Roy Fek
01-19-2007, 12:11 PM
Hello,
Two weeks ago I picked up the Ridgid 3650 Tablesaw from HD. I wheeled-n-dealed with the hardware dept. manager and he gave me 10% off the $549 price, not too bad!
After putting it together, I used a dial indicator to see if the blade was parallel to the miter slot and found that the blade was 0.010 out of parallel. The blade was angled to the right at the back of the blade. I also found the fence to be 0.008 out of parallel, back of fence angled to the left. This is a dangerous combination for kick back.
I decided to align the blade to the right miter slot. I used a dial indicator for the measurements and the blade was set to 90 degrees. I loosened the trunnion bolts, all six, and used the lever under the rear trunnion to make the adjustments. To get the blade parallel, the lever had to be moved to the left, about the 8 O'clock position if viewed from the top looking down. I tightened the front center bolt first, then the rest alternately in small increments until all six were tight.
I should note that all 6 trunnion bolts were sung, at best, from the factory. I've read about this problem several times before!
Now I wanted to check the angle stops. 90 degrees was fine. As I turned the bevel hand wheel, to check for the 45 degree stop, I noticed it would seize up after 3-4 rotations. I discovered the the part of the cradle, that rides in the rear trunnion, had dug into the trunnion and shaved up some of the trunnion material, cast aluminum or zinc I think. Now the blade will not go past 84-83 degrees.
I contacted customer service and they said they never heard of this problem. They are sending out a replacement trunnion which I should receive in 3-10 business days.
Has anyone encountered or heard of this before?
I tried to post some pics but after I click on "manage attachments" a window pops up saying, "1. You are not logged in, and 2. You may not have sufficient privileges to access this page." I get this massage even though I'm logged in.
Roy Fek
Two weeks ago I picked up the Ridgid 3650 Tablesaw from HD. I wheeled-n-dealed with the hardware dept. manager and he gave me 10% off the $549 price, not too bad!
After putting it together, I used a dial indicator to see if the blade was parallel to the miter slot and found that the blade was 0.010 out of parallel. The blade was angled to the right at the back of the blade. I also found the fence to be 0.008 out of parallel, back of fence angled to the left. This is a dangerous combination for kick back.
I decided to align the blade to the right miter slot. I used a dial indicator for the measurements and the blade was set to 90 degrees. I loosened the trunnion bolts, all six, and used the lever under the rear trunnion to make the adjustments. To get the blade parallel, the lever had to be moved to the left, about the 8 O'clock position if viewed from the top looking down. I tightened the front center bolt first, then the rest alternately in small increments until all six were tight.
I should note that all 6 trunnion bolts were sung, at best, from the factory. I've read about this problem several times before!
Now I wanted to check the angle stops. 90 degrees was fine. As I turned the bevel hand wheel, to check for the 45 degree stop, I noticed it would seize up after 3-4 rotations. I discovered the the part of the cradle, that rides in the rear trunnion, had dug into the trunnion and shaved up some of the trunnion material, cast aluminum or zinc I think. Now the blade will not go past 84-83 degrees.
I contacted customer service and they said they never heard of this problem. They are sending out a replacement trunnion which I should receive in 3-10 business days.
Has anyone encountered or heard of this before?
I tried to post some pics but after I click on "manage attachments" a window pops up saying, "1. You are not logged in, and 2. You may not have sufficient privileges to access this page." I get this massage even though I'm logged in.
Roy Fek