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trouble-shooting
WARNING:
REMOVE
POWER
CORD
FROM
POWER
SOURCE
BEFORE
TROUBLE
SHOOTING.
NOTE:
Changing
one adjustment
will effect another,
so it is
best
to
perform
all of
the
alignment
procedures
when
correcting
any one problem.
The usual
operating
"troubles"
are listed
in the following
parag_ aphs with
the necessary
corrections
listed.
RADIAL
SAW
DOES
NOT
MAKE
ACCURATE
0 °or
45 ° MITER
CROSSCUTS.
a.
Looseness
between
column
tube
and
column
support.
Align
as described
in AlignmentProcedure
Section
Step Two.
b.
Crosscut
travel
not properly
adjusted.
Refer
to
Step
Three
in
Alignment
Procedure
Section
Squaring
Crosscut
Travel.
c.
Column
is Loose in Support.
Refer to Step Two in Alignment
Procedure.
d.
Arm Not Indexing
Properly.
Refer
to
Arm
Index
Rod
Adjustment
in
Adjustments
to Compensate
for Wear section.
e.
Carriage Assembly
Loose on Arm.
Refer to Carriage
Bearing Adjustment
in adjustment
to Compensate
for Wear Sections.
f.
Looseness between
Yoke and Carriage Assembly.
Refer
to
"Yoke
Lock
Handle"
adjustment
in
adjustment
to Compensate
for Wear Section.
4
4
J
J
J
3
FINISH
CUT
END
FINISH
CUT
LOOKS
LIKE
THIS
-- 0 ° CROSSCUT
OR LIKE
THIS--
45 ° MITER.
g.
Sawdust between
Work
Piece and Fence.
Keep Front
Work
Table Clean.
h.
Rip Fence Not Straight.
Replace
Fence.
2.
SAW
CUTS
AT
ANGLE
-
NOT
90 ° TO TABLE
TOP.
a.
Table support channels not properly
leveled.
Refer
to
Step
One
under
Alignment
Procedure
Section.
b.
Blade not square to work
table top.
Refer to Step
Four
ir_ Alignment
Procedure
Section.
3.
BLADE
ANGLE
(BEVEL)
CUTS NOT ACCURATE.
a.
Corrective
Action
is the same as paragraph
2A and
B above.
b.
Carriage
Bearings
Loose.
Refer to adjusting
carriage
bearing
in adjustments
to
compensate
for wear section.
_HOULD BE90°
ANGLE
\
_OARD
I
q_QUARE
I
I
c.
Bevel Lock Handle
Loose.
Refer
to
Adjustment
Bevel
Lock
Handle
in
Adjustment
to Compensate
for Wear Section.
4. SAW
KERF
(CUT
EDGE)
OF STOCK
ROUGH
-
TOOTH MARKS LEFT ON EDGE OF SAW KERF.
NOTE:
a.
b.
c,
This conditio0
is commonly
called "HEEL".
Crosscutting
or Miter
Cutting
"Heeling"
will tend to slide the workpiece
along the
guide
fence,
as the cut is being made,
and make a
square cut almost impossible.
Refer to step 5 under Alignment
Procedure
Section
- "Squaring
Blade to Fence."
Bevel Crosscutting
Or Bevel
Ripping.
Refer to Step 5 Under Alignment
Procedure
Section
Vertical
Heel Adjusting.
Using Improper
Blade for Finish Cut Desired.
Use Proper Smooth
Cutting
Blade.
t
,
FENCE
i
i
ROUGH KI_RF _'-_WIDE
CUT"-----
EDGE
(KERF)
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