Hello to all you fellow woodworkers. After my recent retirement I have finally managed to start getting my shop in shape. After years of having a ‘storage building’, I now have it back. Am building a nice butcher block counter top / workbench. In the process of ripping some 2” maple I noticed that for some reason the blade is no longer parallel with the guide groove on my table. Trust me fellows. I bought this saw new in about 1998 or 9 and have built several pieces of fine memorabilia with it. Just changed the blade and cleaned front rail, fine tuned the right side table extension and all that stuff. The unifence is perfectly parallel with the miter groove on the table top. Just checked and the blade is canted 1/16” wider to the back. Where did this come from? Any old time wisdom for another old time geezer would ne most appreciated. And Happy Thanksgiving to you all
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Happy Thanksgiving to you as well.
To parallel up your blade, loosen three of the four undertable bolts that secure the tabletop. Leave the last one loose but fairly tight. Take a deadblow mallet and tap the opposite corner to close that 1/16th gap. It’ll take several tries and be sure to retighten in sequence so as to not shift the adjustment. If you can’t get it parallel, try a different corner.
Thanks so much for the info. Been scratching my head on this one. And I truly believe that in the process of clearing out the shop and moving the saw a couple times I have thrown it out of square. Man, I love this saw and just want to get it back to its old self. I’ll let you know how the bench top comes out. Thanks again
Alright fellows. Did exactly what you said and am back to normal. Found out one thing. While sitting directly behind saw with the motor somewhat in your lap gently raise up on the motor so slightly. This will take the weight off of the entire arbor assembly allowing you to somewhat move it with a gentle touch. Seemed to work after making that discovery. First time to actually do any kind of adjustment to the whole assembly. Good way to learn. And listen. Thanks guys.
Of course this is after you have loosened the bolts.
Ditto. Sounds like some arbor shifting maybe due to a move…
I think you are correct my friend. Thanks so much.