Hello helpful people and thanks to everyone that keeps this site up.
I haven't used a table saw since 2003, but I recently purchased a used BT3000 for a home renovation project here in Louisville. I've been troubleshooting some things (with varying degrees of success) and I'm now stuck on the SMT. The Miter Table Top will only slide along the Miter Base if I really apply some force. From reading through the manual, doing some google searching, and looking through the forums here on SawdustZone, I'm a bit confused about how to diagnose the problem and then deal with the issue. I'm wondering if the Slides are screwed on too tight, thereby restricting their ability to slide along the Miter Base, but I don't want to just start unscrewing them because the language in the Manual about adjusting the SMT says that as soon as you start unscrewing anything, "these settings need to be reset." (Not sure what they mean by "these settings" and how to properly reset them.) Not to mention it seems like a lot of time/work to go through all the checks/adjustments in that part of the manual (remember - I'm basically a novice at all this and have rather little experience with anything mechanical).
Anyways, If anyone has suggestions for how to check for the cause of my "sticky" SMT, I'd really appreciate some feedback. I think that's a good place to start for now, maybe we can eventually work toward how I go about fixing the problem.
Thanks everyone!
-Devon
I haven't used a table saw since 2003, but I recently purchased a used BT3000 for a home renovation project here in Louisville. I've been troubleshooting some things (with varying degrees of success) and I'm now stuck on the SMT. The Miter Table Top will only slide along the Miter Base if I really apply some force. From reading through the manual, doing some google searching, and looking through the forums here on SawdustZone, I'm a bit confused about how to diagnose the problem and then deal with the issue. I'm wondering if the Slides are screwed on too tight, thereby restricting their ability to slide along the Miter Base, but I don't want to just start unscrewing them because the language in the Manual about adjusting the SMT says that as soon as you start unscrewing anything, "these settings need to be reset." (Not sure what they mean by "these settings" and how to properly reset them.) Not to mention it seems like a lot of time/work to go through all the checks/adjustments in that part of the manual (remember - I'm basically a novice at all this and have rather little experience with anything mechanical).
Anyways, If anyone has suggestions for how to check for the cause of my "sticky" SMT, I'd really appreciate some feedback. I think that's a good place to start for now, maybe we can eventually work toward how I go about fixing the problem.
Thanks everyone!
-Devon
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