Problem with Brand New Tablesaw

How straight is your straight edge? Hint: if it came from Sears or Harbor Freight, the answer is probably "not very straight".

You may well have a flat table, and a wing and "straight edge" that are not straight. Make sure you're using a straight edge that is known to be accurate, so that you know which piece is not flat and by how much.

Obviously either the table or the wing is not flat, and maybe both. Two sheets of paper is too much deviation from straight to be acceptable IMHO. I'd call Jet.

-- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)

Izzt the Supersaw? If so - someone else posted a week or two ago about table leveling issues. Sounds like you have more of a "flatness" issue, but we could be onto a drop in Jet QC.

Well, the straight edge is machined aluminium from Stanley. I drew a straight line with a sharp pencil on a piece of paper and then flipped the edge and compared against the pencil line. I think the straight edge is "true".

I noticed this problem with my Jet after using it for almost a year. I called Jet and they sent me a new top, no questions asked and didn't want the old one back. It will become a right hand side wing as soon as I build a mobile base that is wide enough to support the right side.

-- "Shut up and keep diggen" Jerry

You have purchased a good saw from a good company that stands behind its products, but I think you will find that there is really no problem with the saw. It just needs tweeked. I have sold more than 1000 tablesaws in my sales career and experience has taught me that most cast iron extension wings are not flat and must be bolted on to the saw and pulled into a flat position. Bolt the extension wing to the saw and line up the middle of the wing and table, tighten the middle bolt hard....then pull up- or push down the front of the wing and tighten its bolt hard, do the same on the third bolt and you should find that this will align everything just fine. Good luck, Mike from American Sycamore If you are still having problems, give me an email here at the school, I would be glad to help in any way. snipped-for-privacy@ccrtc.com

It's the cabinet saw but I have the same problem where the middle table is somewhat concave. I called Jet and they asked me to call them back after measuring how much it was off by in 1000th of an inch. I guess, I have to get feeler gauges and call them back.

-Moe

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