The included 50”
Accu-Fence system is
tough, accurate and
easy to use.

Independent side leaves

 

allow the blade guard to

 

follow the stock being

 

cut closely and leave one

 

side flat on the table

 

when making narrow

The high-tech blade guard system features individual side plates (left) that can be rotated

cuts. This increases

up out of the way individually or together. The entire guard system is modular (right) and

safety and enhances dust

can be removed or reconfigured in seconds for changing blades or other operations.

collection by keeping more of the blade area enclosed. Both side leaves can be rotated up out of the way independently to make measuring cut widths easy and more accurate. The entire side leaf assembly can be removed from the splitter by depressing a button at the hinge point to

increase access for blade changes without having to remove the splitter assembly.

The splitter plate is mounted

directly to the arbor housing so that the gap between it and the blade remains constant through height and bevel settings.

When necessary for procedures like cutting dados, the splitter assembly can be removed by simply flipping its locking lever within the throat opening and lifting it out.

Because the splitter is mounted directly to the blade mechanism, the gap between it and the blade never changes during height or angle adjustments. This maintains the safety a splitter affords in virtually all cutting situations.

Accu-Fence

A key feature of any table saw is the fence system. To maximize accuracy and safety, the POWERMATIC PM3000 comes with the POWERMATIC exclusive Accu-Fence. Based on the venerable T-square design, the POWERMATIC Accu-Fence takes this concept to new levels.

The Accu-Fence on the PM3000 has a maximum rip capacity of 50” to the right of the blade. It also affords 14” of rip capacity to the left of the blade.

We use tough, high-lubricity slabs of

HDPE to make the Accu-Fence

faces. These faces are easy to adjust

up and down when necessary.

Even high-end fence systems are based on a length of square or rectangular steel with

laminate-covered wooden faces. Manufacturing tolerances in the tubing itself require shimming to straighten the face material mated to it. POWERMATIC takes the extra step of milling the square tubing to be sure that it and the face it supports are straight without having to be shimmed.

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Powermatic PM3000 manual Accu-Fence