<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> David, <br>    I would try those link belts and maybe encase the base with some plywood designing in some dust collection. Don't forget about a sharp and well balanced blade. In absence of all that you could just buy a different saw. I have a  5 HP Unisaw w/ 3 belts driving the blade and it is pretty darn quiet. <p>Greg <p>David Love wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE> <font size=-1>Mine is not a Unisaw, it is a 10" bench saw.  It's always been loud.</font> <font size=-1>David Love</font> <blockquote dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----</div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net" title="gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg Newell</a></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title="pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> May 02, 2002 12:19 PM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: Quiet table saws</div>  David, <br>    I have a Delta Unisaw and it's very quiet. Could it be your is in disrepair? <p>Greg <p>David Love wrote: <blockquote TYPE="CITE"><style></style> <font size=-1>Is there such a thing as a quiet table saw.  I do a lot of hammer work on the table saw and would love to have a quiet(er) one than the little Delta model I have.</font> <font size=-1>David Love</font></blockquote> -- <br>Greg Newell <br><a href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</a> <br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>-- <br>Greg Newell <br><A HREF="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A> <br>  </body> </html>