Woodstock W1824 manual Optional Offset Fence Adjustment, Aligning the fence to Miter slot

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5.Slide the fence up against the right-hand edge of the miter slot, as shown in Figure 106, then lock it in place.

6.Examine how the fence lines up with the miter slot along its length.

—If the fence and miter slot are flush from front to rear, as shown in Figure 106 (A), proceed to Step 9.

—If the rear of the fence overlaps the miter slot, as shown in Figure 106 (B), the fence is misaligned. Proceed to Step 8.

7.Remove the fence, then alternately loosen and tighten the rear fence set screws in equal amounts to adjust the rear of the fence until it is parallel with the miter slot.

8.Loosen both front thumb knobs (see Figure 103 on Page 65). Tighten the set screws so they just touch the fence tube, back off the set screws 1⁄2 turn, then re-tighten the thumb knobs.

Optional Offset Fence Adjustment

Some woodworkers prefer to offset the rear of the fence 1⁄64" from the blade, as shown in Figure 107.

The reason for this wider gap at the back side of the blade is to help prevent the chance of kickback or the blade burning the workpiece because it may be inconsistent in width. However, the trade-off is less accurate cuts, and if the fence is placed on the other side of the blade for other table saw operations, the potential of workpiece burning or kickback can be increased. Whenever using a fence, make sure that if an offset has been adjusted in the fence alignment, you use the fence on the side of the blade where the offset creates the wide gap.

	Flush
Fence	Side View
Miter Face	(Correct)
Slots	A
	B
Top View	Overlap
	Side View
	(Incorrect)

Figure 106. Aligning the fence to the

miter slot.

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Figure 107. Adjusting the fence with an

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