Frustrated in High Point

Or a new blade? Oh - forget that idea. Don't know what the hell I was thinking. Yes - you need a new saw! And maybe a new router too. Can't have either without a couple new chisels. Probably should get an new ROS while you're at it. If it were me, I'd be using this as the excuse to get that new welder too.

You might just need a new breaker.

Tom Watson - WoodDorker

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I'm guessing you haven't seen my saw.

Can you switch your saw over to 220V? I did it with mine, along with my shaper, and the difference is dramatic. It draws half the current, of course, and now it accelerates much more quickly on startup and doesn't dim the lights.

It requires that you add a 220 breaker to your panel, and install a

Josh

How's he going to get all this home?

I dont know. How do i find out if the motor can handle 220? other than just trying it.

READ the directions.

Seriously. look at the 'plate' on the motor. If it specifies two voltages and two amperage levels, it can be wired for either 120V or 240V circuits.

=THAT= is the necessary excuse to buy the new utility trailer. *grin*

If you still have the manual, it should tell you exactly how to rewire it (it usually just involves moving a couple of jumper wires). If not, Delta should have it online. Definitely do NOT just plug it into a

A beefier saw would just blow the breaker quicker.

Actually, a bandsaw would do the job you tried with ease, and more. If you leave a "smidge" for the planer, you just need to leave the line. Fence and feed works the same on one side straight; chalk, snap and follow starts you out from rough.

Great tool.

Simple - new truck.

A bandsaw would rip that leg nicely!

FWIW, is your breaker shot? They can trip at lower amperages as they age.

Barry

When I use to live in my old house, which had fuses not a breaker, it would blow them also. It only trips the breaker when it starts to bog down. If I feed ridiculously slow it doesn't trip the breaker. But I risk burning the crap out of the wood. I'm guessing a beefier saw will not bog down and thus will not trip the breaker.?.

I thought about the bandsaw after I posted. I think your right. A nice bandsaw should do the job nicely.

stop the small, petty thinking. Obviously, he needs a new pickup.

Steve in Pittsboro

If the motor can be rewired for 220, that info will be on the motor somewhere. If you can't find it, don't do it. :-)

But I'm on board with Tom. Sure seems like that saw should be able to rip right through a couple inches of maple. It's the blade or the breaker. (Without watching the cut, I also wonder if maybe you got no splitter on that thing and the wood is pinching the blade. But that should also squeal and make burn marks.)

I had to replace a breaker after it blew out once, then just kept breaking every time I turned on the saw. The new one don't blow when the saw turns on.

Then again, never let it be said I stopped somebody from gittin a new toy. I'd want the bandsaw before I got a new TS, but maybe you really want a new TS. Therefore, gopher it.

You need to convert your saw to 220, and run a 20 amp service to it.

He's thinking environmentally friendly. No need for a truck if you only need to haul tools home ocassionally.

Oh course maybe he can get a package a TS and BS deal and solve both problems. ;~)

John