sliding table adjustment

[ole]

The sliding table on my saw is grossly out of adjustment. I used the method in the manual and still no go. Any suggestions out there ?

[JR]

Hi, Ole, welcome to BT3Central.

This article was posted just yesterday. Hope it helps.
http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=33234

JR

[ragswl4]

The sliding table on my saw is grossly out of adjustment. I used the method in the manual and still no go. Any suggestions out there ?

Ole,

Here is a thread on that subject:http://www.bt3central.com/showthread...=smt+alignment

Also if you do a search on "SMT Alignment" it will produce a lot of other threads.

Good Luck.

[ole]

JR and Rags,

Thanks much, this is my first time to BT3, I'm sure I'll be back for more.

Ole

[gwyneth]

Even more productive than searching for SMT Alignment is searching for plain SMT.

Or page backwards through this section of the forum and read the thread headlines.

I've done both, several times.

The most important thing is: don't give up hope.

It can be aligned correctly, and once it is, should stay that way. (I still check every cut and am still amazed that each is square--the old BT pros probably accept that fact, but it took me so long to finally "get it" concerning the SMT that it's still a little hard to believe that it got right and stayed right.)

This forum has dozens, if not hundreds, of useful tips about just the SMT--many that don't appear in the manual; are poorly explained; or even misleading in the official literature.

For instance, sometimes chronic adjustment issues occur when the saw isn't level and disappear once that's corrected.

Another crucial factor is doing the steps in the right order. They each build on the previous one and it's futile to do one out of order.

All in all, IMO this forum is more valuable than an extended warranty.