FINAL CALIBRATION
1Align fence parallel to miter slot and tighten Ultra
base mounting screws
Unlock the carriage clamp, then slide the fence up to the nearest miter slot and clamp in place. Loosen the (4)
Phillips head screws that secure the Ultra base to the base support panel and align the fence to the miter slot.
See Fig. 19. Retighten the (4) screws. Now unlock the carriage clamp and slide the carriage forward far enough to allow access to the (2) Phillips head screws in the middle of the Ultra base. Tighten the screws.
Important: If it becomes necessary to realign the fence in the future, make sure to loosen all (6) Ultra base mounting screws.
Figure 19
First: Loosen all four ULTRA base mounting screws, align fence,then retighten screws
Second: Slide carriage forward to access screws in middle of ULTRA base and tighten
Miter slot
2Zero fence to saw blade
Retract the telescoping legs at the right end of your Shopsmith workstation and lower the worktable to expose about 1” of the saw blade above the table.
Caution: Always hold the Shopsmith table height crank firmly as you loosen the table height lock when making changes to your worktable height. Reposition the telescoping legs so that the work surface is held at 90 degrees to the blade. Now slide the rip fence forward until just before it contacts the blade (to within less than 1/32”). Place the Ultra base in the micro adjust mode as described on page 13 and micro adjust the rip fence forward until it “kisses” the saw blade. See Fig. 20. Release the micro adjust lever and lock the carriage in place.
Note: After micro adjusting, you might want to
Figure 20
First: Slide fence forward to less than 1/32” from saw blade
Second: Micro adjust fence forward until fence “kisses” the blade
Micro adjust zero
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