Tablesaw adjustment.

With a trunnion style saw there are normally four bolts holding the trunnion
to the table saw top. Loosen three of the bolt and leave one tight. I
recommend leaving one of the front bolts tight. The tight bolt acts as a
pivot point. Then use a wood clamp from the corner of the table saw top to
the trunnion to make fine adjustments. Raise the blade all the way up and
mark one tooth of the blade with a marker. Rotate the blade until the
marked tooth is at the front level with the table top. Using a small
combination square, place the square in the miter slot tight against the
side of the slot toward the blade. Set the rule so it just touches the side
of the marked tooth on the blade and tighten the locking nut on the
combination square. Rotate the blade so the marked tooth on the blade is
now at the back of the slot. Using the combination square check the
distance from the slot to the tooth. Depending on which direction the
trunnion needs to move use the wood clamp to draw the trunnion in the
correct direction to make the distance from the miter slot to the marked
tooth on the blade equal at the front and back of the table top. Snug up
the trunnion bolts and re-check both the front and back again. Continue to
adjust until the the distance is the same. Now your blade is parralel to
the miter slot.

Now we were all tought to make the fence square to the blade. In my opinoin
that is not correct. I recommend adjusting the fence so that it is off
about .005. The fence is closer to the front of the blade than the rear.
This prevents kick back. If you do not have a dial indicator to set this
try cutting a small block of wood about 3" long. Push the block through the
front of the blade and out the back. The block should touch the front teeth
and not touch the back teeth. Some people will say a board will not ripe
properly if you offset the fence. That is not correct. The board will cut
to the narrowest width weather it is at the front of the blade or the rear.

The blade is set parrallel to the miter slot so you can cut perfect miter
cuts using the miter gauge.


"Tom" wrote in message
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I have a Grizzly G0444Z TS. The back of my blade when I rip a board is
almost a quarter of an inch closer to the fence than the front of my blade
and causes gunk to build up on the right side of the saw blade, and causes
the board to bind up and I have to force it through. .I used ovenoff to
clean the blade. My sawblade is not bent. According to my saw manual it
says to loosen the trunnion bolts and move the assembly to the right or
left and retighten the bolts. I did this I cannot get the blade dead-on.
The assembly will not move any farther. It is off by a 1/16th of an inch.
Is this an acceptable tolerance or do any of you have any suggestions as to
how I can get it perfect? Thank you all for your suggestions.