Bob Glenn
05-09-2012, 1:13 PM
I'm usually over on the Neander side, but I DO have a few power tools. I was using a framing square as a saw guide for cross cutting stock and couldn't figure out why the cut wasn't square as measured with the same square I just used to make the cut. The cut was about 1/16 off over twelve inches.
I have had this problem with a cheap B-D circular saw with a die cut and pressed metal bed, but thought that was behind me when I purchased a P-C saw with a cast bed. Definitely a better saw, but still getting an off square cut with the framing square.
I finally figured it out this morning. Unplugged the saw, turned it upside down and measured the distance from the bedding edge at the front and rear of the blade. Guess what? A thirty second of an inch off over about seven inches. Well, l've spent about an hour with a mill file and machinist square and straight edge, and I've now got a saw that will cut square.
Anyone else had similar experiences. I was kind of surprised to find this problem with P-C.
I have had this problem with a cheap B-D circular saw with a die cut and pressed metal bed, but thought that was behind me when I purchased a P-C saw with a cast bed. Definitely a better saw, but still getting an off square cut with the framing square.
I finally figured it out this morning. Unplugged the saw, turned it upside down and measured the distance from the bedding edge at the front and rear of the blade. Guess what? A thirty second of an inch off over about seven inches. Well, l've spent about an hour with a mill file and machinist square and straight edge, and I've now got a saw that will cut square.
Anyone else had similar experiences. I was kind of surprised to find this problem with P-C.