Long-time lurker, but now for my first post...
Even though it rarely has ever seemed to cause an issue, I am coming to realize now that I've started getting into woodworking as more of a regular hobby than an every now and then type affair that something is genuinely amiss with the fence on my old trusty BT3000. The far end has never really locked down that I can tell, and after reading articles here, it would appear that it is definitely supposed to lock hard. In examining things, it would appear that either the aluminum extrusion for the fence is too long, or there are some spacers somewhere that my saw never had. Since I bought it used more than 20 years ago, I don't know that we'd ever know for sure, but from what I can tell, the little finger which is supposed to cinch up the rail against the roller is nowhere near the rail, and therefore cannot grab. No amount of adjusting the adjuster screw on the actuator rod will cause it to grab; this picture is as close as it can ever get.
Not only this, but it also doesn't seem to move the finger very much at all when the handle on the near end is clamped or unclamped. Plus, as you can see, it doesn't even look like the roller rolls on anything but air. For what it's worth, the near-side (front?) clamping mechanism works great!
Help!
Even though it rarely has ever seemed to cause an issue, I am coming to realize now that I've started getting into woodworking as more of a regular hobby than an every now and then type affair that something is genuinely amiss with the fence on my old trusty BT3000. The far end has never really locked down that I can tell, and after reading articles here, it would appear that it is definitely supposed to lock hard. In examining things, it would appear that either the aluminum extrusion for the fence is too long, or there are some spacers somewhere that my saw never had. Since I bought it used more than 20 years ago, I don't know that we'd ever know for sure, but from what I can tell, the little finger which is supposed to cinch up the rail against the roller is nowhere near the rail, and therefore cannot grab. No amount of adjusting the adjuster screw on the actuator rod will cause it to grab; this picture is as close as it can ever get.
Not only this, but it also doesn't seem to move the finger very much at all when the handle on the near end is clamped or unclamped. Plus, as you can see, it doesn't even look like the roller rolls on anything but air. For what it's worth, the near-side (front?) clamping mechanism works great!
Help!
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