I have an older model (green hammertone) Dewalt 10" ras. I have squared the
axis of travel to the fence right on the money. Now I believe the blade is
not parallel to he axis of travel. The back of the blade rubs the board on
the left as it comes out of the cut. Does anyone know how to adjust this?
Thanks for any help you can give.
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Bill Rittner
R & B ENTERPRISES
Manchester, CT
[email protected]
"Don't take this life too seriously.......nobody
gets out alive" (Unknown)
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Bill,
I have an 11 page article written by Roger Hill on the
DeWalt. This article used to reside over on Badger Pond and
a friend snatched it away before that forum went Tango
Uniform.
I really don't think it'll get you fixed but I can guarantee
that it will put you in the right direction. The file looks
to be around 50KB so it's not too big.
Ping me on the back channel if you'd like me to slip a copy
of it in a cyber envelope and post it with the morning mail.
UA100
Thanks for all of the help. Now I have the info and resources to make this
saw purrrrrrrr :)
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Bill Rittner
R & B ENTERPRISES
Manchester, CT
[email protected]
"Don't take this life too seriously.......nobody
gets out alive" (Unknown)
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"Bill Rittner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:MS1Lb.70257$hf1.52132@lakeread06...
> I have an older model (green hammertone) Dewalt 10" ras. I have squared
the
> axis of travel to the fence right on the money. Now I believe the blade is
> not parallel to he axis of travel. The back of the blade rubs the board on
> the left as it comes out of the cut. Does anyone know how to adjust this?
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> --
> Bill Rittner
> R & B ENTERPRISES
> Manchester, CT
>
> [email protected]
>
> "Don't take this life too seriously.......nobody
> gets out alive" (Unknown)
>
> Remove "no" to reply
>
>
There is a book called "fine tuning your Radial Arm Saw." It is quite good, but
out of print. You can probably find it at the library.
Len
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Bill Rittner wrote:
> I have an older model (green hammertone) Dewalt 10" ras. I have squared the
> axis of travel to the fence right on the money. Now I believe the blade is
> not parallel to he axis of travel. The back of the blade rubs the board on
> the left as it comes out of the cut. Does anyone know how to adjust this?
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> --
> Bill Rittner
> R & B ENTERPRISES
> Manchester, CT
>
> [email protected]
>
> "Don't take this life too seriously.......nobody
> gets out alive" (Unknown)
>
> Remove "no" to reply
>
>
You can get this info here:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/woodbutcher/start
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"Bill Rittner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:MS1Lb.70257$hf1.52132@lakeread06...
> I have an older model (green hammertone) Dewalt 10" ras. I have squared
the
> axis of travel to the fence right on the money. Now I believe the blade is
> not parallel to he axis of travel. The back of the blade rubs the board on
> the left as it comes out of the cut. Does anyone know how to adjust this?
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> --
> Bill Rittner
> R & B ENTERPRISES
> Manchester, CT
>
> [email protected]
>
> "Don't take this life too seriously.......nobody
> gets out alive" (Unknown)
>
> Remove "no" to reply
>
>
On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 02:29:06 GMT, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Bill,
>
>I have an 11 page article written by Roger Hill on the
>DeWalt. This article used to reside over on Badger Pond and
>a friend snatched it away before that forum went Tango
>Uniform.
I think most of the articles from the Pond are now at WoodCentral
( http://www.woodcentral.com )
Did you ever post on the Pond? I don't remember you (I think I have
all of your noms de web). Or were you just saying you got it from
there?
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
"Fine Tuning Your Radial Arm Saw" by Jon Eakes is out of print, but
still available as an Acrobat file from the author's web site,
www.joneakes.com Price is about $15CAN, came to about $12US. This
book has the best, most detailed, adjustment procedures for a RAS
I've ever seen. Eakes not only explains how to make adjustments, but
explains how they are interrelated. He provides methods to deal with
the slop inherent in newer, steel-armed saws. With the older, cast
iron DeWalts you can easily achieve a very high level of accuracy,
precision and repeatability. This book is only about tuning the saw,
but I think it is essential to anyone with a RAS.
As Rumpty suggested, "How To Master The Radial Saw" by Wally Kunkel
has tune-up procedures for the DeWalt, plans for an FLAT, rigid table,
and everything you need to know about using the saw for any kind of
cut.
I had a SCMS and a JET cabinet saw before I inherited my Dad's DeWalt
1400. These two books taught me how it could work. The SCMS is now
used only on rough sizing cuts (and borrowed by my brother-in-law). I
use the cabinet saw when a cut exceeds the capacity of the DeWalt.
Most everything else is done more simply and more accurately on the
DeWalt.
"Bill Rittner" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have an older model (green hammertone) Dewalt 10" ras. I have squared the
>axis of travel to the fence right on the money. Now I believe the blade is
>not parallel to he axis of travel. The back of the blade rubs the board on
>the left as it comes out of the cut. Does anyone know how to adjust this?
>Thanks for any help you can give.
> There is a book called "fine tuning your Radial Arm Saw." It is quite
good, but
> out of print.
Take a look at "How To Master The Radial Saw" by Wally Kunkel, available
from
http://mrsawdust.com/
>The back of the blade rubs the board on
>the left as it comes out of the cut. Does anyone know how to adjust this?
There are 3 adjustment screws on the back of the motor/yoke assembly used
for this adjustment. The Mr. Sawdust book has complete details for tune-ups.
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Rumpty
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