Woodstock Shop Fox W1888 Owner's Manual page 76

Model W1888 (For Machines Mfd. Since 10/20)
Parallelism & Clamping Pressure
Set screws on the rear side of the fence flange position
the fence parallel to the blade and adjust the clamping
pressure to hold the fence securely. Before starting this
procedure, make sure the blade is parallel with the miter
slot.
To adjust fence parallelism and clamping pressure, do
these steps:
1. DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
2. Lock fence, tap front side with your fist, and check
to see if it moved sideways over table.
— If fence did not move, proceed to Step 5.
— If fence moved, remove it from table and proceed
to Step 3.
3. Turn each rear set screw (see Figure 114 on
Page 72) in
⁄ of a turn. Glide pads on fence should
1
6
just touch fence tube.
4. Install fence and repeat Step 2.
5. Slide fence up against right-hand edge of miter slot,
as shown in Figure 117, and lock it in place.
6. Examine how fence lines up with miter slot along its
length.
— If fence and miter slot are flush from front to rear,
as shown in Figure 117.(Side View A), fence is
parallel and no further steps are required.
— If rear of fence overlaps miter slot, as shown in
Figure 117.(Side View B), fence is misaligned.
Proceed to Step 7.
7. Remove fence, then alternately loosen and tighten
rear fence set screws in equal amounts to adjust
rear of fence until it is parallel with miter slot.
Fence
Face
Miter
Slots
Top View
Figure 117. Example of aligning fence to
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Flush
Side View (Good)
A
Overlap
Side View (Bad)
B
miter slot.