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Adjusting Rip Fence Guide Bars
WARNING: Front and rear guide bars must be aligned with blade. Misaligned guide bars could twist. Twisted guide bars could misalign fence. A misaligned fence could cause binding or kickback. You could be hit or cut.
Installing Shims
1.Locate the following hardware: 10 Very thin shim washers.
2.Loosen the 4 nuts holding the rear guide bar in place.
3.Holding the guide bar against the rear of saw table and extensions, note if there is any gap between the table or extension and the inside face of the rear guide bar. If no gap exists, finger tighten nuts. If gap appears, slip shim washers into gap until space is full.
4.Stack shim washers on table or extension nearest to bolt that is affected.
5.When all four bolt locations have been checked, slide guide bar off of bolts and install stacks of shim washers under head of appropriate bolt(s).
6.Reinstall rear guide bar and realign the “mark” on rear guide bar as described earlier. Finger tighten nuts.
Aligning Rip Fence Guide Bars
1.Position rip fence over right miter gauge groove. While holding up rear of rip fence engage front end of rip fence onto the front guide bar. Now lower rip fence down onto table.
2.Open operators manual so that 8 pages are separated from the rest of the book. Use these pages like a feeler gage to set the spacing between the bottom of the fence and the table top.
Rear Guide Bar
Operators Manual
8 Pages
3.Rip fence should clear saw table/ extension surface just enough to allow pages to slide back and forth under rip fence. If rip fence is too high or too low, loosen nuts holding front guide bar and adjust bar up or down. Wrench tighten nuts when proper alignment is achieved.
4.Adjust rear guide bar, as noted above.
5.Slide fence left and right on guide bar to ensure clearance from side to side and from front to back. If necessary readjust rip fence guide bars to get proper clearance. Wrench tighten all nuts holding guide bars in place.
NOTE: During this adjustment, the left/right positioning of the guide bars could be affected. Realignment may be necessary.
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