MachineJunkie

Hi all,

In my continuing efforts to obtain a working glider, I finally managed to acquire a G4 glider at an auction recently. Unfortunately, it came without the workholding clamp, so now I am looking for one of those.

Thanks,

Yoav

Hey Pete,

I figured out that the dovetailed ways were slipping on the part that the blade arbor is connected to. Haven't put new belts on yet, as other projects have taken up my time.

Thanks,

Yoav

Hey Pete, Thanks. I will. In the meantime, I have been trying to tension the belts that came with the saw, but am having a hard time doing so. I'm wondering if I'm missing something simple. Is the only way to tension the belt, but making sure that the motor is connected to the threaded rod at the bo...

Hi all, A couple of years ago I finally managed to acquire a glider (G3), but it was damaged in transport unfortunately. I now managed to fix the broken part, but need to figure out a few things before getting it operations. First, the saw came with two belts for the motor. I was wondering whether t...

I guess, I will try to find someone to weld the piece back together (given how long it has taken me to find this saw). Thanks!

Hey Pete, Thanks for the response. This is one of the G3's with the dovetailed system for raising the blade and the motor at the same time. I have taken some pictures of the damage, but basically the part that clamps the motor to the dovetailed mechanism sheared off at the two screws that clamp the ...

Hi all, After searching for a couple of years, I finally found a trimosaw within driving distance. It is a G3 model. Unfortunately, during transportation the saw fell over and the motor mount bracket broke, making the saw unusable (the bracket connects the motor to the blade raising mechanism. While...

Hi everybody, I'm new to this forum, but have been looking for a Hammond Glider for a while. I found one for sale in my area, but judging from the pictures it is missing a lot of parts, including the fence on the sliding table. I was wondering how difficult it would be to find parts for this and to ...