Sometimes you are too stupid to be a woodworker.

[johndi]

Or, you could be lazy and stupid when wiring a ceiling fixture.
Just turn off the wall switch.
Down is off right????
Except when you install the switch upside down.
Thank god I landed on my arse when I fell off the ladder.

[Arlin Eastman]

So the other day I was out in the workshop and was in need of cutting a piece of wood at a 45* angle.  I tried to tilt my saw blade and the carriage did not want to move.  So I packed it in of the day and said to myself that sometime in the future I would need to investigate why it the carriage was not tilting.

Today was that day.  I started tearing apart my Hitachi 10" table saw to get to the spiral cams and trunions the saw blade tilts upon. I had to tip it on its top after pulling the fence guides off.  Then the legs came off as well as the dust port.  So, now basically I have a intact table saw upside down and still wondering why the blade won't tilt.

Next is a few sprays of rust remover, because I suspected the trunions had rusted while sitting in my shop for a while.  That did not work so I scratched my head and wondered why oh why will the saw not tilt.

Then in a eureka moment, I saw on the front of the saw base a nut attached to a long rod which runs back to the trunion housing.  Woooooops.  I had forgotten that there was a nut which has an arm attached to it that locks the saw tilting in place.  I had forgot to release that nut and thus the trunions would not release.  CRAP.  Sometimes just thinking a process through would be more helpful than jumping into a project.

But on the bright side, I have gotten to tune up my table saw.  I sanded the table top, aligned the fence supports, cleaned the interior, and flattened the table top.

So, all in all, a good learning experience and a quick tune up for a good table saw.

I would not say Stupid since people get so focused they lose track of other things.

[Steve N]

I have absolutely, never (ever) had something like that happen to me!

Whooooo lucky for me I had just put these on before opening this thread