I picked up my new Delta Unisaw, Jet Dust Collector and Jet Filtration unit today in the truck. :thumbsup: Everything is unloaded now, except for the main table saw pallet. I am going to see if I can rent a forklift locally to get it out or I will use 4 to 6 friends. Here are pictures:
I am sleeping on unloading the last part below. Tomorrow I will call to see if I can rent the forktruck. Any other suggestions are welcome.
New day and a solution at hand to get the saw out of the truck with two people. I am going to rent a material lift from a local rental place with which I can get the saw out of the truck. I will then lower it onto some wood blocks so I can pull the lift out from under it leaving it a few inches off the ground. Tilt it to one side and remove the block or put a smaller one under it and repeat with the other side until it is on the garage floor.
My garage is unfinished so I just used a chain hoist on the joists with nylon straps and did it myself. Used the same rig for my jointer and table saw and cast iron table extensions.
Anyways, have fun gettin it set up and cut some stuff :yes:
The Unisaw and dust collector are assembled. The blade and angle gauge were perfect as shipped. The blade was 5 thousandths from being parallel to the miter slot. I got it to between 1 and 2 thousandths. One extension wing is leveled and coplanar with the saw. Need to finish making the table side wing coplanar and the making the table level. Lastly, I need to check that the fence is parallel with the miter slot. I will have pictures when I am done.
Congrats on the new toys! I was going to ask if you got the Unisaw in left or right tilt, but after doing a little research it doesn't look like Delta even offers a right tilt anymore. I also see that Delta offers a riving knife as an accessory. Wonder if it would retrofit on my 80's vintage Uni. Looking forward to a complete review of your Unisaw when you get everything squared away.
I will post pictures of the tools here, but the overall shop is in a thread in the discussion forum. Still need to get 240 in the garage so these can be fired up.
Congrats on the new toys! I was going to ask if you got the Unisaw in left or right tilt, but after doing a little research it doesn't look like Delta even offers a right tilt anymore. I also see that Delta offers a riving knife as an accessory. Wonder if it would retrofit on my 80's vintage Uni. Looking forward to a complete review of your Unisaw when you get everything squared away.
I believe the delta riving knife only fits the new Unisaw, which is left tilting only. Delta has a couple of different thickness riving knives to accommodate different kerf blades.
Down to just cleaning off the shipping grease from the top and waxing it. That will be the fun part before the harder work again (running 240 to the shop). I will post pictures after the top is cleaned and waxed.
Haven't cleaned the top yet, but plan to tomorrow. No real hurry yet since I need to run the 240. I am tired of electricians not calling back, so I am going to do it myself.
Here is the Jet 1200 CFM Vortex Dust Collector:
The Unisaw with the top yet to be cleaned and the blade below the top to accomplish that task tomorrow:
Both of them as partners:
I didn't post a picture of the air filtration unit since it is still in the box due to needing to put in shelving first.
I do need to put a different lens on the camera since the ultra wide angle lens is causing straight edges to seem like they are leaning.
You've got some mighty fine tools there! Get a couple more panels to hold all the other tools your gonna need,unless you have them hidden some where.Whats your first project gonna be?
As to floor tools, I determined replacing my contractor table saw and adding a dust collector were most important. A drill press will be next in a few months followed by a bandsaw then a joiinter and planer. It will take a while to accumulate the floor model tools I want. Hand tools are already covered.
The first project with this table saw is a gun cabinet.
I finally got 240 installed in the garage and WOW! I love the sound of the Delta Unisaw and it runs super smooth. I love the dust collector too as it works extremely well. The air filtration unit is very quiet works very well.
Did you hook up the Jet dust collector as 240 too? I just bought one and I saw in the instructions that it supports 230. I was thinking of rewiring it for it.
marly
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