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Re: Tools: Basic Table Saw Question
By:Dean
Date: 1/10/2011, 9:45 am
In Response To: Re: Tools: Basic Table Saw Question (Bill Hamm)

: First with the saw off, all adjustments are made with the saw off,
: I'd lift the fence and place on the table, it should fit fine.
: It looks like a Delta Unisaw which I've used a bunch. We had one
: in the shop at work and it too wouldn't go from the auxillary
: table to the main table would get stuck. No biggy. Don't even
: think about using the built in scale, not accurate enough, use a
: tape or a metal rule to measure from the fence to the blade
: itself and since it's not your tools, measure at the front and
: the back of the blade to make sure the fence is accurate, which
: it might not be. Someone else will have to explain how to set up
: that fence if need be, I've not done it on that saw. You will
: want a zero clearance insert for the table, that one pictured
: has too big of a gap and will pull the strips into the hole
: surrounding the blade, dangerous. You can either buy one or make
: one from masonite (hardboard).

: Bill H.

Hey Bill, I've got a 50" Biesemeyer fence on my Unisaw, and the built-in scale has been fine after I set it up. First, I used machinist square to ensure that the blade was perpindicular to the table. Then I used a runout gauge to ensure that the blade was parallel to the mitre slot, and then also parallel to the fence (which did need a tiny bit of adjustment)... then I put a square Whiteside brass 1/2" setup bar between a blade tooth and the fence, locked down the fence, and then set the adjustable stadia line on the fence to 1/2"... checked it with a few cuts... dead on

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Stephen Troy -- 1/8/2011, 11:55 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/9/2011, 12:30 am
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Dean -- 1/10/2011, 9:45 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/10/2011, 12:24 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 1/9/2011, 5:57 am
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Mike Bielski -- 1/9/2011, 6:28 am
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Jim Schaffer -- 1/9/2011, 8:42 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/9/2011, 8:13 pm
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Jim Schaffer -- 1/10/2011, 7:33 pm
Where is the splitter?
Kudzu -- 1/9/2011, 5:42 pm
Re: Where is the splitter?
Bill Hamm -- 1/10/2011, 12:10 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 1/9/2011, 6:50 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/10/2011, 12:16 am
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John Bratton -- 1/12/2011, 1:37 pm
Thanks guys
Stephen Troy -- 1/10/2011, 1:14 am
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Bob Kelim -- 1/11/2011, 5:06 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/14/2011, 5:51 pm
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dhwdaniels -- 1/16/2011, 3:00 pm
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dhwdaniels -- 1/16/2011, 3:04 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/16/2011, 3:22 pm
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dhwdaniels -- 1/16/2011, 3:31 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/16/2011, 6:43 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/16/2011, 6:52 pm