DeWalt 7749 - Alignment Guide for Accurate Cutting - Part 2; Addressing Lumber Traverse and Scale Accuracy; Resolving Handle Slip and Clamp Force Issues

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5. Saw
blade or Dado
blades
tend
to
push
lumber
to one side
when
cross cutting.
Saw
blade is heeling.
Make heel
adjus'rment.
Column
too loose in
base.
Make
proper
adiustments
Too much
play
between
arm and
column.
Roller
head
too loose
in arm
Yoke
too loose
when
clamped
to
roller
head.
Fence
Duln
not
Ea
straight,
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cutters"
Replace.
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6.
Cut depth
varies from
one
end
of stock
to
the other.
Table
top not
parallel
with
arm.
Adiusi
rabie top
pararel
with
arm.
Column
too loose
in
base.
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column.
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proper
adjustments.
7.
45'
bevel
cut not accurate.
Saw blade not
perpendicular
to
table top.
Make saw
blade adjustment.
Column too loose in
base.
Make
proper
adjustments.
Too much
play
between arm and
column.
Roller head too loose in
arm,
Yoke
too
loose
when clamped to
roller head.
Bevel clamp
handle loosc,
Table
top not
parallel
with arm.
8.
Saw tends
to advance over
lumber
too fast.
Roller
head bearings not
properly
adiusted.
Adiust
roller
head
bearing to arm.
Dull
blade.
Replace
or sharpen
Not feeding saw
properly.
Draw
saw blade across lumber
with
a
slow and steady
pull.
9. Saw
does not
traverse smoothly
in
tracks.
Dirty
tracks.
Clean.
Bad bearing.
Replace
bearing.
0. Miter
scale
not accurate
at
various
miter
angles.
Scale
pointer
not
properly
adjusted.
Adjust
scale
pointer.
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Elevating
handle
slips
when
elevating
or lowering
saw.
Belt
tensicn not sufficient.
Adiust belt
tension.
Set screw
in elevating
arm loose.
Tighten
set screw.
Base
not adiusted
properly.
Adiust base
to column.
12.
Clamping
force not
su{ficient
at
miter
angles
other
than 45".
Arm
clamp out of adjustment.
Adiust arm
clamp.
13.
Clamping
force not
sufficient
at
bevel angles
other
than 45",
Bevel
clamp handle too loose.
Adiust bevel
clamp
handle.
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