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John Hill:
Thanks Davo, it should be an exciting experience at first.

I have some 12mm ply I will be cutting to panel in each side of the stand which I think will do the job nicely. Meanwhile it is in the back of my ute getting a free ride to work each day until I can eat enough spinach to unload it.

DICKEYBIRD:
Forgive my laziness but I'm at work so I posted links to threads on HMEM.

Here's how I handled the stand and table issues...works a treat! The supplied stand is way too low and will kill your back.

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=1249.0

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=733.0

jim:
once you get it set up i'd go for a bi-metal blade

John Hill:
I hauled it out of the ute and placed it on a steel table that once held a DEC computer printer, honestly they should have put the printer on the flimsy legs that the saw was on and vice versa!

I plugged it in and cut the end off a piece of water pipe which sure was easier than the hand hacksaw! However the cut was really crooked and the machine made a pitiful racket. Removing the belt guard cleared half the noise and a bit of fiddling with the blade guides improved the cut significantly. The plate the motor is mounted on was apparently made in the same factory as made the legs and quite probably on a Monday!

But for a free machine I am extremely happy! :ddb: All the essential bits are there and the flimsy bits will not be a problem to replace. :coffee:

John Hill:
Here it is skulking in the back of my ute, it had two days drive, four hours ferry and two trips out to work but now its tripping around is coming to a halt for a while!

I got it out of the ute and plonked it down on this piece of steel furniture which used to support a Dec printer, circa 1979. Nice bit of solid steel.

Obviously I had to modify that table a little and fit some wheels which came off a lawnmower (circa 1965, remember never throw anything away that might oneday be useful!)

You will see that I put a wooden wooden top on the table as it was quite uneven and the saw is now raised on a couple blocks again made of that material we do not talk about here. Raising the saw means I can slip a shallow cooking tray under which might catch most of the chips.

The saw runs quite nicely, I had to fiddle around with the motor mount, the belt guard and of course the saw guides to get it to cut straight. The only thing that bugs me right now is the switch which is a two button click on and click off type positioned to automatically stop at the end of a cut, it is rather difficult to latch 'on' and should probably be replaced but finding one the same might be a challenge.

Oh yes, I left the fan, power filter, power switch and RS232 connector on the printer table though I cant think why! :scratch:

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