I've recently purchased a new Ridgid R4512 table saw to add to the tool collection I've been adding too very slowly. A couple of questions about setting up the saw. Took a while to put together and in my excitement to try it out I didn't spend the time I should have to set it up accurately. I spent some time last night and have a few questions.
1) I fully raised the blade and from the front to the back the blade is about .0100" out of square from the left mitre slot. Is this acceptable? To me 10 thousandths of an inch in negligible. How close do you like to be?
2) How much should the fence be "out" at the back of the table? I know it should be a bit to prevent kickback and definitely not closer for the same reason. Right now it's about .0200" further at the back from the left mitre slot.
3) The blade angle adjustment is off. When I have the wheel all the way to the 0 degree stop it's about 3 degrees off of square. I have to set the wheel to about 3 degrees to make the blade square. Is there an adjustment to move that wheel stop? I know I can adjust the sight to make it read zero but it would be nice if the stop was actually 0 degrees.
Thanks in advance for the replies, I've sure I'll have more questions!
1) I fully raised the blade and from the front to the back the blade is about .0100" out of square from the left mitre slot. Is this acceptable? To me 10 thousandths of an inch in negligible. How close do you like to be?
2) How much should the fence be "out" at the back of the table? I know it should be a bit to prevent kickback and definitely not closer for the same reason. Right now it's about .0200" further at the back from the left mitre slot.
3) The blade angle adjustment is off. When I have the wheel all the way to the 0 degree stop it's about 3 degrees off of square. I have to set the wheel to about 3 degrees to make the blade square. Is there an adjustment to move that wheel stop? I know I can adjust the sight to make it read zero but it would be nice if the stop was actually 0 degrees.
Thanks in advance for the replies, I've sure I'll have more questions!