On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:31:31 GMT, "Leon"
wrote:


"Pop`ö" wrote in message
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wrote:
The sides of the rip fence of my Delta TS350 aren't perfectly
perpendicular to the table. Is there anything I can do about this?
There are no adjustment bolts, as the thing is welded together. Is it
reasonable to complain to Delta when the saw only cost $400?

Mike

Assuming you mean what you said:
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| side of fence
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|-----------------
table
that angle not being exaxtly 90 degrees, I'm not sure there's much you can
do about it and it's not likely to make much difference to anything
anyway. For precision cuts you have to get out your ruler anyway, and for
construction cuts who cares? I suppose you could grab a file and start
modifying the handle accordingly, or grind it, but I don't see the
problem. Especially since you included no useful detail other than a
general statement about it.

Pop`


One should expect a fence to be square to the table. Most good fences have
this adjustment to correct for squareness and getting precision cuts that
are repeatable is not a problem when again using a decent fence. I have not
used a tape measure to set up a cut in years unless cutting dado's on a left
tilt.

The key words there are "good fences"- a TS300 does not have a "good"
fence, it has an inexpensive fence. So you make it work, or get a new
one.