My dial indicator is showing about .01" difference from the front of the blade to the back when measured from the left miter slot.
I couldn't find any instructions in the saw manual about aligning the blade to miter slot, nor on their website, for the contractor model.
Tom Hintz's site says that for most contractor saws, one needs to loosen the four bolts that attach the trunion to the table, and then tap the trunion to move it relative to the table.
I have two problems:
1- the left, front bolt is nearly impossible to reach
2-on the saw I can't figure out where to knock with the wood. The trunion doesn't really present any surface that can be knocked. There's only one bolt mount which offers a bit of purchase, but it's only slightly raised. I've been whacking at it with wood, then with a hammer on wood, but I can't get anything to budge.
I started wondering whether I needed to remove the rails and extension wings, but if we're knocking on the trunion then that's what we want moving, relative to everything else staying put, right ?
When I try to look at the saw from underneath to see what I could tap, I can't see anything obvious. But the stand and base make it really, really difficult to get under there.
Is there a natural spot to do this sort of adjustment ?