Aligning The Blade To The Tilt Axis - SawStop CB31230 Owner's Manual

Making Adjustments to Your Saw
Now rotate the blade until the point
you marked is just above the table but
toward the back of the saw. Repeat the
measurements above (see Fig. 51). If
necessary, loosen the table mounting
bolts and adjust the position of the table
as described in the Preferred Table
Alignment Procedure. Repeat the above
measurements and table alignment until
you are satisfied with the parallelism
between the blade and the miter slot.
Finally, tighten the table mounting bolts.

3. Aligning the Blade to the Tilt Axis:

When making bevel cuts, the blade is tilted on a axis that runs along the surface of the table between the front
and rear trunnion brackets. See Fig. 52. If the blade is not parallel to this axis, the blade will move out of parallel
with the miter slots when it is tilted away from 0º (this assumes the table has been aligned to be parallel to the
blade at 0º tilt angle). The SawStop cabinet saw is the only major cabinet saw that allows you to fine tune the
parallelism of the blade and the tilt axis.
The geometry involved in this alignment
procedure is tricky. That is because
there is no way to easily measure the
parallelism between the blade and the
tilt axis. Instead, you must measure the
alignment between the blade and the
table at both 0° tilt and 45° degrees tilt.
The difference in those measurements
is proportional to the non-parallelism
between the blade and the tilt axis. To
ensure accurate alignment, follow the
procedure described below exactly.
Fig. 51
tilt axis
Fig. 52
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