I've just noticed something that I don't recall seeing discussed (at least recently) here- tilting of the rip fence off vertical- i.e. not perpendicular to the table.
I've never had any problems with the rip fence- it locks/unlocks and glides smoothly, and is consistently parallel with the blade. It's adjusted so that I get good clamping to the rear rail with maybe a 30 degree rotation of the locking handle (to horizontal).
I just noticed, though, that as I lock the fence, the left end of the front bar (where the scale cursor is inserted) tends to rise slightly (<1/16")- rotating the top of the fence slightly clockwise. I can hold the left side down, and the right side of the bar will rise, or, I can hold down the center- where the fence attaches, and they both tend to rise about the same.
I can't see anything on the front bar that ensures that the fence locks absolutely perpendicular to the rails and table in the vertical plane. It's never caused me any problems with cuts, that I'm aware of, but my ripping so far has been of wood flat on the table. However, I can picture potential accuracy issues if ripping tall pieces, such as tendons or panels vertically.
Am I missing something in fence adjustment or locking technique, or is this not a real practical problem?
I've never had any problems with the rip fence- it locks/unlocks and glides smoothly, and is consistently parallel with the blade. It's adjusted so that I get good clamping to the rear rail with maybe a 30 degree rotation of the locking handle (to horizontal).
I just noticed, though, that as I lock the fence, the left end of the front bar (where the scale cursor is inserted) tends to rise slightly (<1/16")- rotating the top of the fence slightly clockwise. I can hold the left side down, and the right side of the bar will rise, or, I can hold down the center- where the fence attaches, and they both tend to rise about the same.
I can't see anything on the front bar that ensures that the fence locks absolutely perpendicular to the rails and table in the vertical plane. It's never caused me any problems with cuts, that I'm aware of, but my ripping so far has been of wood flat on the table. However, I can picture potential accuracy issues if ripping tall pieces, such as tendons or panels vertically.
Am I missing something in fence adjustment or locking technique, or is this not a real practical problem?
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