This is what is confusing in Gary's thread. He has a geardrive Mac with .404. Most if not all of those old buggers ran 1/2 pitch. I have a couple of those old Macs that I refuse to work on. Lets just say I tried and gave up only because I didn't want to go through the hassle of finding parts...
.035 thou on a depth gauge. WOW!!! It will definately cut. The chips will look like they came from a block plane. I lowered the depth gauges on my 088 with .404 once to .030 once. Never again. It cut fast enough but was way toooo aggresive for me especially for a big saw like that. It took a...
Glad you got it running Gary. I have to diagree with Brian on the file size. I think he made a typing error. If the cutters are anywhere close to new or have only been sharpened a few times the file size is 7/32 th's for .404. This will also work for 3/8ths pitch. About the only time you need a...
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