I've had my BT3100 for a couple of years now and am very happy.
The past month or so, we've been doing some remodeling. I've been moving my saw from the rear of the garage to the driveway (to save on cleanup).
Yesterday I noticed that my rip fence was doing something 'new' .... after I'd position it and start to press the handle down to lock it... this is hard to explain... but the 'feel' was different, and although it wasn't some loud noise, what came to my mind was that the mechanism was 'growling' at me... sort of a metal groaning feel and sound. It just wan't the smooth operation I was used to. And.. it seemed to me, the alignment wasn't as dead-on as I'm used to.
I verified that the fence was in the slot both front and rear.
I had been sliding the rails out to be able to be able to accomodate a larger work piece - but I've done that before.
I'm going to pull my manual out and see what I can see, but I wanted to float this here and see what anyone had to say.
Side question number 1: when adjusting the alignment screws on the top of the fence, should the handle be unlocked, locked, partially locked, or what?? I read one system that seemed to say you 'slightly' lock it.
A side question - many of the 'homemade' alignment processes rely on a perfectly square jig... how do you get a perfectly square piece of wood to use for alignment if your saw might not be aligned correctly in the first place?
Thanks for any help.
The past month or so, we've been doing some remodeling. I've been moving my saw from the rear of the garage to the driveway (to save on cleanup).
Yesterday I noticed that my rip fence was doing something 'new' .... after I'd position it and start to press the handle down to lock it... this is hard to explain... but the 'feel' was different, and although it wasn't some loud noise, what came to my mind was that the mechanism was 'growling' at me... sort of a metal groaning feel and sound. It just wan't the smooth operation I was used to. And.. it seemed to me, the alignment wasn't as dead-on as I'm used to.
I verified that the fence was in the slot both front and rear.
I had been sliding the rails out to be able to be able to accomodate a larger work piece - but I've done that before.
I'm going to pull my manual out and see what I can see, but I wanted to float this here and see what anyone had to say.
Side question number 1: when adjusting the alignment screws on the top of the fence, should the handle be unlocked, locked, partially locked, or what?? I read one system that seemed to say you 'slightly' lock it.
A side question - many of the 'homemade' alignment processes rely on a perfectly square jig... how do you get a perfectly square piece of wood to use for alignment if your saw might not be aligned correctly in the first place?
Thanks for any help.
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