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I bought this Delta 50C 16" 7.5hp 3ph LONG ARM Radial arm saw a couple of years ago for $100:
It has some issues. The rubber on the power cables are so crisp they crack and disintegrate if I try to bend them. Not a big problem.
The column will neither go up or down. It is completely frozen. This was a much bigger problem.
To start I took the saw pretty much all apart:
Here is the problem column:
Water infiltrated the column and lower gear box left a lot of rust. After a lot of clean up I got to this point. It took a few days of alternating heat and KROIL to finally get that gear off:
The elevation screw was pretty rusty:
And the bearing in the gear box were completely gonzo. This is one of the better ones:
So I found all new bearings for the gear box:
This is the gear box reassembled:
It has some issues. The rubber on the power cables are so crisp they crack and disintegrate if I try to bend them. Not a big problem.
The column will neither go up or down. It is completely frozen. This was a much bigger problem.
To start I took the saw pretty much all apart:
Here is the problem column:
Water infiltrated the column and lower gear box left a lot of rust. After a lot of clean up I got to this point. It took a few days of alternating heat and KROIL to finally get that gear off:
The elevation screw was pretty rusty:
And the bearing in the gear box were completely gonzo. This is one of the better ones:
So I found all new bearings for the gear box:
This is the gear box reassembled:
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