Simple sawstop question - miter

[Bob Cooper]

If I want to tilt the blade to 45 degrees do I need a different insert than the stock one?

[Jay Aubuchon]

No, you do not. I have done this plenty of times. You might want to rotate the blade by hand after tilting, just to make sure that nothing is odd about yours.

[Lee Schierer]

If it is a zero clearance type then yes you definitely do need to a different insert. If there is 1/4" or more clearance on each side of the blade then you probably don't. I do not know what comes standard with a sawstop.

[Jay Aubuchon]

Unless things have changed, the stock insert is not zero clearance.

[Johnny Barr]

I do bevels all the time and the stock ZCI is fine but I have made a bevel crosscut sled as part of my box making which does give me zero clearance. The stock insert works well for bevel rips.IMG_20180109_122553.jpg

[Bob Cooper]

hmmm...well the reason i asked is because i angled the blade to 45 and the blade felt like it was just barely rubbing. Fine, i'll let the blade trim the insert but it wouldn't power up. So i looked and the red light was on -- sorry i should have paid more attention and noticed the pattern but maybe red on, green blinking. so i straightened the blade up and all green at which point i did a quick post here from my iphone.

i can experiment a little more tomorrow to see what triggers the failure condition. I can also shoot you a picture of the insert.

The saw is an ICS

[Tim M Tuttle]

Unless things have changed, the stock insert is not zero clearance.

I got a SawStop contractor saw last year and the insert was a zci.

[Bob Cooper]

Well...never mind. I just went back out to the shop and watched the led as I tilted the blade and all worked fine

[Bob Cooper]

Lol. Well I think I figured it out. It errored out when I put my tilt box on the blade to check it for 45. So this time I turned to saw off, got the blade to the right angle and turn it on. No issues. Helps to look at the manual to decipher the error codes.