Instructions / Assembly

2 Set Up & Calibration
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Top edge cuts not aligned
Clockwise – Raises left side of bar, & vice versa
Tighten nut
when square
4. If the cuts you made on the front and back of
the board do not align, the machine is not
square yet. The Horizontal Material Bar must
be repositioned. If the third cut you made (the
one made at the top on the back of the board)
is to the left of the first cut you made (at the
top of the board from the front), the Horizontal
Material Bar must be lowered
by making a
Squaring ramp adjustment on the left side of
the machine. Conversely, if the third cut you
made (on the top of the back of the board) is
to the right of the first cut, the Horizontal
Material Bar must be raised. In either case,
the amount of squaring adjustment required is
half the distance between the two top cuts.
5. If the machine is square, the two cuts at the top of the board (the first cut, made from the front
and the third cut, made from the back) will be in alignment. Tighten the locking Hex Nut on
the Ramp Adjusting Bolt at the left side of the machine. Then tighten the four (4) mounting
screws on the Horizontal Material Bar.
2.2 Setting the Scales
1. Install the ½” (13mm) Blade Holder into the FSC.
2. Install the Production Stops. Loosen the right (larger) Production Stop Knob, slide onto the
front of the Horizontal Material Bar from the right and tighten the Knob. Repeat with the
other Production Stop, sliding it onto the left side.
3. Start with the Vertical Scale. Take a piece of foamboard or matboard exactly 6" x12"
(measure with ruler or tape measure, and cut). Using a ruler or tape measure, mark 6"
from the left side of the foamboard. Put the board on the machine and make sure the mark
lines up with the 6" line on the Vertical Scale. Slide the scale to match if it does not line up.
Friction should keep it in place, but if it moves too easily, apply double-sided tape behind it
and firmly press it down to make it adhere.
Tighten all four screws after squaring