Operator`s manual

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TROUBLESHOOTING
PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION
1. Excess vibration.
1. Blade is out of balance. 1. Replace blade.
2. Blade is damaged. 2. Replace blade.
3. Saw is not mounted securely. 3. Tighten all hardware
4. Work surface is uneven. 4. Reposition on at
surface.
5. Blade is warped. 5. Replace blade.
2. Rip fence does not
move smoothly.
1. Rip fence is not mounted
correctly.
1. Remount the rip fence.
2. Rails are dirty or sticky. 2. Clean and wax rails.
3. Clamp screw is out of
adjustment.
3. Adjust clamp screw.
3. Rip fence does not
lock at rear.
1. Clamp screw is out of
adjustment.
1. Adjust the clamp screw.
4. Saw does not make
accurate 90°or 45°
cuts.
1. Positive stops inside the
cabinet need adjusting (Bevel
cuts).
1. Adjust the positive stops.
5. Cutting binds or
burns work.
1. Blade is dull.
1. Replace or sharpen
blade.
2. Blade is heeling. 2. See the section entitled
“Aligning the blade to the
miter gauge groove”.
3. Work is fed too fast. 3. Slow the feed rate.
4. Rip fence is misaligned. 4. Align the rip fence.
5. Spreader is out of alignment.
5. See the section entitled
“Checking and aligning
the spreader/riving knife
and saw blade”.
6. Wood is warped. 6. Replace the wood.
Always cut with convex
side to table surface.
6. Wood edges away
from the rip fence
when ripping.
1. Rip fence is misaligned.
1. Check and adjust the rip
fence.
7. Height /bevel-
adjusting hand wheel
is hard to turn.
1. Gear and screw post inside
the cabinet are clogged with
sawdust.
1. Clean the gear and screw
post.