![]() ![]() I ranked these in order of importance, with pulleys and belt being a tie. Here is a list of the major tasks to make your saw a useful tool: My Sears saw is a vintage 1950s version ( download the manual), but I don't think the design changed much over the years, just some cheapening of some components to maintain a price point. So what else is there? Well, I did it all. Almost everyone has heard of the belts & pulleys improvement, and even PALS are well known now. Quite often the question arises from the new owner of a Craftsman Table Saw, “what can I do to make this thing perform better?” A fence is probably the first upgrade to hit the wallet. But if you are willing to accept some compromises, you can turn an inexpensive product of American mass marketing into a useful tool. On most of the woodworking or tool forums in the internet you will find a lot of Craftsman bashing-some of it richly deserved. It's almost, “if you can't get one of these for $100, you might as well turn in your bargain hunter's badge.” There have been thousands of them sold it seems like there must be one in every garage or basement in America. There is probably nothing so easy to come by cheaply as a Craftsman 10" table saw vintage anywhere from 1950 until last week. Before we get too far into this, let me answer the question posed in the title : You Can't! Get over it. ![]()
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