Recently, I moved from Ohio back to Colorado. In the process of that move, I
disassembled my Unisaw down to the base parts to which it was shipped to me.
I then went ahead to Colorado trying to track down gainful employment and
some place to live. In the interim, the moving company removed the cast-iron
top from the base of the Unisaw. Which, I don't think, was too big of a
deal.
However, yesterday (and months later) - I reassembled the saw. Hours later,
I took my trusty TS-Aligner and began the process of tuning up the saw.
Clean, straight cuts and the sweet smell of cherry was only minutes away....
However, for the life of me, I could not get my blade aligned w/ the miter
slots. I've gotten very close tolerances previously on this saw - but, could
not get my table parallel after hours of trying.
Has anybody experienced this? Is it possible that completely removing the
table could be causing some issue? Is it possible, that through shipping,
the motor itself was knocked out of alignment from the base?
(Note to self) - Align blade BEFORE assembling the wings, side tables,
etc....
Thanks,
jbd
Loosen the bolts that attach the table to the base, then tap a corner of the
top with a mallet . Keep doing this until the alligment is correct, then
retighten the bolts. After this recheck the allignment to make sure .
After this, allign your fence with the mitre slot.....mjh
"John Dykes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Recently, I moved from Ohio back to Colorado. In the process of that move,
I
> disassembled my Unisaw down to the base parts to which it was shipped to
me.
> I then went ahead to Colorado trying to track down gainful employment and
> some place to live. In the interim, the moving company removed the
cast-iron
> top from the base of the Unisaw. Which, I don't think, was too big of a
> deal.
>
> However, yesterday (and months later) - I reassembled the saw. Hours
later,
> I took my trusty TS-Aligner and began the process of tuning up the saw.
> Clean, straight cuts and the sweet smell of cherry was only minutes
away....
>
> However, for the life of me, I could not get my blade aligned w/ the miter
> slots. I've gotten very close tolerances previously on this saw - but,
could
> not get my table parallel after hours of trying.
>
> Has anybody experienced this? Is it possible that completely removing the
> table could be causing some issue? Is it possible, that through shipping,
> the motor itself was knocked out of alignment from the base?
>
> (Note to self) - Align blade BEFORE assembling the wings, side tables,
> etc....
>
> Thanks,
> jbd
>
>
final dialing in can involve swapping out shims. are you getting
errors that pop up if you align for 90 degrees then check it at 45?
Bridger
On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 17:37:42 GMT, "Mike Hide" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Loosen the bolts that attach the table to the base, then tap a corner of the
>top with a mallet . Keep doing this until the alligment is correct, then
>retighten the bolts. After this recheck the allignment to make sure .
>
>After this, allign your fence with the mitre slot.....mjh
>
>
>
>
>
>
>"John Dykes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Recently, I moved from Ohio back to Colorado. In the process of that move,
>I
>> disassembled my Unisaw down to the base parts to which it was shipped to
>me.
>> I then went ahead to Colorado trying to track down gainful employment and
>> some place to live. In the interim, the moving company removed the
>cast-iron
>> top from the base of the Unisaw. Which, I don't think, was too big of a
>> deal.
>>
>> However, yesterday (and months later) - I reassembled the saw. Hours
>later,
>> I took my trusty TS-Aligner and began the process of tuning up the saw.
>> Clean, straight cuts and the sweet smell of cherry was only minutes
>away....
>>
>> However, for the life of me, I could not get my blade aligned w/ the miter
>> slots. I've gotten very close tolerances previously on this saw - but,
>could
>> not get my table parallel after hours of trying.
>>
>> Has anybody experienced this? Is it possible that completely removing the
>> table could be causing some issue? Is it possible, that through shipping,
>> the motor itself was knocked out of alignment from the base?
>>
>> (Note to self) - Align blade BEFORE assembling the wings, side tables,
>> etc....
>>
>> Thanks,
>> jbd
>>
>>