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Default trunnion misalignment


"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
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The blade on my contractor saw is parallel to the miter slots when the
blade
is at 90 degrees, but gets off when the blade is tilted. Quite a bit by
the
time I tilt it to 45 degrees.

It's my understanding that this is caused by the trunnions not being in
the
same vertical plane and the solution is to shim the "high" trunnion.

My question is this. Is it possible the determine the "high" trunnion by
the
direction in which the blade is off? My saw (a no-name Taiwanese clone)
is a
right tilt and the back of the blade is further to the right than the
front
when it it tilted.

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It's turtles, all the way down


Larry,

If your TS has two, parallel tie-bars that span the trunnions, I can send
you two posts I made several years ago that cover how to do the alignment
(plus extra info) that covers that problem. The Delta site also now has the
same alignment procedure on their site. Search for model 36-444 manual.

If your email address is valid, I can send the posts directly to you have
the two tie-bar style undercarriage or I can repost them if they're
applicable.

Bob S.