Hello Looking for advise. I posted here a while ago about a wobble in the blade on my tablesaw. I bought a new blade , but no different. Below are emails I traded with Ridgid. Do you think this could be the case? Start with the bottom email from me 1st.
Thanks for any feedback. Chris
Chris:
A lot of the blades on the market these days have laser cuts to aid in balance and cooling, so the wobble appearance you are seeing is normal, and the service centers determination that the arbor is not the cause is somewhat confirmed by your visual verification of an appeared wobble on slow down. A blade with laser cuts trues up at full RPM, but appears to have a wobble upon start up and slow down.
The burning you are experiencing is possibly due to a needed adjustment.
With the blade elevated all the way up, take and measure from the edge of the miter slot in the table over to a tooth at the front of the blade. Then measure to a tooth at the rear of the blade. You possibly will find a difference in the measurement.
Now measure from the same tooth at the front of the blade, mark it with a marker and rotate it to the rear position. If the measurement is not the same front and back to the same tooth, the blade carriage/cradle needs to be adjusted (see manual) to bring the face of the blade into square with the slot.
Let me know what you find.
T.Clinkscales Technical Services One World Technologies, Inc.
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Fitzpatrick [mailto: snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 10:27 AM To: snipped-for-privacy@ttigroupna.com Subject: RE: RGDChris Fitzpatrick:RE: Table Saw
Hello Tom,
Thanks for your prompt response. I am not at home now, so I will have to get back to you with the model # of the saw. The blade is not the original, as I said I bought a new blade when I realized I had a problem, I'll be happy to tell you what that is too. You should be able to trust your service center I agree, but it's not a perfect world and things happen. I had not even mentioned it, but the top of the saw is a mess now, I don't now where they had it or what they had on it but I will have a big job cleaning the cast iron top. I am certain the wobble is NOT the blade. This wobble is not noticeable when the saw is running full speed, at least not to me. As the saw coasts to a stop you can see what it wobble. I don't have an Inca tool for measuring the blade distance as it turns, but when I place a piece a wood against the blade and rotate it by hand, I would say there is about 1/8 th of a difference from one side to another. I tried to figure out why I was having problems with my saw, so I consulted other woodworkers to see if my experience was normal. I now believe it's not. You must have someone who could look at the saw for me. I will be happy to pay for their time if I'm wrong, but I truly believe I'm not. I really want to continue to use it, and if I was a contractor ripping rough lumber maybe I could, but cutting oak, maple etc is just way to difficult. I read of other people cutting these woods easily without burning. A blade should not wobble as it moves. A tolerance a a few hundredths of an inch is unavoidable, but not an 1/8.
Thanks,
Chris
From: Tom Clinkscales
>To: "' snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com'"
>Subject: RGDChris Fitzpatrick:RE: Table Saw
>Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:55:02 -0500
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>Mr. Fitzpatrick:
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>If a Ridgid authorized warranty service dealer determined there was nothing
>wrong with the arbor, we have to stand by their determination since they are
>our eyes and ears out there in the field. If they determined the wobble is
>not coming from the arbor, then it may be the blade flanges, which they
>should have also checked. It could also be the set up of the saw causing the
>burning, not necessarily what appears as wobble with the blade.
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>What is the model number of the saw? Are you using the stock blade? When are
>you seeing the wobble in the blade, at full speed or as it starts up or >slows down? >
>T.Clinkscales
>Technical Services
>One World Technologies, Inc.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com [mailto: snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 9:22 PM
>To: snipped-for-privacy@owt-inc.com
>Subject: Table Saw
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>Hello , I purchased a table saw from HD about 2 1/2 years ago when I thought
>I would be interested in woodworking. My interest has grown and I realized a
>while ago that my table saw should be able to cut oak etc without burn marks
>etc. After a close inspection I realized there was a wobble in the blade, so
>I bougt a new blade, still a wobble. It would seem there is a problem with
>the arbor? I called customer service and was told to bring the saw to a
>ridgid service center in my area. THe place is A&T tool in Huntington. I
>dropped off my saw before Christmas as I was going away on vacation for 6
>weeks. When I returned I called & they said it was all done. So I picked it
>up, asked what they found, but the guy who worked on it was off and all they
>said was it was done. I came home plugged it in, still wobbles. I've now
>found out they found nothing wrong with it. Can you imagine how hard it was
>for me to move my table saw to this place, then bring it home to find out
>they did nothing? What am I to do? Anyone who knows anything about a table
>saw would know that for a blade to wobble means trouble. I'm really into
>woodwork now & this is a problem. Can you please help me? I can't even sell
>it because I would feel bad about sending someone thru what I've been thru.