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Today I put the final coat of clear poly on the wooden saw base. This is where I hand off the project to my husband. If you are familiar with mechanical objects and taking them apart and reassembling them, then you know it is always best that the person who disassembled should also be the person who reassembles that object.
When I told my husband that the project was now in his court he walked over and picked up the saw and put it on the project table. We looked it over and decided that the inside of the saw is quite dirty and needs to be cleaned before reassembly. I stopped by Ace Hardware today and picked up some steel wool and brass bristle brushes to use when he starts cleaning.
Many of the people on YouTube that have refurbished these Craftsman table saws use the V groove plastic belts and replace the stamped pulley with a cast pulley. The plastic link belts are quieter and the cast pulley runs truer with less wobble. Our saw already has a cast pulley but we will need to buy a plastic link V belt for our saw.
I purchased a plastic bin with a top that snaps shut to keep out the moisture and dirt. This fits perfect under the saw and on the shelf that we added and we will keep saw blades and saw related inside the bin for safe keeping.
The budget for the saw exceeded the $100 mark. I underestimated just how fast the cost of little things add up.
Cost to complete project so far....
$60.00 Repair original electric motor
$29.64 4 castors including tax
$ 5.69 3 ft of trim including tax
$ 3.22 16 lag screws including tax
$12.62 1 can of Fluid Film
$10.99 1 can Bostick Glidecote
$ 1.49 Switch box including tax
$ 1.05 Cover including tax
$ 3.17 Switch including tax
$ 1.39 Plastic putty knife including tax
$ 15.89 Plastic storage box including tax
Total cost as of 3/21/2018
$145.15
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