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This had been posted many years ago on either this site, or various
other forums. Good to see it again.

I had done this, but still can not get 45 degree cuts to be dead on, the
blade does not track straight.

When I get my saw stop, I will enjoy not fighting my 45 degree cuts.

--
Jeff

Jeff,

Been a number of years but there were some follow-up posts by others that
addressed the misalignments at angles other than 90° when the blade is
tilted. I found on my own saw (at the time) that the trunion lands on the
underside of the top were not at the same height. So when you adjust the
tie bars at 90°, they are not parallel at any other setting.

Turn the saw upside down, use a flat plate and check at 90° and then again
at 45° and see if the plate wobbles. You have to hold the plate to the bars
obviously but you'll know if they're parallel or not. The procedure for
finding which land was not at same height others was trial and error. I
simply placed a small shim ( a thou or two) on one of the trunion lands and
rechecked alignment until I found which combination of shim and position
worked.

I have to attribute that tip to Ron at Delta also. We talked for quite
awhile that day and he mentioned that some of the iron Delta got for the
tops was not aged the full 3 years and would warp after being machined. So
while he didn't have a good procedure to give me, he said it was worth
checking and trying to adjust for it by adding shims. Conversely if a land
is higher, stone or file it down but keep it flat.

I don't recall if I ever made any posts on that trial and error procedure
since others were already coming up with ideas on how to check and make that
adjustment. Trying to think of the right terminology to search on but
coming up blank at the moment.

Glad that original post was found to be helpful to others.

Bob S.