Subject: Re: Problem with: Delta 10" Compound Miter Saw

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 04:58:03 GMT

On Fri, 07 Feb 1997 22:07:17 -0500, William Purnell <[email-masked]>
wrote:

>I recently purchased a Delta 10" compound miter saw.  I set about trying
>to get the saw setup correctly.  I squared the blade to the table, the
>blade to the fence, and the 90 and 45 degree compound angles.  However,
>when I attempt to cut a compound 45 the cuts are not perpendicular to
>the fence.  Any suggestions...   Anyone else have this problem....\

Are you clamping your stock or holding it in place with your hand?  I
assume that when you say "compound" you mean "bevel."  The saw will
tend to move the stock when cutting this way.  Clamp it and see if
that makes a difference.

Rick Marinelli
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From: "Gerry Kmack" <[email-masked]>
Date: 10 Feb 1997 14:08:29 GMT

William,
I have owned a Delta 10" CMS for about 1 year, and have been (occasionally)
having problems similar to what you describe.  This weekend I decided to
try to track down the cause.

First thing, I carefully squared & adjusted all of the saws settings (as
you did). My 45 degree bevel stop was a bit off, but not much, and
everything else was just right.  hmm.....

I started working on my current project, which involved cutting 45 degree
mitres in 1x4 stock.  First two cuts were on small pieces, and they seemed
to fit perfectly.  The next cut was from a long (6 foot) piece of stock. 
*THAT* cut was off!  I went back to the saw  and here is what I found:

My saw has tubular brackets mounted on the right & left sides of the base.
(did you install yours?)  These puppies are intended to *support* longer
pieces of stock when they extend past the actual mitre saw base.  The place
on the RIGHT bracket where wood rests was actually *higher* than the mitre
saw base (by about 1/8", as best as I could measure).  So, whenever I cut a
piece that extended to the right far enough to rest on the extender, the
stock was elevated by a few degrees, causing my cut to be beveled by that
much (making a compound cut, even when I was not intending to make a
compound cut.)

Since my mitre saw is bolted to my bench and I wanted to finish my project,
I temporarily used a big "C" clamp to pull the offending support down out
of the way.  Next weekend, I will unmount the saw & remove the &*%$#
supports!

Hope this helps,

Gerry

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