Table Saw Motor upgrade

My table saw is pretty cheap. The motor is a gear reduced universal motor. Literally sounds like a gunshot when spinning up, is incredibly noisy, and vibrates like mad.

I'm not 100% happy with precision on the Radial Arm Saw but the motor is awesome, so I'm going to transplant that into the old table saw. I've already used the Radial Legs as a stand for the Drop Saw, and I plan on using the Radial-Lift for a Router-lift in future.

The awesome motor is a single phase induction motor with multiple coils. It's running the wrong direction. Dad and I had a shot at reversing it, but got unlucky with the design. I'm going to have to use the table saw from the other direction.

I whipped up a custom mounting plate at work. I used a surface gauge for the first time because verniers simply wouldn't do the job. (Not to be confused with a dial-indicator setup) Some drink-can and plastic take-out-container shims were used to align various elements. I milled out some additional space for the larger motor to fit more closely to the table surface, hogged out huge chunks from the side of the case to accommodate the larger motor (keep in mind it's a height adjustable miter saw), and made a new custom fence which is superior to the original. Overall really happy with the build. Misc pics below.

Bench Sander

So anyway, I did that thing that every guy does when he owns a belt sander, but not a bench sander...

Works pretty well.

Some Pixel

Pixel tree ramp

Pix' constantly gets stuck in the fork of the left tree and cries to be rescued. She loooooooves being in the trees so I'd rather put up structure to encourage it than deny it. Giant pallet beam and some rope to the rescue. These beams have a shredded rubber layer for grip to the floor of shipping containers which makes a nice outdoor climbing surface.

Kitty Containment

We have some aggressive council legislation regarding cats. They cannot be out of the owners property in suburban areas. Time to kitty-proof the back yard/s.

I used 25mm electrical conduit for structure, clothes-line for tethered-framework, bird-netting as a barrier, and a bazillion cable-ties. Electrical crimp connectors were used on the clothes line to terminate cables with a nice ring terminal. Conduit mounting clips were used as hinges on the gate. (cheapest hinges EVER, and work great) All bending and joinery was done with a heat-gun as the molded joiners were disproportionately expensive compared to 4 meters of the conduit itself.

Many photos may not be particularly clear, or tell of the construction very well. It was a labor of obligation rather than love...

Pixel is really happy she can climb the trees without her harness though. :)