for the saw table now completed

Posted on 8 May, 2009 by Mike Freeman

Nearly all the moving parts for the self designed saw table have now been made. Three pulleys with bearings are used. One for holding the gear to take drive of the electric motor. A second is used to hold two different sizes of carbide tipped saw blades and the third is a tensioner pulley to take up slack when adjusting the height for cutting Continue reading →

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Two pulleys completed for the table saw

Posted on 6 May, 2009 by Mike Freeman

Pulleys to hold bearings have been completeted, it won’t be too long before I can try the drive train and get a real idea of blade speed. Continue reading →

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Saw table progress report: Too little time……but well get there..

Posted on 4 May, 2009 by Mike Freeman

Progress update on my bespoke carbide saw table. The backplate is made to size and the first gear pulley and shaft adaptions completed. Along with a brass insert for durability. Continue reading →

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