I just purchased a Grizzly G1023SLWX - it's about two weeks old. After setup I did some checking and noticed that when I set the miter at 90 to the blade in the left slot and move it to the right slot it's no longer 90 to the blade and needs a little tweaking. This made me think that the slots weren't parallel to each other.
The left slot is perfect to the blade with a reading of 0.000. The right slot is almost perfect to the blade with a reading of +0.001. Run out check - good enough for me.
But my problem (?) is that the miter slots aren't parallel to each other. I've done two different readings. The first (two pictures below) came out to -0.0075 and the second (done just now to check) came out at -0.0055 (no picture). These two were from the left slot to the right slot. I did a reverse - right to left and it came out to -0.0095 the worst reading (see second set of pictures).
This tells me that when I stand at the front of the table saw the two miter slots spread away from each other going from front to back.
After adjusting the fence to -0.002 (no picture) from the left miter slot I checked it’s parallel to the right slot and it came out to +0.007 (picture below) the first time and +0.005 (no picture) the second time.
This leads me to the simple question: is this something I should call Grizzly about?
I understand the each slot is just fine to the blade. But, my issue is that I'd like to build a sled using runner guides in both slots. This will bind my sled as I push it through. Right?
Thanks for your help and thoughts!
Kevin