Folks -
Well, a fellow rec'r said I'd be onto everything in thousandths.... I just went around and checked a few things and here's tonight's "box score" that held some surprises for me:
Gen 350 Table Saw blade & arbor runout .005
OLD delta cast iron benchtop drill press - from the '50's Chuck Runout .003
Harbor Freight cheepo 14" bandsaw w/riser Upper and lower Bandwheel out of round
John:
If I may ask a newbie question about runout. What is tolerable for runout on a TS? .05? .03?
TIA
Rich
I'm not John, but I check runout on ALL my equipment. Lots of tools left over from my days as a 'professional' mechanic...
Something less than .003" at the arbor would be my preference. Anything as large as .05" at the arbor would by amplified by the distance to the blade tips, and be totally unacceptable. For comparison purposes, my cheapish Delta T.S. reads .002" at the arbor. The 14" bandsaw wheels have radial runout of .003" - lateral runout of .005"
FWIW,
Greg G.
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