My Delta hybrid table saw

I had been considering buying a new bigger table saw for some time. On setting up my new workshop, I figured this was a good time to look for a new one.

At the home depot, they had the Delta model 36-655C 10" hybrid table saw, for $900 + tax. This wasn't a bad price. But the price also included the delta tenon jig, and a good rip fence. On top of that, there was a promotion for a $150 mail in rebate, and another in store promotion for a $200 Home Depot gift card that happened to be on. Those two promotions made the saw a really good deal:

    Tabe saw base price: $900
    + Taxes: $126
    Minus mail in rebate:-$150
    Minus home depot gift card: -$200
    Total after taxes: $676
I ended up fully using both rebates, so the saw cost me no more than a contractor saw would have cost. It was a good deal. And it was a good thing too, because the saw needed a bit of work to get it working up to my standards.

Once I set up the saw, I found it didn't cut particularly cleanly, even after I replaced the saw blade it came with. It turned out that the saw's arbour flange had a bit of a wobble to it, but I was able to grind the arbor flat with a grind stone.

Not surprisingly, the saw's alignment was also not entirely on, and I ended up disassembling the saw to align the arbor. While I had the saw apart, I also moved the upper depth of cut stop to increase the maximum depth of cut I made a new making a zero clearance insert for it. I also extended the table and made a router table extension for it.

Articles realating to my Delta hybrid table saw:


Table saw table
extensions
Table saw crosscut sled
Making a zero clearance
table saw insert
Fixing the wobble in
a table saw arbour

Table saw alignment
Increasing maxiimum
depth of cut
Delta tenon jig review
Home made
quick-set tenon jig

Making a featherboard
Making precise cuts
on the table saw
Table saw fence
micro adjusting
Shirt sucked into
table saw experiments

Optimizing this saw was time consuming, but fortunately, nothing on it was outright defective. The only money I had to spend was for a better quality saw blade, and a link belt. When you buy a cheap saw, you expect to have to do a bit of work on it. Much more frustrating would be buying an expnsive saw, and then finding that it needs work too.

See also: Articles on my Old table saw

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