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Re: Entire head coming down at an angle?

 

Hi Morgon and?John
Nothing is truly rigid, least of all these saws.?
My saw will twist so that it doesn't cut square with a 2 foot long? piece 5/8" x 4" mild steel hanging over the edge of the vice, so I use a support frame for long stuff.
At extreme accuracy I can tell if its not level on the floor.
I set my saw with it level and the base unstressed?and the stand bolts (with extra bracing running between the bottom of the front and back legs) tight and then fix any vertical out-of-square.
Don't bother with any quick fixes I suggested Morgon, other than to prove you've got the right amount of offset under one side of the workpiece, Use Mark Kimballs method (or my variation on it) as a permanent fix - jv?

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On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 11:08 AM Morgon Kanter <morgon.kanter@...> wrote:
I did a bit of testing today. The saw itself wasn't level, so I leveled it out (using the roller feet to come down to the ground and stay level). It helped a little bit...the difference from the top of my square to the bottom (about 4") became < 0.04" (as measured by my calipers). Probably about 0.038" mean measurement.

Then, figuring I'd stress-relieve the table, I untorqued all the bolts that attached the table to the base and then retightened them. To my surprise it made the problem worse again (> 0.04" as measured by the calipers), and the table was no longer level.

I'm thinking I should probably just untorque the bolts and leave them snugged but not torqued down.

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