This is my first post to this website so please be gentle….I have a 81/4 Hitachi compound slider saw and I cannot keep it square. I adjust it for 90degrees at one 45degree setting and when I swing to the other side at 45 it is out of square. Is the saw sprung? I have the same problem when cutting compound miters. The saw is about 8yrs old…am I just due for another? Also are larger diameter mitersaws more durable given that they are not sliders? Tnx
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Hold a straight edge across both fences and see if they are lined up.
Still have the book that came with it?
Probably candownload it in PDF version online from Hitachi.
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Steve, I agree with Doodabug. I have three saws of different brands with those one piece fences and they are all bowed. You have to adjust one side ,tighten, and then spring the other into adjustment and tighten.
My 8 1/4 hatachi has two seperate fences. One left One right.
my old delta sawbuck compound sliding miter saw acted the same way. the two fences were connected by a round head at the pivot point, and the fences were not aligned. i put a straight edge across the fence, then used a bar clamp from the center of the round head to the front of the bed, and pulled the head until the fences were back in alignment. maybe it was heavyhanded, but it worked.
Here is a link to that saw on the Hitachi web site. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll find some pdf files that should give you the info you need to align the fence:
http://tinyurl.com/c56r3
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