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Hi Daithi,
Thanks for the pictures. Now we’re all singing from the same hymn-sheet!
You have no clamping forces acting on the saw plate.
The roll-pins purely prevented up & down wobble and prevent the handle from falling off.
The pins almost certainly were meant to go through the saw plate and into a recess on the other side., but re-locating them now won’t solve your sideways wobble.
Remove the roll-pins altogether. They’re not doing what you need now.
Drill the plastic carefully (hand drill) then nail-punch the roll-pins out from the rear.
Drill a new, slightly larger, clean hole, all the way through the handle, the saw plate, and through the handle the other side.
Fit bolts to the exact diameter of your new holes with nuts on the other side.
That’ll keep the handle attached, prevent up & down movement, and clamp the handle firmly against the plate, preventing any sideways wobble.
If you don’t want to use regular nuts & bolts, take a look at the type used on self-assembly kitchen cupboards. These are similar to saw-nuts, but narrower. They’re strong enough to clamp two adjacent kitchen cupboards together and have pan-heads at each end which won’t look out of place on your saw.
I tried attaching images, but it does’t appear to have worked. Here’s a link:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Connecting-Screws-Bolts-Kitchen-Cabinet-Furniture-Connectors-5mm-diameter-/322179620461
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- This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Alan.
- This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Alan.