I finished the install of the Carter guide upgrade kit for my 14" Delta 28-276. This was one of the re-supply items I picked up at Rockler. The fit and finish of this upgrade is very good and the instructions are well documented. The blade guard bracket was hid in the packing, causing me a to break into a panic sweat trying to come up with a guard solution. Finally I decided to contact Carter but reviewed the upgrade kit online first and saw the picture of the "missing part" so I decided to look for the part to see if I had dropped it, sure enough, it was in the packing! Whew.
For the first test of the saw I re-sawed several 5" black gum boards into 5/16" planks. The blade is a 1/2" X 3 tpi woodslicer with quite a bit of use on it. All cuts came out nice with little saw marks and are not tapered like my cuts use to be!
Looking back I wish I had just ordered the kit with the micro adjust for $20 more. This upgrade requires a bit of set up work when changing blade sizes, the micro adjust would simplify things.
This is a tool upgrade that I would recommend.
capncarl
For the first test of the saw I re-sawed several 5" black gum boards into 5/16" planks. The blade is a 1/2" X 3 tpi woodslicer with quite a bit of use on it. All cuts came out nice with little saw marks and are not tapered like my cuts use to be!
Looking back I wish I had just ordered the kit with the micro adjust for $20 more. This upgrade requires a bit of set up work when changing blade sizes, the micro adjust would simplify things.
This is a tool upgrade that I would recommend.
capncarl
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