Adjusting Rip Fence Guide Bars - RIDGID TS2412 Owner's Manual

Adjusting Rip Fence Guide Bars

WARNING: Front and rear guide bars must be
aligned with blade. Misaligned guide bars could
twist. Twisted guide bars could misalign fence. A
misaligned fence could cause binding or kickback.
You could be hit or cut.
Installing Shims
1. From the bag labeled "Guide Bars" remove the follow-
ing hardware:
10 Very thin shim washers.
2. Loosen the 5 nuts holding the rear guide bar in place.
3. Holding the guide bar against the rear of saw table and
extensions, note if there is any gap between the table
or extension and the inside face of the rear guide bar. If
no gap exists, finger tighten nuts. If gap appears, slip
shim washers into gap until space is full.
4. Stack shim washers on table or extension nearest to
bolt that is affected.
5. When all five bolt locations have been checked, slide
guide bar off of bolts and install stacks of shim wash-
ers between guide bar and table or extension of appro-
priate bolt(s).
6. Reinstall rear guide bar and realign the "mark" on rear
guide bar as described earlier. Finger tighten nuts.
Aligning Rip Fence Guide Bars
1. Position rip fence over right miter gauge groove. While
holding up rear of rip fence engage front end of rip
fence onto the front guide bar. Now lower rip fence
down onto table.
2. Open owners manual so that 8 pages are separated
from the rest of the book. Use these pages like a feeler
gage to set the spacing between the bottom of the
fence and the table top.
3. Rip fence should clear saw table/extension surface just
enough to allow eight pages to slide back and forth
under rip fence. If rip fence is too high or too low,
loosen nuts holding front guide bar and adjust bar up
or down. Wrench tighten nuts when proper alignment
is achieved.
4. Adjust rear guide bar, as noted above.
5. Slide fence left and right on guide bar to ensure clear-
ance from side to side and from front to back. If neces-
sary readjust rip fence guide bars to get proper
clearance. Wrench tighten all nuts holding guide bars
in place.
NOTE: During this adjustment, the left/right positioning of
the guide bars could be affected. Realignment may be
necessary.
Shim
Washers
21
Very Thin
Shim Washer
Table or
Extension
Rear Guide Bar
Owners Manual
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