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I've been trying to align my blade to the miter slot on the right side. It's not working.
I've had my 4512 about 9-10 years and mainly made hobby stuff - not real precision cuts needed. Now I'm retired, and I'm going to get more serious. I bought a walnut log and had it milled, dried it for a year in my shop, and now it's ready for squaring into S3S.
I'm also getting more serious about my equipment, so wanted to get everything really square. I'm working on the 4512 blade. I raised it to it's max height, and using my image digiline I measured being out by 16 thou front to back. So working from the back, I loosened the three trunions (two at the back and one at the front) and tapped the blade housing within 1 thou, then when I tightened the trunions the blade went back to 16 thou out. So I loosened them again, got the blade aligned, then really tightened the front trunion before tightening the back trunions. I worked the left then the right and went really slow, and measured each 1/2 turn, and the more I tightened the more the blade started moving back to being out of alignment.
I have a theory. Perhaps the trunions are tightening into an indentation where they used to be before I moved them, and they are just seating back into their original spots. Any thoughts or techniques I can use to get this aligned? Thanks in advance.
I've had my 4512 about 9-10 years and mainly made hobby stuff - not real precision cuts needed. Now I'm retired, and I'm going to get more serious. I bought a walnut log and had it milled, dried it for a year in my shop, and now it's ready for squaring into S3S.
I'm also getting more serious about my equipment, so wanted to get everything really square. I'm working on the 4512 blade. I raised it to it's max height, and using my image digiline I measured being out by 16 thou front to back. So working from the back, I loosened the three trunions (two at the back and one at the front) and tapped the blade housing within 1 thou, then when I tightened the trunions the blade went back to 16 thou out. So I loosened them again, got the blade aligned, then really tightened the front trunion before tightening the back trunions. I worked the left then the right and went really slow, and measured each 1/2 turn, and the more I tightened the more the blade started moving back to being out of alignment.
I have a theory. Perhaps the trunions are tightening into an indentation where they used to be before I moved them, and they are just seating back into their original spots. Any thoughts or techniques I can use to get this aligned? Thanks in advance.
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