I am starting my official woodshop in one third of a three car garage. I am building the workbench in the next two weeks, but my first project is to clean and adjust my tools, starting with my tablesaw. I have one of those popular Craftsman 113 XXXXXX (113-298842) models. I want to go through it soup to nuts, without spending too much money. I have two questions:

1) I don't want to spend too much money, as the saw isn't worth it. Here is what I am planning on buying:

  • New belt
  • New blade
  • New fence (Lowes T2 unless I can find a better fence cheaper)
  • What else? (new pulleys worth it? What are PALS?)
  • New power switch (large off plate)
2) I want to adjust my table saw as best as possible. I don't have any tools for the job. What tools would I need? Also, I am going to move on to an old Sprunger 6 inch jointer next, so if there are tools that would work for both, I would like to know.

thanks to all,

Dwain