03-13-2017, 09:29 AM
This is an informational post only-not asking for advice on how to fix!
I received a ShopFox cabinet table saw late last year as a gift from my kids. Saw set up and runs very smooth and powers through any ripping I give it, with 2-1/2" cherry being the thickest to date. In setting up the saw, I used a rule, measuring between the miter gage groove and the saw blade. Was still getting some burn marks though! So I invested in a Woodpecker saw gage, and the closest I could get the blade in was .015". At this point, I thought I could do better than measuring against the saw blade and ordered a Master Gage saw plate. Still couldn't do better than about .010". Finally, I started removing the bolts that held the cabinet to the table. With the rear two bolts removed, I got the saw indicated in to between .001" and .002". Looking through the holes where the rear bolts go, each hole was off enough, in the same direction, to not let the bolts be threaded back in. Seems when the saw was built, the rear holes were not drilled correctly, or when the table top was constructed, it was not drilled and tapped correctly.
I cinched down the front two bolts, and in the coming days, when I have another person with a strong back and weak mind, will lift the table off, and ream the holes, to permit proper alignment.
I received a ShopFox cabinet table saw late last year as a gift from my kids. Saw set up and runs very smooth and powers through any ripping I give it, with 2-1/2" cherry being the thickest to date. In setting up the saw, I used a rule, measuring between the miter gage groove and the saw blade. Was still getting some burn marks though! So I invested in a Woodpecker saw gage, and the closest I could get the blade in was .015". At this point, I thought I could do better than measuring against the saw blade and ordered a Master Gage saw plate. Still couldn't do better than about .010". Finally, I started removing the bolts that held the cabinet to the table. With the rear two bolts removed, I got the saw indicated in to between .001" and .002". Looking through the holes where the rear bolts go, each hole was off enough, in the same direction, to not let the bolts be threaded back in. Seems when the saw was built, the rear holes were not drilled correctly, or when the table top was constructed, it was not drilled and tapped correctly.
I cinched down the front two bolts, and in the coming days, when I have another person with a strong back and weak mind, will lift the table off, and ream the holes, to permit proper alignment.
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