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PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION
Handwheel is hard to turn or
column binds.
1. Sawdust has collected on the
elevating shaft.
1. Remove handwheel; clean and
lubricate the shaft.
2. Column is out of alignment.
2. See Adjusting the Column
Tube in Assembly section.
Saw bums or scores edges of
wood in cut.
1. Column tube is too loose in the
column support.
1. See Adjusting the Column
Tube in Assembly section.
2. Blade or teeth are bent or dull. 2. Sharpen or replace the blade.
See the removal procedure in
Assembly section.
3. Blade is out of alignment.
3. Use blade alignment proce-
dures in Adjustment section.
4. Wrong blade is being used,
4. Change blade. See the removal
procedure in Assembly section.
5. Board iswarped.
5. Replace the board.
6, Arm is loose or misaligned.
6. See Setting the Arm Lock
Wheel in the Assembly section.
7. Yoke is loose on carriage.
7. See Setting the Yoke Clamp
procedure in Assembly section.
8. Arm is out of alignment.
8. See Aligning Arm for Cross
Cuts in Adjustments section.
9. Work is being fed too fast.
9. Feed work into blade slower.
Bevel cuts are not true. 1. Bevel lock lever is loose. 1. See Setting the Bevel Lock
Lever in Assembly section.
2. Blade is not perpendicular to
table top.
2. See Aligning the Blade to the
Table in Adjustments section.
3. Column tube istoo loose inthe
column support.
3. See Adjusting the Column
Tube in Assembly section.
4. Table top is not parallel to the
arm.
4, See Leveling Table Supports
and Leveling the Front Table in
the Assembly section.
5. Yoke is loose on carriage.
5, See Setting the Yoke Clamp
procedure in Assembly section.
6. Arm is out of alignment,
6. See Aligning Arm for Cross
Cuts in Adjustments section.
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