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Post by mohs on Apr 12, 2011 23:05:29 GMT -5
Thanks John, Billy & Sue ! for the advice & especially the top view pictures ! Sue: I see you have your belt set on the largest pulley on your arbor spindle What size is your pulley on the motor side? Or how fast does your blade spin? I’m thinking we have are blade speed too fast. I had no idea that the original vice assembly was that sturdy! Or even how it looked. Probably we’ll become masters of manual cutting before I get something that nice set up! Here’s a couple slabs my buddy cut (the person most responsible for the refurbishing of the MACHINE) I found them by my door this evening. Lousy shots-- indoor lightening. He’s famous for thunder eggs (which is a really nice chalcedony blue) and this really fine picturesque jasper. Thanks agrin! Ed
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Post by catmandewe on Apr 13, 2011 0:00:34 GMT -5
From what I have seen on some of the old units I have come across the set screw on the back is for a stopper line to keep the gravity feed from going too far when the slab breaks off, it can also be set up as an automatic shutoff with a little tinkering.
Tony
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Post by drjo on Apr 13, 2011 15:21:21 GMT -5
'One question...what is the set screw on the vise that would tighten it to the guide rod for? Seems to me that tightening that would lock the vise on the guide rod...seems it would interfere with the gravity feed...or is it just a 'lock down' of some sort? Sue '
The front thumb screw is to hold the vise forward while putting the rock in without having to remove the gravity feed weight or cord.
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Post by juzwuz on Apr 13, 2011 23:44:47 GMT -5
Ed,
Looks like you made some good progress on your FranTom. Can't wait to see how you set up your cabbing section.
Justin
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Post by johnjsgems on Apr 14, 2011 8:36:45 GMT -5
By the way, if you are running 1" motor pulley, 2" driven you are running very slowly. I would use a 2" motor pulley and 2" driven for a full 1725. I have the same blade on my 3450 RPM tile saw and it really cuts well although it dulls the blade quickly. 10" blades have traditionally been recommended from 900-2200 rpm. The 303 and new 301 blades will handle higher speeds and actually work better turned faster. Make sure blade rotation is right too as they are directional.
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Post by mohs on Apr 24, 2011 1:07:45 GMT -5
I worked that saw today, somewhat Some banded material Cool material BEEF gave me Pretty much the whole bunch thanks! Ed
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Post by Mike Menzie on Feb 24, 2013 2:44:55 GMT -5
Hey there guys. A bit new to posting here, though ya'll's information has been a lifesaver for me more than once over the past couple years! I plan to make a new posting about this, but I found this posting first, so figured I'd ad to it- I have a FranTom 10" combo unit that my girlfriend and I picked up about 2 years ago for $250. It came with two 8" grinding wheels, a leather buffer on the end, and a blade and motor, and worked great. Still does. No vise, though, and I've been having a heckuva time finding a FranTom vise. I also have a FranTom 10" standalone slabber, with vise, but not sure if I'd rather have the vise on the standalone or the combo unit, heh. In any case, my main questions- 1. Anyone have some solid ideas where and how to get ahold of a vise (good condition, or needing a bit of work, no biggie) for one of these guys? 2. Anyone have an idea (maybe with pictures...? ) of another way to set up a vise on these guys, or a vise from a different saw that's work? For instance, I also had a 10" Star Diamond slabber I recently sold to my mother and I liked that particular vise better that the one on the Frantom. Not a huge difference, but enough, I suppose. Thanks guys! -Mike
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Post by robsrockshop on Feb 24, 2013 10:20:25 GMT -5
I posted pics of my Frantom 10" rebuild on the other Frantom post before I seen this. Good job cleaning it up! Here's a pic of it that I just found scanning thru all my pics that didn't get put on the other thread.
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Mike Menzie
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Post by Mike Menzie on Feb 24, 2013 18:04:28 GMT -5
Wow again! Looks like a brand new machine, and I envy the skills you have to have done the job, and to have done it so well! -Mike
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Post by Rockoonz on Feb 24, 2013 23:13:11 GMT -5
Here's one I did a few years ago. I don't care for the table saw style saws for slabbing, but IMO FranToms are the best.
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Mike Menzie
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Post by Mike Menzie on Feb 25, 2013 4:27:03 GMT -5
I've actually been wanting experiment with a drop saw style. (I'm used o woodworking, heh) I've got one mostly designed, but I still need to figure a few things out...and then make sure it'll be sturdy enough where it needs to be, being made mostly out of wood as it's going to be. One day I will learn to weld! So many ideas in my head could come to life! Then I could learn more about paint, and I could make machines look as nice as you make yours look! Heh. -Mike
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Post by robsrockshop on Feb 25, 2013 9:22:55 GMT -5
Hi Mike, I built a 14" drop saw out of wood when I was 10. LOL. It worked. Not very well but it did cut rocks.
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Post by Mike Menzie on Feb 26, 2013 5:19:39 GMT -5
Care to share your ten year old plans with a 29 year old tinkerer?
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Post by robsrockshop on Feb 26, 2013 9:23:20 GMT -5
LOL Hi Mike, I mounted an arbor and a motor on a 2x6 that used a door hinge to swing up and down. Like I said it was crude. It's nothing I would say try to do lol.
When I got a little older I swapped out rocks for gokarts and took the arbor off the 2x6, left the motor on the board and put a pair of bicycle handlebars from my dirtbike on it and used it to start my high compression McCulloch race engines with a pulley and belt. Beat the hell out of push starting.
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