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   jackplane | Dec 29, 2004 11:41pm | #1

   you don't say what you've tried, but you are on the right track.

   lithium grease applied to the trunnions(after blowing out dust) will stop the noise.

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   HowardAcheson | Dec 30, 2004 03:53am | #2

   Most saw mechanics and the authors of table saw books will recommend using furniture paste wax on the trunnion heli gears.  Use an old toothbrush and work the wax into the gears while moving the raising and lower handle.  Do the same thing for the tilt gears and the slots the trunnion slides in.  A drop of 30 weight oil on the arbor bearings and little with lithium grease on the bushings the tilt and raising rods go through will make the saw seem like a new one.

   Wax does not attract and hold dust like any grease will.

   Go through the process one a year and everything will be fine.

   If it's squeeking, your saw is telling you it's been a long time between servicing.

   Howie.........
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   tommy2 | Dec 30, 2004 09:17pm | #3

   think of the squeaking as a baby crying

   they only cry when they need sometype of attention from there parents

   did i say that

3. 
   EdHarrow | Dec 31, 2004 12:28am | #4

   Now I'm upstairs, and the subject is down, but I suspect that the noise you are hearing does not come from the gnashing of gear teeth, but from the back side of the crank pressing on whatever it presses on.  IOW, when you turn the crank to the right it, in effect, is squeezing something between the crank and the gear, which is trying to go further into the saw.  When you turn the crank the other way, they push apart, ergo, no noise.