What's up everybody!
I am a furniture designer and I just got into woodworking about a year ago and started a small business at the same time. I just joined the creek and I am looking for help with my Delta 34-410 which I picked up from Craigslist. This is my first table saw, and I needed to use it right away so I was kind of thrown into a situation where I needed to use it the day I got it. Never had I ever touched a table saw before this. The only wood I currently use is reclaimed pine and some reclaimed flooring.
When I first got it, it was ripping great with the rip fence attached, and I was ripping with a basic Freud 50 combo blade. I had some burning and pinching, but nothing excessive It would blow the fuse box occasionally if I pushed material too fast through it. I come in a week ago, and the saw wouldn't turn on. With the belt not attached it wouldn't even spin, make weird sound and then blow the breaker. I took it apart and found a washer that was attached to the bearing was lumpy, and the drive shaft was not aligned to allow free spinning. I took out the washer and aligned the shaft and it ran like it was the same as before. Ever since then I have had a lot of problems ripping, it seems like it is tough to push the wood through. I can only push wood through VERY slowly without the breaker blowing and when I would slowly rip, there was a ton of smoke in my shop that even my dust collector wouldn't gather. Ripping the boards went from a 10 minute job to an hour job.
I have just bought a 24 rip blade, and when I get it today I am going to put it on and align the blade to prevent all of the burning and see if this fixes it, and am going to replace the breaker that keeps tripping. I am wondering if you all think that this is a bigger problem, since I do not have any experience with motors and I do not know if this is the problem instead.
Also, running directly into the outlet with a 110v plug. I tried to wire it for 220, but it would blow the breaker after 5 seconds of running on a brand new breaker. So i rewired it for 110v.
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
Chris