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Title: Darra James table saw
Post by: yukon cornelius on April 17, 2016, 08:37:12 AM
I was auctioning yesterday and came home with a big darra James cabinet saw, a 12 inch craftsman band saw and a radial arm saw. It is in nice shape but needs a bit of fence work. I have my plan to get it back in line. I have been unable to locate a model number. It came with a 10" blade but looks like a 12 will easily fit. I read of a 3\4" arbor on them. Does anyone know of a 1" to 3\4" arbor bushing for a 12" blade? Can a 10 inch blade be safely drilled from5/8 to 3\4"? 

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Title: Re: Darra James table saw
Post by: Magicman on April 17, 2016, 08:51:51 AM
I tried kinda unsuccessfully drilling out a 5½" blade.  :-\

My thoughts are that you might be more successful reaming out the hole rather than drilling.
Title: Re: Darra James table saw
Post by: yukon cornelius on April 17, 2016, 08:55:45 AM
Not a bad idea! That may be more successful
Title: Re: Darra James table saw
Post by: Kbeitz on April 17, 2016, 09:05:26 AM
Check this out...

http://forums.finehomebuilding.com/breaktime/general-discussion/where-find-10-34-arbor-saw-blades
Title: Re: Darra James table saw
Post by: yukon cornelius on April 17, 2016, 09:27:09 AM
I never even considered having them drill one. I can get stuck on box store availability some times.
Title: Re: Darra James table saw
Post by: dnalley on April 17, 2016, 12:26:28 PM
You won't get a round hole with a drill bit.  Better have it bored.
Title: Re: Darra James table saw
Post by: Dan_Shade on April 17, 2016, 12:37:04 PM
Would a step drill or unibit work?
Title: Re: Darra James table saw
Post by: dnalley on April 17, 2016, 12:47:09 PM
Don't know what a uni bit is but a drill just doesn't make a truly round hole.  Looks good till you really give it a close look.  Sometimes looks sorta triangular shaped if you really look it over.  I would hope for a closer tolerance for a blade running on an arbor.  Just my opinion.
Title: Re: Darra James table saw
Post by: Savannahdan on April 17, 2016, 02:24:25 PM
Here's a site with some manuals published for that company:
http://www.vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=240&tab=3&sort=2&th=false&fl=
Title: Re: Darra James table saw
Post by: yukon cornelius on April 19, 2016, 09:56:38 AM
Yesterday I reamed out a 10" blade and put it to work. I ended up swapping wings from one side to the other for a wider cut. With a bit of reworking on the fence this will be a huge upgrade. The far end of the fence was missing some parts and had some homebrew repair that I don't care for so I am redoing it. Next I want to add more to the table to have at least 48 inches of cutting surface.
Title: Re: Darra James table saw
Post by: ozarkgem on April 20, 2016, 05:16:31 AM
Blades are pretty hard metal. Boring with a carbide cutter would work. I don't think a unibit will hold up. Glad you scored big at the auction.
Title: Re: Darra James table saw
Post by: hackberry jake on April 21, 2016, 08:33:22 PM
I also have a 12" table saw with a 3/4" arbor. I usually use 10" blades that have been cut from 5/8" hole to 3/4". The best way is to use a milling machine with a rotary table. Perfectly round and perfectly centered. Send yours to me and I'll mill em and send em back. You could also use shaper bushings to bush a 1" blade down to 3/4".There might even be something that'll work in that molding head set I sent you.

Never mind. There's nothing that goes up to 1" in those sets.