Ryobi Table saw doesnt cut square

[fam]

I am using the mitre slide thingy with a a larger timber backiing screwed onto it and I want to cut the ends of timber square but each time I pass it through it is not square. Sometimes I turn the wood over and pass it through again and it seems a lot more square.

What is wrong - how do I fix? Mike

[WillR]

have a look at:

should join the bt3K forum...

Anyway...

1 Try gluing some sandpaper on the sliding miter table arm. It will hold =

the wood steady.

2 The Miter tables sits a bit high of the cutting area -- to reduce=20 friction -- so do not tilt the wood into the saw.

3 Make sure there is no slop in the miter table when you wiggle it, If=20 there is -- follow the procedure for tightening up the table -- be=20 gentle the eccentric does not require significant pressure -- just that=20 everything is firm and still slides freely.

Slow steady pressure on the cut. Exert downward pressure on the niter tab= le.

If it is a long 2X4 an extension table is nice (and an out feed...) --=20 see my web site and look at the shop.

--=20 Will R. Jewel Boxes and Wood Art

power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those=20 who have not got it.=94 George Bernard Shaw