Those who know me know that I hate being stumped by a problem...almost to a fault. After my last post, I sat on the couch for a while, fumed, went downstairs, looked at that damn saw, came back upstairs, fumed some more, then went back downstairs. After much manhandling and a few almost herniated discs in my back, I finally managed to get the mobile base turned around.
So there it is, the new Unisaw (no longer to be called "that damn saw"...at least for now) in all its glory. From what little of the shop you can see (or what little of the shop is left now) its easy to tell that, in typical Rob fashion, organization went to the wind as I started making progress. I suppose what I'm trying to say delicately is that the shop looks like absolute hell right now. There are no less than six empty Delta/Biesemeyer boxes scattered around and coffee cans with screwdrivers and other assorted tools occupying every horizontal surface in sight. Tomorrow will be a day of reorganization...
However, I must admit that I did have to sacrifice a couple of pieces of wood in honor of the momentus occasion. First to go was an unexpecting piece of 2x4 pine. Even with the Delta blade that came with the saw the pine was sliced in two like it was made of styrofoam. Next was a 2" thick hard maple scrap that I crosscut with no effort. If it weren't for fear of losing a few digits, you could almost close your eyes, turn the saw on and imagine you were standing next to Norm, cutting stock for draws and preparing for ahsembelee.
As a side note, I'm sure you all noticed that the blade guard and splitter assembly are not present in the picture...they were removed for demonstration purposes only. Seriously...I swear! :)
Oh, and that 220V outlet...its not lonely anymore.
I'd have no luck at all.
Made a trip to the local non-BORG hardware store this morning to pick up the needed bolt...exactly 28 cents (including tax) worth of machined metal that kept me from assembling that damn saw last night...or so I thought.
Deciding to be extra productive today, I made a trip to the Woodcraft to pick up a mobile base for that damn saw. Seemed simple enough to assemble, even read the instructions...twice. I figured getting that beast into the base by myself would be difficult enough once...I didn't want to have to do it twice. (And yes, folks, that is what they commonly call "foreshadowing".)
So anyway, I wrestle that damn saw (that's it's new name, by the way) into the mobile base. I'm pretty pleased with myself at this point. As I'm re-reading the directions for the base for the extention table I see the error in my ways...I've got that damn saw in the mobile base backwards! (Insert expletive deleted...ok, insert multiple strings of expletive deleteds here.) Getting that damn saw into the base wasn't too bad, after all, I had gravity working for me. Unfortunately, gravity is being a real bitch when it comes to getting that damn saw back out.
So, instead of finishing the assembly and making gobs of sawdust with that damn saw, I sit here blogging my woes while I wait for Mike to come over to help me out...again. I figure I owe him about fourtyleven favors by now...I just hope he decides to collect on them before I'm too old to help :)
All in all, I suppose the saying is correct...if you have a 50-50 chance of getting it right, 90% of the time you'll end up getting it wrong. Guess that's what I get for actually reading the damn directions.
Doesn't it just freakin' figure...
After almost three weeks of waiting, I finally brought the Unisaw home today. My brother, Mike, and I started the assembly process. Everything was going nicely until we started to assemble the fence...that's when we noticed that the nice folks at Delta shorted us exactly one bolt. One freakin' bolt. And unfortunately, without this bolt, the fence is useless. And, as we discovered this at 9:15pm, the BORGs were closed, so any hope for finishing up tonight were dashed. Needless to say, I'm more than just a tad pissed off at the moment.
Yeah, so the title of this post is lame...deal with it :)
Got a call yesterday from the folks I bought my table saw from...it's ready to pick up. Unfortunately, I'll have to wait until Friday to get it, but at least it's close to being here. I'm sure I'll have pictures of the unveiling and all that good stuff posted Friday or Saturday, depending of course, on how many hernias need to be treated.
Yes, I know it's just an electrical outlet. But its a lonely electrical outlet.
Why is it lonely, you ask? Well, last week at the Atlanta woodworking show, I broke down and bought...technically, paid for...a new table saw...not just any table saw, but a new Delta X5 Unisaw (insert Tim Allen grunting noise here). Only problem is, I don't have it yet. I was told when I paid for the saw that I would be able to pick it up the following week. The plan was to pick it up today and get it set up, but alas, the people I bought it from haven't received it yet. Needless to say, I'm bummin'...