I agree that you should strive for less than 0.003 parallelism between
the miter slot(s) and the blade, adjusting the table top (on a cabinet
saw) or trunnions (on a contractor saw) as necessary to achieve this
tolerance.

On a recent Delta X5 Biesemeyer I bought, my fence was out of parallel
a bit (about 0.0045), with the center slightly concave compared to both
ends on the left side of the fence and about 0.002 on the right side. I
called Biesemeyer about replacing it and they claimed their internal
benchmark is 0.007. Go figure. I should have told them it was out 0.01,
but my cuts look clean, so I probably won't complain (unless someone
convinces me otherwise).

Congrats on the new saw!

Stu



In article , John
wrote:

If the cuts are good, leave it alone, but personally I would like the
miter slot to blade to be 0.001 - 0.003. And get the fence as close
to dead parallel as you can, but 0.004 over the entire length of the
miter slot is not enough to hassle over unless you are having problems
with your cuts

John



On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 21:55:58 GMT, "mcgyver"
wrote:

New saw that I'm just setting up and wondering what tolerances are
appropriate. Using a dial indicator....

miter slot to blade 7/1000's out
fence to miter slot 4/1000's out

are these acceptable?