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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: Retired Coastie on February 29, 2012, 01:48:18 pm

Title: Delta 40-690 MODS
Post by: Retired Coastie on February 29, 2012, 01:48:18 pm

These are a few mods I made to my new saw. I added a magnifier with a magnetic base and LED lights from rockler and the bracket I made in the shop from 1/8" steel flat stock. The second is I used the rear leg of the stand for a wire chase. I bundled the excess cord with velcro cord tammers, a 3 outlet heavy duty plug the used a piece of 1/4" plywood with 3/8 rubber fuel line that's split and slipped onto the plywood. The plywood is cut just under the opening width and the rubber hose acts as a friction holder and keeps the plywood in place. This keeps all the coard out of the way.
Thanks for viewing!

Title: Re: Delta 40-690 MODS
Post by: Keefie on February 29, 2012, 03:22:22 pm

good idea to keep the cables out of the way and tidy like that, and from what I can see, nice workshop too.

Title: Re: Delta 40-690 MODS
Post by: beginner on February 29, 2012, 03:26:42 pm

I like your idea to keep the cords all in on space.  One problem tho, where is the saw dust ;D

Title: Re: Delta 40-690 MODS
Post by: Al W on March 02, 2012, 08:45:51 am

Couple of nice ideas there.   

Gotta ask the same question - why no sawdust in a shop?   Really good dust collections system?

Have a great time with it all.

Title: Re: Delta 40-690 MODS
Post by: Keefie on March 02, 2012, 10:07:49 am

No Dust in Shop is because he is Retired Coastie - they are trained to clean up after themselves.  ::) ::)

Title: Re: Delta 40-690 MODS
Post by: Retired Coastie on March 02, 2012, 01:08:01 pm

Sorry guys I feel so ashamed. Next time I'll leave the sawdust down until after the pics. I'm actually working on a dust collector attachment for the bottom of the saw.

Title: Re: Delta 40-690 MODS
Post by: Retired Coastie on March 02, 2012, 01:36:11 pm

Here is the latest mod. A semi workable dust collector attachment. It gets some of the dust but not all of it. I may have to tweak it a bit. The bracket is made from .025 aluminum painted flat black and attached collector fitting with pop rivets then attached to saw with existing saw mount bolts.

Title: Re: Delta 40-690 MODS
Post by: dgman on March 02, 2012, 03:25:32 pm

Hey Coastie, Here's what I did for dust collection. Keep in mind I am more concerned with collecting the airborne dust and this does a great job. It is connected to a full size dust collector.

Title: Re: Delta 40-690 MODS
Post by: dgman on March 02, 2012, 03:27:33 pm

More.

Title: Re: Delta 40-690 MODS
Post by: Keefie on March 02, 2012, 04:46:51 pm

looks like a good dust extraction system, does it get all the dust?

Title: Re: Delta 40-690 MODS
Post by: dgman on March 02, 2012, 06:07:14 pm

It defiantly gets all the airborne dust, but some dust does settle on the floor and the base of the saw.

Title: Re: Delta 40-690 MODS
Post by: Retired Coastie on March 02, 2012, 08:50:01 pm

Dan that's a great idea, I may have to steal it from you.