The Unisaw focuses on both of these via three key components, including: American Marathon Motors in 3 HP or 5 HP models, an American-made single-cast trunnion system (which greatly reduces vibrations), and the precision ground cast-iron table top.Īccuracy begins on the assembly line, and that’s where I was very impressed by the attention to detail that was given in calibrating the blade alignment. The top two characteristics that come to my mind when choosing a table saw are accuracy and power. should be a high selling point for many users. The fact that the Unisaw is built here in the U.S. I hope the folks at Delta can expand the factory to allow them to make more of their products here in the United States. Watching a first class piece of machinery like the Unisaw being built by Americans for Americans in a factory in South Carolina was a great experience. As the pieces moved around the building they were fabricated and finally powder coated before hitting the assembly line. Early in the morning the metal used to build the supporting cabinet was bent and cut from massive sheets of steel. While I was visiting the plant in South Carolina, I got to follow my actual saw as it was built from scratch. The frame and final saw assembly is done in South Carolina before they are shipped all over the world. The Unisaw is over 90% US-made, including motors and cast pieces manufactured in Wisconsin.

At that point, I will probably build a splitter into the insert itself.Last year I had the pleasure of traveling to Anderson, South Carolina to visit the folks at Delta Machinery to see how they make the Unisaw. It was a cheap solution that works great.Įventually, I plan to make a zero-clearance insert for the saw. I just got a piece of thin, flat zinc-plated bar from Home Depot, and cut it to length with my Dremel cutoff wheel. Like I said, the original Delta wouldn’t work with this blade, and it was quite expensive as well. I wanted to have something to prevent kickback, though, and I saw that the original Delta bolt hole was still in place. However, this makes the cut too thin to use the standard Delta splitter, as the freshly cut opening in the wood would get stuck. The advantage is that a lower-powered saw like I have, at least as compared to a 3-5hp cabinet maker’s saw, can power through wood more efficiently. (Zing!) Thin kerf blades have been developed in recent years as metal alloys have improved simply put, they are a thinner blade. You need to account for losing wood due to this when you’re planning out your cuts. The kerf is the thickness of the cut a blade will make in a piece of wood regular blades will chew up about 1/8″ of wood when cutting. My saw came with a nice Freud thin kerf blade.

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