Porter-Cable 33-421, 33-400, 33-422, 33-423) Removing Heeling in SAW CUT, Adjustable CROSS-CUT Stop

REMOVING "HEELING" IN SAW CUT

Even though the cuttinghead travel may be perfectly aligned at 90 degrees to the fence, the blade itself may not be 90 degrees or square with the fence, (Fig. 42). This condition is known as "heeling."To check and adjust:

DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER

SOURCE.

1.Cross-cut a board and see on which side of the cut board saw teeth marks appear.

2.If saw teeth marks appear on the right side, the back end of the saw blade must be shifted toward left side.

3.Loosen yoke clamp handle (A) Fig. 43. Then loosen both screws (B) Fig. 44, and turn yoke (C) COUNTER-CLOCKWISE.If saw teeth marks appear on left side of board, turn yoke (C)

CLOCKWISE.

4.Tighten yoke clamp handle (A) Fig. 43 to hold position and retighten screws (B) Fig. 44.

5.Make another test cut and repeat steps 1 through 5 until “heeling” is eliminated.

ADJUSTABLE CROSS-CUT STOP

An adjustable cross-cut stop (A) Fig. 45 is provided to prevent unnecessary travel of the cuttinghead on the track-arm. It is especially useful when performing repetitive operations. Clamp the stop to the side of the track-arm at a position which will stop the cuttinghead travel as soon as the blade cuts through the workpiece.

Fig. 42

Fig. 43

B

C

Fig. 44

Fig. 45

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