How to Fix Your Table Saw!

[@christopherharrison6724]

Personally I use mainly hand tools but I love your presentation style clear and accurate that’s all we need thanks

[@ENCurtis]

Thank you! I appreciate that.

[@maxteuruaa828]

Awesome. Me being a beginner woodworker looking to make a purchase of a second-hand table saw, this is just what I needed.

[@mullinstech]

😂😂 "A sharp spinny thing" 🤣🤣 A master with a sense of humor ...That's freakin rare! I'm definitely using that from now on. Thanks for the laugh Man.

[@ENCurtis]

Oh sharp spinny thing is my favorite way to refer to blades and bits 😂

[@DuncanEdwards.]

Thank you for this, I have the same saw and surprisingly the set up instructions were woeful, so thank you once again

[@richardmoller9242]

very useful, I actually have to check my table saw, this may be why I've been having some issues. How about how to stop a jointer from sniping the end of the board?

[@davidsimpson9765]

Hey Eric, this is very helpful. I’m going to apply these tips to my tablesaw tomorrow lol. Would definitely want to learn more about different joinery techniques. Thanks again for making these very relatable and realistic lol

[@Sterlingwoodcrafts]

Thanks for posting this, so useful! Could you do band saw adjustment if you haven’t already??

[@ENCurtis]

Absolutely!

[@ChrisHornberger]

For clarification - the fence alignment with gap thing really depends. If you're holding your square into the miter slot as you demonstrated, and the gap is at the end of the rule - ie, not touching the fence - that's a safe gap. I don't like it; I want it the same at all points, but if you want the gap, that's the way to do it. If, however, the fence is pushing on the square so the gap is between the square and the miter slot, immediately adjust your fence, because that means you're actually pinching the wood and increasing kickback risks.

[@walterrider9600]

thank you EN . gee when i was machining parts for the nuke subs back in back in the mid 70's we had to work in .0002 of an inch . they were funny about getting water in the people tanks . 3 -1/2 yrs on that sub tender USS Sperry as - 12 yup an old ww2 sub tender lol and she did good work . i do like watching your stuff . as i am retired and as health allows i put in a wood shop in the garage so yup i am a newbie to wood working . thank you for all the info .

[@LordPadriac]

What a fucking difference just twenty five years or so makes. My pépère was a machinist mate in the navy during WWII and then Korea. First in a sub and then on a repair ship. The ship he said they had more proper tools to do the job but on the subs back then all he had was a gun lathe, a bench grinder that could take two different wheels at a time what they laughingly called a portable corded grinder back then which they mostly used to cut stock to length as they didn't have room for a bandsaw. on the subs back then and even on the ships the only band saws were in the machine shop. They didn't have anything like the little portable bandsaws you can pick up at Home Depot now. The subs and repair ships alike also didn't have room for a proper gear cutter so they would cut chunks out of stock which was apparently usually a repair panel meant to be welded over a hole in the hull or after ships and sub had been at sea and in combat and not sunk every vessel had a stock of damaged metal plating and parts that the machinists would guard jealously and hide away so they wouldn't be tossed overboard and they would use the portable grinder to cut chunks out of that and then go over to the bench grinder and hand grind new gears and other parts by hand and eye. He said the repair ships were a bit better in regards to tooling but not much. They had Bridgeport's as well as proper engine lathes and more raw stock kept on hand but still no gear cutters or other more exact tools and a lot of shit guys just learned to do by hand and eye. They were doing this kind of work in battle sometimes. I can't fucking even imagine how they managed to win the war like that. It's crazy.

[@walterrider9600]

@@LordPadriac the ship i was on was a sub tender the USS Sperry as-12 . she was a ww2 ship . on gears we had gear cutters or worst case a slitting cutter then file work . even in 1972-76 she still put in the work . thank you Lord Padriac

[@benborsa8266]

Good stuff. I know you have done a few views on design stuff. For me I would love to hear more about portions and scaling parts to each other in piece. Be it and art piece or furniture

[@matthewfarrer5778]

Simple and straightforward; thank you! How often to you check this after your initial setup?

[@ENCurtis]

Hope it’s helpful! I usually check or adjust once a year or so.

[@matthewfarrer5778]

@@ENCurtis Awesome, thanks!

[@manofausagain]

Hey bloke. I did this and yup worked well...... until I had to cut a long 45 deg bevel. So it was back cutting on the blade as I was cutting. This pissed me off. After a fluff around with shims I adjusted the trunion axis so that it is parallel to the top of the table. Then re adjusted the top to the blade. Oh man worth the effort. I'm a fence parallel to the blade guy. I always use a riving knife.

[@jeffw8611]

Bizarre timing, my Harvey table saw arrived yesterday and today I get to assemble and set it up.

[@ENCurtis]

I hope this helps you save some time my dude!

[@nmancini]

Do you have any intention of doing a follow up video for a review on this saw?

[@ENCurtis]

Perhaps in the future. I'd want to really push it for a while first before I give any kind of opinion statement on it.

[@Kiviat]

I love your videos….but….Those are pliers, not a wrench 😮! Lucky my dad didn’t see you using pliers to remove a nut 😂. Thanks for almost always using the right tool for the job (hand or power) except this time when you are using pliers to loosen a nut!

[@kenthompson6539]

We can bring it down to a thousands of an inch but the Irish man says it has to be dead on.

[@MrsEarth-pf4cr]

You teach me so much! Thank you. Erik, are you married?