Troubleshooting

Trouble

Excessive vibration.

Cuts out-of-square when crosscutting.

Motor stalls or workpiece binds or burns.

Cuts not true at 90 or 45 degrees.

Tilt or saw raising handwheels difficult to turn.

Motor overheats.

Motor starts slowly or fails to come up to speed.

Motor fails to develop full power.

Probable Cause

Remedy

 

 

 

 

Tilt or raising clamp knobs not

Tighten knobs.

tightened.

 

 

 

Blade out of balance.

Change blade. [page 10]

 

 

Bad motor.

Replace motor.

 

 

Loose arbor or motor sheave.

Tighten set screws.

 

 

Miter gauge out of adjustment.

Reset pointer. [page 15-16]

 

 

Miter slot misaligned.

Realign table. [page 14]

 

 

Excessive feed.

Reduce feed.

 

 

Bad motor.

Replace motor.

 

 

Dull or incorrect blade.

Replace blade. [page 10]

 

 

Miter slot misaligned.

Realign miter slot. [page 14]

 

 

Fence misalignment.

Realign fence. [see Fence Manual

No. M-2195079Z]

 

 

 

Stop screws not set properly.

Readjust stop screws. [page 15]

 

 

Lock knob not released.

Loosen lock knob.

 

 

Worm and worm gear segment caked

Clean and re-grease.

with sawdust and pitch.

 

 

 

Worm and worm gear segment out of

Realign worm and worm gear

alignment.

segment.

 

 

Motor overloaded.

Correct overload condition such as

reducing the feed rate.

 

 

 

Improper cooling of motor.

Clean sawdust from fan and duct

areas of motor.

 

 

 

 

Request voltage check from power

Low voltage.

company and correct low voltage

 

condition.

 

 

Centrifugal switch not operating.

Replace switch.

 

 

Bad motor.

Replace motor.

 

 

Power line overloaded.

Correct overload condition.

 

 

Undersize wires in supply system.

Increase supply wire size.

 

 

Low voltage.

Request voltage check from power

company and correct condition.

 

 

 

Bad motor.

Replace motor.

 

 

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