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H8145 Baby Table Saw
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Table Saw Operations
Symptom Possible Cause Possible Solution
Workpiece hits the
riving knife during
cutting.
1. Riving knife is not aligned with the blade. 1. Realign the riving knife to the blade (
Page 24).
Saw does not cut
beveled or 90° cuts
at an accurate angle;
angle of cut does not
match tilt scale.
1. Pointer on the tilt scale is out of adjust
-
ment.
1. Recalibrate the tilt scale pointer (
see below).
Blade guard sticks,
preventing it from
automatically drop
-
ping down after a
cut.
1. The mounting bolts are too tight. 1. Readjust the mounting bolts (
Page 24).
Board binds or
burns when feeding
through tablesaw.
1. Dull blade.
2. Blade is warped.
3. Fence is not parallel to blade.
4. Front and rear scales are not aligned paral
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lel to the blade.
1. Replace blade.
2. Replace blade.
3. Adjust the fence parallel to the blade.
4. Remove the scale on one side and install a new one,
using a straightedge placed across the blade to align
the new scale with the old scale and the blade.
Calibrating Blade Tilt
Pointer
The blade tilt pointer is fastened to the table saw
body with the hex nut shown in Figure 23. A 6mm
wrench is required to loosen the hex nut to adjust
the pointer.
Tools Needed Qty
Wrench 6mm .....................................................
1
90° Square ........................................................
1
Figure 23. Pointer hex nut.
Pointer Hex
Nut
To calibrate the blade tilt indicator:
1. DISCONNECT SAW FROM POWER!
2. Loosen the hex nut on the back of the pointer
(Figure 23).
3. Using a 90° square as a gauge, adjust the
blade so it is square to the table, then tighten
the blade tilt handles.
4. Double check that the blade tilt did not change
when you tightened the tilt lock handles.
—If the blade tilt did not change, continue to
Step 5
.
—If the blade tilt did change, repeat
Steps
3 & 4
.
5. Rotate the blade tilt indicator directly over the
"0" mark on the tilt scale.
6. Tighten the hex nut on the back of the pointer,
making sure that the indicator does not move
during tightening.