Well, it was a rainy day, so I headed out to my garage and decided to tinker with putting a few pieces of my new 3100 together. The more I worked at it, the more time flew by and before I knew it, the whole thing was set up.
Now, the only real thing I had difficulty adjusting was the riving knife, which in order to line it up with the center of the blade as indicated, I had to place the shims 3 on one side and 1 on the other side of the riving knife. (which isn't what the dvd showed, which was a 2 and 2 split) I kept the riving knife about 1/8" from the blade all around. I adjusted the front rail to read accurately with the fence and did a few test cuts to make sure everything was ok. I must admit, being used to my old, I mean real old Craftmaster table saw, I'm having a hard time getting accustomed to the blade guard of the 3100. To me it makes seeing the line on the piece of wood I'm working on almost impossible. Another problem I see with the guard and kick back teeth is how I will be able to shave let's say 1/8" off a board when ripping etc. The arms on each side of the guard make it impossible to get any closer than about 5/8" from the blade. What do you seasoned bt31** guys do for such a task ?
I really have to compliment Ryobi for doing an excellent job on packaging this TS. Everything was so well wrapped and the nuts and bolts were even oiled.
The directions were fairly simple (yep, even for stupid ole me)
Although I'm pretty proud of the way I set it up and everything seems fine, I still have my doubts about that riving knife/blade guard set-up. I did my best to align the riving knife with the center of the blade, but something doesn't feel right. I noticed the anti kick back teeth are already leaving a scratch at the rear of the throat plate everytime it goes up or down, which to me isn't normal. Maybe I'll take a look and the dvd again and catch something I didn't do properly. I won't be cutting anymore lumber on it until I know for sure it's safe to go forward.
Anyway, hope it doesn't sound like I'm complaing, because I'm not, in fact, so far, I'm really impressed with how this machine is put together (except the blade guard etc). If anybody has some suggestions, I'm all ears.
Thanks for hearing me out.
Ray
Now, the only real thing I had difficulty adjusting was the riving knife, which in order to line it up with the center of the blade as indicated, I had to place the shims 3 on one side and 1 on the other side of the riving knife. (which isn't what the dvd showed, which was a 2 and 2 split) I kept the riving knife about 1/8" from the blade all around. I adjusted the front rail to read accurately with the fence and did a few test cuts to make sure everything was ok. I must admit, being used to my old, I mean real old Craftmaster table saw, I'm having a hard time getting accustomed to the blade guard of the 3100. To me it makes seeing the line on the piece of wood I'm working on almost impossible. Another problem I see with the guard and kick back teeth is how I will be able to shave let's say 1/8" off a board when ripping etc. The arms on each side of the guard make it impossible to get any closer than about 5/8" from the blade. What do you seasoned bt31** guys do for such a task ?
I really have to compliment Ryobi for doing an excellent job on packaging this TS. Everything was so well wrapped and the nuts and bolts were even oiled.
The directions were fairly simple (yep, even for stupid ole me)
Although I'm pretty proud of the way I set it up and everything seems fine, I still have my doubts about that riving knife/blade guard set-up. I did my best to align the riving knife with the center of the blade, but something doesn't feel right. I noticed the anti kick back teeth are already leaving a scratch at the rear of the throat plate everytime it goes up or down, which to me isn't normal. Maybe I'll take a look and the dvd again and catch something I didn't do properly. I won't be cutting anymore lumber on it until I know for sure it's safe to go forward.
Anyway, hope it doesn't sound like I'm complaing, because I'm not, in fact, so far, I'm really impressed with how this machine is put together (except the blade guard etc). If anybody has some suggestions, I'm all ears.
Thanks for hearing me out.
Ray
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Loring in Katy, TX USA
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