On 8/10/2010 10:09 AM, Morgans wrote:
"Puckdropper"puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote

I don't trust my fence indicator. I had it set correctly once, but as
the saw got moved around, the rails (where the indicator is) on the saw
moved as well. It's so much easier to get the tape out and adjust the
fence than to try to keep the indicator reading true.
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If it is moving around that easy, there is something wrong. Fix it, and you
will be rewarded with accurate cuts, in half the time.

Really, if there is a problem with the fence, it can be fixed, even if you
have to re-engineer the way it is attached.

If it's that untrustworthy something's wrong. The factory fence on my
500 buck Ridgid is accurate and repeatable to the limit of my ability to
read the markings. Took me a while to learn to trust it though.

If the saw gets moved around on the back of a truck, the way contractor
saws are expected to be used, then the fence should be adjusted every
time the saw is set up at a new job site, which should take under a
minute. Things carried on a truck do get knocked.