RIDGID Table Saw Saw User Manual


 
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Troubleshooting
WARNING: For your own protection, turn switch “OFF” and always
remove plug from power source outlet before troubleshooting.
General
Trouble Probable Cause Remedy
Excessive
Vibration
1. Blade out of balance or
damaged
1. Replace blade.
Cannot make
square cut when
crosscutting.
1. Miter gauge not
adjusted properly.
1. See “Adjustments” section “Miter
Gauge.”
Cut binds, burns
or stalls motor
when ripping.
1. Dull blade or improper
tooth set.
2. Blade is heeling.
3. Warped board
4. Rip fence not parallel
to blade.
5. Spreader out of align-
ment.
1. Sharpen or replace blade.
2. See “Alignment” section, “Heeling
Adjustment”.
3. Make sure concave or hollow side is
facing “down” feed slowly.
4. See “Alignment” section, “Aligning
Rip Fence.”
5. See “Alignment” section, “Installing
Blade Guard.”
Cut not true at
90° or 45° bevel
positions.
1. Indexes not properly
adjusted.
1. See “Alignment” section, “Blade Tilt,
or Squareness of Blade to Table”.
Elevating hand-
wheel turns
hard.
1. Sawdust on threads of
elevating screw.
1. See “Maintenance” and “Lubrication”
sections.