SawStop 1.75HP - Manual (Page 75)

SawStop 10” Professional Cabinet Saw 73
Adjusting Y
our
Saw
Making Adjustments to Your Saw
Fig. 104
With the blade at a tilt angle of 0º, lower the blade below the table. Make sure to back the handwheels off
slightly to release the pressure between the trunnion assembly and limit stops. Next, position the dial test
indicator near the right side of the blade. The indicator measurement arm should rest against the blade
approximately
1
⁄
2
inch inside the front edge of the blade and about
1
⁄
2
inch higher than the top of the arbor
washer (see Fig. 104). Depending on the geometry of your dial test indicator, it may be necessary to position
the indicator below the table.
Now measure the parallelism of the blade relative to
the miter slots in the table as described above in the
section “Aligning the Table” (see page
65) . Note the
readout of the dial indicator including whether it is
positive or negative.
If the measurement is 0.002 inch or less, then the
blade elevation assembly is aligned within the
margin of error for this measurement and, therefore,
no further alignment is needed. If the measurement
is greater than 0.002 inch, you can adjust the bottom
bolt on the secondary elevation shaft to reduce the
error.
To align the blade elevation assembly, you will
need to adjust the position of the nut and standoff
on the bottom bolt of the secondary elevation shaft
(shown in Fig. 105) until the blade is parallel to the
miter slot as measured by sliding the dial indicator
across the blade. Use a 10 mm wrench to turn
the nut and standoff and make only small turns
(about one-third of a turn at a time) . If your reading
above was negative, fi rst loosen the nut by turning
it counter-clockwise and then turn the standoff
counter-clockwise the same amount so that it moves
towards the nut. If your reading above was positive,
fi rst turn the standoff clockwise and then turn the nut
clockwise the same amount so that it moves towards
the standoff. Measure the parallelism of the blade
relative to the miter slots and
keep adjusting the nut
and standoff until the reading on the dial indicator is
zero as you slide the dial indicator across the blade.
Once the blade is parallel to the miter slots with the
blade fully lowered, make sure the small nut at the
end of the bolt is tight and fully raise the blade. Now
measure the parallelism of the fully raised blade. If
the blade is not parallel to the miter slots, you will
need to redo the alignment process. Begin by re-
aligning the table with the blade fully elevated and at
a 0º tilt angle as described on page
65 . Then continue
the alignment process by re-aligning the blade to the
tilt axis (see page
69 ) and then re-aligning the blade
elevation assembly (see page 72 ).
Fig. 105
standoff
nut
secondary
elevation
shaft
bottom
bolt