The problem: When the blade on my Jet contractors saw is tilted all the way to a 45 degree cut the motor housing rises above the plane of the table. I guess I’ve never made a 45 degree cut on a board wide enough for it to be a problem. Thankfully I noticed it while cleaning the saw and thinking about how best to attach an outfeed table and not while doing a cut.
If I remove the belt and let the motor drop down on the mounting plate it falls below the plane of the table. Can the solution be that simple, i.e. get a belt that’s long enough for the motor to be below the saw table (and below the outfeed table)?
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I have no idea... But I'd bet you got it used and somebody put the wrong belt on it!
That could very well be the problem. On my Ridgid saw, the motor sits on a hinged plate. With too short a belt, it could pull the motor so high, it could rise above the table surface.
Get one of those link belts and add or subtract individual links until it gets right into the zone for ya...
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Can you use links on a Ridgid? Thought it had a belt with multiple grooves.
Jim
Nah, I still have the original belt. The 3612 does seem to have an interesting looking pulley, but I've been assured that link belts will work...Tom Iovino
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The current versions of the Ridgid saw have flat multi vee belts that work much better than even the best conventional vee belts. The multi vee pulleys won't work with either conventional or linked vee belts. The older Ridgid saws may have had a conventional vee belt, I never saw the earlier model.John White
Thanks for all the replies. I'll be looking for a longer belt this weekend. Perhaps the manual will tell me what size was supposed to come with it. BTW I bought it new and am using the belt that came with it.
If your saw is like most contractor's saws the motor is on a bracket that has two rods that go from the motor bracket into the back of the trunnion assembly where the rods are held by two set screws. It may be possible to loosen the set screws and slide the rods and the motor closer to the saw which will have the same effect as putting on a longer belt. Also make sure the rods go as far into the motor bracket as possible.
John White
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