On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 08:43 PM, Jack Dinan wrote:
My question now is, if we are going to twist those guide seats to bring the blade perpendicular to the vise, why do we bother to first set the two side guide bearings so perfectly.
As soon as we twist the seat, isn’t the blade going to ride on one of those bearings?
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Hoping to learn how to set up my Dayton.
Maybe I'm not fully understanding what you are asking but, the two side bearing need to be set with a gap about the thickness of the blade. When rotated the force on the bearings should be close to the same on both bearings. Ideally this rotation should be along the center axis of the blade so as not to deflect in any direction. This is why it is best to set the blade square to the back jaw with the blade guides removed. If, after installing the guides the saw does not cut square to the back jaw you know that the guides are deflecting the blade and where to correct. Honestly, the blade guides are not designed well but to be fair, I have yet to see any that are very made well.? Ideally you should be able to set the guide position on the blade without twisting and then twist along the axis of the blade without deflection. I tried to make a guide to do this. It is doable but not easy.
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Mark