so I spent about 45 min in the WS today trying to square up the miter fence of my MS. Now it is a Ryobi and don’t tell me throw it out the window… I don’t have any windows in the shop. I tilted the fence one way, off by 1/16th of an inch over 5 1/2″, eventually I tilt the fence the other way, and it is off ny the same amount THE SAME DIRECTION!! is it something about the saw itself that will never be square? HELP!?!?!?
yep I change my oil every 3000
miles or when I get bored…
which ever comes first
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How's your blade?
PAHS works. Bury it.
I think the blade is still good, ill switch the blades and check
yep I change my oil every 3000 miles or when I get bored...which ever comes first
If you can't straighten it, drill and tap a hole close to the left of the blade and put in a hex set-screw. Use a little loc-tite on it until you get it just right. Put it about 1/4" up from the table so you can cut thin or thick stock. Did that on a Delta once. POS fence.
Or, you can put a mark at true 90, 45, and 22.5 on the gauge and use it that way.
When setting up a new saw, I always use 1/2" MDF. Rip both sides paralell and mark and use the same side against the fence. Makes a clean edge for the square to rest on.
When making really critical cuts, I always run a test because things can get outta wack when you're slapping 12' treated 2X6's on it and cutting...
Is the fence 1 solid peice across the back of the blade? It might be bowed. I had a
cheapie Delta like that and I had to "kiss" the face on a belt sander (large floor
machine) so it was flat. Then I was able to square to the blade. In a pinch, you can
cheat like crazy and shim your stock so it's squre, not much fun... but the price is
right. Good luck.
-d
Edited 9/23/2008 10:42 pm ET by dcarroll3000
Edited 9/23/2008 10:44 pm ET by dcarroll3000
One peice, I'll check for straightness tomorrow
yep I change my oil every 3000 miles or when I get bored...which ever comes first
Did you check the whole fence, end to end, for straightness? I'm not familiar with your specific tool, but I do know that little kickbacks eventually add up to a hollowed fence.
Sometimes the fences are completely separate, two-piece units, and sometimes they are one-piece, with a back section curving around to clear the blade. Even the one-piece units can be deformed by kickbacks, though.
Surprisingly enough, these one-piece units can often be easy to realign. Most castings have "memory", and if you yank or hammer them forcefully back into line, they quite often fall back into perfect alignment.
Great in theory, and often it actually happens, but most of us end up shimming our fences with coffee stirrers, slices of hinge-box cardboard, and bits of paper. That's my take.
AitchKay
my old delta bucksaw had a one piece fence that had a half-round bridge in the middle. when i figured out that the fence was not straight, i put a bar clamp over the back of the fence and the front of the bed, then pulled it back into shape by tightening slowly.
Get a new square that reads right..Lol
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that's one thing I'm sure of, my square is square
yep I change my oil every 3000 miles or when I get bored...which ever comes first
Ah-ha!
But is it perpendicular to the fence?
Irritatiating minds must know...
Interesting story about squares being square. I was cutting rafters with my new speed square, every one was coming out wrong. Went and got my old one, low and behold the markings were off. The moral of the story, don't depend on harbor freight squares>G<