Rich Person
10-23-2006, 3:21 PM
I have been working with my new Sawstop TS for a while now, but having some issues with the cut quality. At first, I was having problems, because the Incra fence I installed was bowed. Incra replaced it with a strait one, but I was still having problems. This weekend, I finally had time to work with it. I put on a new auxiliary fence, which turned out to be <90 degrees to the table. So, I had to shim the mount between the Incra arm and the fence. I finally got the fence perpendicular to the table and aligned with the miter track. I put the fence right up to the blade, and guess what? When the front of the blade just touched the fence, the same teeth when rotated back, were >1mm away from the fence.
I had heard so many stories about how perfectly these saws came set up that I never checked the blade/top alignment. I took my digital caliper to and checked the distance between the miter track and saw tooth. Sure enough, it read +0.040 inches (about 1mm). So, I ended up adjusting the top and now everything is aligned just right.
Lesson of the day--don't assume anything.
If the alignment had been off in the other direction, I'd probably have a piece of 8/4 maple sticking through me (but for the riving knife).
I had heard so many stories about how perfectly these saws came set up that I never checked the blade/top alignment. I took my digital caliper to and checked the distance between the miter track and saw tooth. Sure enough, it read +0.040 inches (about 1mm). So, I ended up adjusting the top and now everything is aligned just right.
Lesson of the day--don't assume anything.
If the alignment had been off in the other direction, I'd probably have a piece of 8/4 maple sticking through me (but for the riving knife).