Before I attempted a new project recently, I decided to check and realign the SMT assembly and fence. I ended up making everything even worse - so worse, that I borrowed my son's smt and used it for my project.
This week I got around to reading all the info on this forum that I could find and with that info and the manual, I spend a few hours adjusting everything and I thought I had everything back to specs. At least it checked out that way before i turned on the saw! When I did the 5 cut test of a 12" square (which I found on this website), I ended up with the last cut having a difference of 0.050" (or about 3/64") between the widths of the top and bottom of the last slice. That seems a little too large. What is tolerable? The author states it would be that difference over the distance of a 46" board.
Also (of more certain, I think), the corners of the square that I cut have angles of 89 and 91 degrees. As I mentioned, it seemed that all the individual alignments were spot on but obviously not! I will check everything out again before making any adjustments. Do my results indicate whether it is the fence or the table or the rails that are the culprit?
Thanks for any help.
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This week I got around to reading all the info on this forum that I could find and with that info and the manual, I spend a few hours adjusting everything and I thought I had everything back to specs. At least it checked out that way before i turned on the saw! When I did the 5 cut test of a 12" square (which I found on this website), I ended up with the last cut having a difference of 0.050" (or about 3/64") between the widths of the top and bottom of the last slice. That seems a little too large. What is tolerable? The author states it would be that difference over the distance of a 46" board.
Also (of more certain, I think), the corners of the square that I cut have angles of 89 and 91 degrees. As I mentioned, it seemed that all the individual alignments were spot on but obviously not! I will check everything out again before making any adjustments. Do my results indicate whether it is the fence or the table or the rails that are the culprit?
Thanks for any help.
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