As most have heard, the stops for the Sawstop sliding crosscut table have much to be desired. They come from the factory out of square and wobbly. They are complicated and over-engineered. But spending a little time looking them over today I've come up with solutions for both the wobbliness and the out of square issue. The manual is lacking and don't go into detail how to tune them up. It's really pretty easy.
Out of square This first step is a mod. It's not so much that they are out of square, it's that the surface area of the flip down paddles is too large. To solve this I drilled and tapped a hole on the tip of the paddle to accept an allen head cap screw:
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Whether the paddle is square to the fence is irrelevant. The cap screw is the only thing in contact with the work piece:
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I'll try to explain the way to calibrate the tape measure on the fence for those of you who do not have any experience with this slider:
Take a scrap piece of wood and lay it down against the fence to make a random cut. Flip the paddle down and slide it snug against the work piece and tighten it:
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Now make the cut and stop the blade. Do not move the paddle's position and measure your work piece, in my case the piece measures a strong 25 5/8":
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The tape is not glued down but actually is friction held and slides in a groove on the fence. Again, do not move the paddle position. Slide the fence tape over until the needle reads the same as the piece you just cut, in my case, a strong 25 5/8". You're done, that's all there is to it!
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To check the accuracy, I'll make another cut, this time I slide the paddle over until it reads 25 1/4" and make another test cut:
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