Brian Dormer
04-16-2007, 12:34 PM
I was trying to "tune up" my miter saw this weekend (prior to installing it in it's new miter saw station "home"). I got the fence nice and perpendicular to the blade. But my Wixey Digital angle gauge is showing me that I can't get a repeatable tilt angle on the blade.
My saw is a Delta 10" - it's probably 10-12 years old. It has a big ratchet knob at the rear of the saw that locks the tilt mechanisim. I adjusted the tilt stop until I had 90 degrees exactly - but then tightening the big lock knob threw it off about .1 to .2 degrees. So I fiddled with it and discovered that how close I can get to straight up 90 is dependent on how much torque I appy to the big lock knob. So it's not very repeatable.
Does this sound right? Should I tell SWMBO that I need a new CMS? (Fathers day is coming!)
My saw is a Delta 10" - it's probably 10-12 years old. It has a big ratchet knob at the rear of the saw that locks the tilt mechanisim. I adjusted the tilt stop until I had 90 degrees exactly - but then tightening the big lock knob threw it off about .1 to .2 degrees. So I fiddled with it and discovered that how close I can get to straight up 90 is dependent on how much torque I appy to the big lock knob. So it's not very repeatable.
Does this sound right? Should I tell SWMBO that I need a new CMS? (Fathers day is coming!)