I got the PALS from Woodcraft a while back and finally installed them after moving and just now putting my shop back together.
Took a bit of figuring out but not bad. Pretty straight forward. After working on it for a while last night, I feel like I have my Delta contractor's saw very well aligned now. And with that done, I got the Bies fence aligned as well. That part was certainly simple.
The test cuts I made last night are probably the squarest cuts I've made. You can get close with the miter gauge fence square to the runner even if the blade a bit out of alignment. But this is definitely better.
For any that have used these PALS.....did you do the alignment with the motor and belt attached or without ? I'm afraid to even say this because of what it might imply that I don't understand. Maybe things weren't tightened down enough after my first alignment ? I did the best I could the first time around and then put the motor and belt back on. The alignment was a little off at that point which was frustrating. So I redid the alignment with belt and motor in place.
Appreciate any feedback you can offer. I do feel like the saw is well aligned now, as I said. But I'd like to understand this a bit more too and you guys are always good at that !
Steve
Took a bit of figuring out but not bad. Pretty straight forward. After working on it for a while last night, I feel like I have my Delta contractor's saw very well aligned now. And with that done, I got the Bies fence aligned as well. That part was certainly simple.
The test cuts I made last night are probably the squarest cuts I've made. You can get close with the miter gauge fence square to the runner even if the blade a bit out of alignment. But this is definitely better.
For any that have used these PALS.....did you do the alignment with the motor and belt attached or without ? I'm afraid to even say this because of what it might imply that I don't understand. Maybe things weren't tightened down enough after my first alignment ? I did the best I could the first time around and then put the motor and belt back on. The alignment was a little off at that point which was frustrating. So I redid the alignment with belt and motor in place.
Appreciate any feedback you can offer. I do feel like the saw is well aligned now, as I said. But I'd like to understand this a bit more too and you guys are always good at that !
Steve
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