Dewalt GA Refurb and Mod (Pic Heavy)

[fredhargis]

As a fellow Dewalt fan, I love what you did. I'm also jealous of that big saw.

[Tapper]

Dust collection

I decided to make a dedicated drop off of my dust collection system (2 1/2 HP Penn State unit] for this saw. 6" main down to 4" at each machine.

   

After several prototypes inspired by Tommy Tompkins videos online, I settled on this one. Actually it's a design that John Teneyck (a friend and well known to these pages) came up with. I plan to use the saw primarily in the 90 degree position and with a 14" blade it catches the largest majority of the dust.

   
Box is attached to back table with two flange "ears" and knobs screwed into T-nuts mounted below.

Levelers 

I wanted to be able to level up the table easily and for obvious reasons align it with the bench to the left I brought in to support longer material.

   
To do this I made these plates out of 1/4" steel to go under each of the four legs.

   
Pirated this idea from someone online. These pads are made from hockey pucks picked up at Walmart and hardware purchased at Home Depot. Made the heavy 3" diameter, 1/4" thick washers in the shop.

   
Made this wooden sled, and with a clamp to hold the stock in place, sliced them off one at a time.

   
Faced them off on the lathe.

   

   
Biesmeyer Fence Stop

   

I picked up this Biesmeyer cutoff stop some time ago online in anticipation of this project. Decided to make this removable fence to line up with the fence on the RAS. It gives me a little over 4' of length for repetitive cutoffs.

To be continued.....

[Tapper]

Elevation Device

After I finished making the 4 parts to the housing, I installed the motor and housing to the top of the column of the saw. At that point I had not put the electronics together or fabricated the control panel. I just wanted to test the motor to see if this idea was going to work. With trepidation, I plugged in the 24v DC power supply and touched the two leads to the lugs on the motor - success! The arm moved up and down with ease and at a very comfortable speed. Needless to say, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Finished Project

Here are a couple shots of the finished project. The stick-on measuring tape for the Bies cutoff stop will be here tomorrow.

   

   

   


Thanks for looking!

Doug

[Tapper]

Tim said....

"This is a cool project and you've done a great job on it."


Fred said....

"As a fellow Dewalt fan, I love what you did."

Thanks to you both!

Doug

Here is a short video of the elevation device.

Link

[stav]

The height adjuster is really cool. Do you have a measure of some sort that lets you know when it gets where you want it?

[FrankAtl]

Great job, Doug! Thanks for sharing.

[Tapper]

The height adjuster is really cool. Do you have a measure of some sort that lets you know when it gets where you want it?

Not at this point, but I did pick up a digital dial indicator specifically for this purpose. I have a plan for a jig using it to measure depth of cut. As I see it, this would be primarily for dadoes. 

The largest majority of the work with this saw will be through cuts; no measurement necessary once the blade is set just below the surface of the sacrificial skin on the table. 

I'll post an update when I get the assembly for depth of cut set up.

Doug

[Tapper]

Great job, Doug! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Frank!

Doug

[stav]

Very cool build.
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[joe1086]

Impressive, and wow!