Table saw alignment shift as blade lowers

I've had that happen on a table saw. When it does, I leave the blade (properly aligned) at the height where I'd most use it. That, for most cases is the carbide teeth just above 3/4" at the top of the arc of the blade.

Are you sure that's it, or are you measuring blade runout because it's rotated some by the lowering?

With wood, I wouldn't be too concerned about 5 one-thousandths of an inch!

That's 2+ passes with a hand plane...some people are that picky.

Chris

Well while I agree that .005" is not much it can mean the difference in whether you have to do something to remove saw tooth marks after the cut or not. Its pretty borderline at that amount.

There is a little more........when tilted 45 degrees, the blade goes out by .012. I did the Tie bar check which I've read about in these forums and there appears to be some mis-alignment there. Using a flat pane of glass, I detect rocking on two opposite corners of the glass.

Looks like you want a much more expensive and capable saw to me.

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