jan87
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Post by jan87 on Oct 18, 2018 10:39:37 GMT -5
Hey Guys, I own a MT55 and just today I was cutting through some oak which I intend to use by building a dining table. When all the boards were cut they didnt fit together well, instead there was a small gap between each board, a milimeter or so. I assume the saw is not perfectly set to 90 degrees angle. You got any ideas how to fix/adjust this? Sorry for my English, not my 1.st language  . Jan |
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Post by holmz on Oct 18, 2018 18:10:05 GMT -5
In the interim you could recut the board by flipping them over and cuttin from the rear... then the boards should be gapless?
And plane could also potentially help fixing up the boards.
For the saw,, do you have a square to check it with?
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Post by kraftt on Oct 18, 2018 20:48:17 GMT -5
There are adjustment screws for both 90º and blade parallel to splinter guard. For the latter there's a thread here where I show some photos, but it's a long thread and primarily addresses cutting at 45º. For 90º there are two allen screws that tilt the upper body away or closer to the baseplate. How they expect you to adjust both identically I don't know - perhaps by slipping feeler gauges under each one. I have adjusted these (I rarely cut hardwoods for gluing up though) by removing the plunge spring (ez) and using a short true square across the base touching the plunged blades 'plate' only with saw upside down. How accurate this is I really can't say because the base shows track wear at corners more than in the middle. But if you are adventurous, i.e. you have no choice, you can experiment without worrying you will mess up your saw. For accuracy I would adjust, cut, test fit, adjust, cut, test fit etc. (using a known true 90º edge to butt material cut with MT55 against). Obviously if you have a square accurate to thousandths you can just cut, check cut, adjust, repeat. Probably the thicker the material the easier to see changes. For what it's worth I have adjusted the snot out of my saw back and forth and trust it all day long. I'm assuming the the 1mm gap is parallel from end to end and not a bow in the middle. Also that you are not biasing too much downwards pressure onto the tracks causing the rubber of one anti-slip rib to compress more than the other. My saw is locked up at a job site so I can't show you where those allens are located but you will see them. |
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