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Making adjustments to your saw, Adjusting your saw – SawStop ICS73600 User Manual

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SawStop 10” Industrial Cabinet Saw 53

Adjusting

Your Saw

Making Adjustments to Your Saw

The geometry involved in this alignment procedure is tricky. That is because there is no way to easily measure

the parallelism between the blade and the tilt axis. Instead, you must measure the alignment between the

blade and the table at both 0° tilt and 45° tilt. The difference in those measurements is proportional to the non-

parallelism between the blade and the tilt axis. To ensure accurate alignment, follow the procedure described

below exactly.

To align the blade to the tilt axis, you will need a dial test indicator with a resolution and accuracy of at least

0.0005 inches, and a mount for the indicator that will slide smoothly in the miter slots. An example of a suitable

mount is shown in Fig. 47. You will also need a 6 mm hex L-wrench (a “stubby” hex L-wrench works best).

First, align the table as described on page 46, using the precision alignment procedure. Make sure the non-

parallelism between the miter slot and the blade is as close to zero as possible. If the final parallelism is not

zero, write down the misalignment, including whether it is positive or negative. This is the first measurement

for this procedure.

Next, move the dial indicator measurement arm off the blade and tilt the blade to approximately 45°. Make sure

not to tighten the tilt hand wheel against the 45° limit stop. Now reposition the dial indicator measurement arm

against the right side of the blade and about

1

/

4

inch directly above the arbor flange. Slide the dial indicator

mount toward the front of the saw until the measurement arm is about

1

/

2

inch inside the front edge of the

blade. See Fig. 58. Set the dial indicator readout to zero.

Slide the dial test indicator mount smoothly

toward the back of the saw until the

measurement arm is about

1

/

2

inch inside

the rear edge of the blade. Note the reading

of the dial indicator as the mount moves

across the blade. Write down the final

number, including whether it is positive or

negative. This is the second measurement

for this procedure.

Now take the difference between the

first measurement and the second

measurement. If one measurement is

positive and the other negative, make sure

to take the full difference. For example, if the

first measurement is +0.002 inch and the

second measurement is -0.004 inch, then

the difference is 0.006 inch. Write down the

difference between the two measurements.

This number is proportional to the non-

parallelism between the blade and the tilt

axis.

If the difference is 0.002 inch or less, then

the blade is parallel to the tilt axis within the margin of error for this procedure and no further alignment

is necessary. For differences larger than 0.002 inch, you can adjust the angle of the blade to improve the

parallelism between the blade and the tilt axis. The adjustment must be made at a 0° tilt angle.

Fig. 58

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