DW735

Mr. Nozzle. Somewhat expensive. Worth it though.

The long hose is a bit hard to find, however, its a good excuse to make a Lee Valley purchase.

Also get an additional 2 1/4 hose cuff so you can use your existing shopvac tools.

A crack in the refill/overflow tube?

you do not have to lock the head down each pass. I take one to one and one half turns on the handle for rough work starting out. I reduce it accordingly as I get closer. the lock is fully set for final passes

that said, you do however need to at least snug it a bit or it will roll and potentially cause snipe in the ends.


You do need to remove all the cosmoline it is after all just a dust collector and dust and cosmoline turn into a gooey abrasive mess if not removed . Not good for a precision machine.
I would use Dave's dirty dozen as my guide to removal effectively Time spent doing the job now is money and time saved down the road.


The lube processes are a one time per yr thing or as needed. ( the bed requires more effort than the rest of the machine)

I have never lubed my elevation screws or columns nor will I they work better dry or at the most a light coating of wax on the columns for rust control.

the gearbox is a sealed unit do the lube change once at the recommended interval and forget it for well ever again. or until you have reason to be in the box which IME has been never after I swapped out my planer head. I maintain several units of similar size and the only ones I ever had opened up after the break in time is reached were the ones I put new spiral heads in



The gauge block is not all that complicated and yes they do need to be built as shown if you intend to actually make the adjustments to reduce/ remove snipe issues and feed issues. It is not hard to make and you really only need one.

IIRC the shaft is moving from the front to the back At the back there is a large shaft collar and it appears to have moved. Bring everything back into alignment with the gears meshing and loosen the set screw and push it to the back of the saw tightly and snug it back down.

that should do the job of holding the parts in alignment.

Joe

The old style on our barn are just held in place by weight. Lift the door up and set the rollers on the track.

Remove the pivot rod. And good call supporting the motor the with a jack. The motor is heavier than you realize. DAMHIT.

--Geoff

You can go to Grizzly

http://www.grizzly.com/search?sq=electrical+motors

Arlin

how deep are the shelves going to be?

I've made them where I just bolted a 2x2 to the wall and slipped a hollow floating shelf over it and nailed through the top into the 2x2. supported a fair amount of weight, but if the shelf is too deep the leverage will be too much.

Dara, I bought Lithonia fixtures at Home Depot when I built my shop in Niagara Falls, ON 4 years ago. They are double 4', T8 lights with no reflector. Interestingly, I priced the fixtures for $54 each in Niagara Falls, ON but got them in the US because they were only $29. Since I was buying 20, it was worth going 5 miles across the border to get them. I moved about half of them across the river when I moved back to the US and they are working fine. They come on instantly, even in cold weather. Ken