good evening WW's
This post is going to be simple and to the point, keep watching for shop tour 6c and all of shop tour 7 a b c, they will be worth looking at IMHO.
This is my table saw. it is going to look a little strange to some of you. It sort of looks like a unisaw on steriods. This is a delta / rockwell RT-40 saw that is still made. The new ones tip the scale at around 1150 lbs, where as the older "rockwell" were more in the 1500 lb range. Here are some of the vitals
1. 7.5 hp 3 phase motor
2. 2 speed pully system that provides 3000 rpm or 4500 rpm
3. 16" blade, but can run smaller blades in the 12" to 14" range
4. hugh cast iron table 59" x 43.3" ( for comparison unisaw top is 36" x 27" ) - This is actually one of the potential drawbacks for this saw. The top is so large that it takes some getting used to. I happen to be about 6' so for me it is about right sized, but for smaller folks it would be a problem. After using this saw for three years now I would not want to go back to a normal unisaw, but that is just me.
5. the dust collecton on this saw is similar to some of the sliding saws. The blade is housed in a dust chute that moves with the entire trunion assembly.
6. scary amount of power.
The shaper is the run of the mill delta shaper with a steif power feed...nothing exciting about it. does a good job. I would be interested in hearing from those with tilting spindle shapers and how they like them.
thanks for looking
lou