miter slots close enough?

"Ron" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've been having a problem with my new unisaw cutting correctly.
> Finally today I was checking things and adjusting things (again) and
> by using the TS aligner JR. it looks like the miter slots are out of
> parallel by .005". I can't find the tolerances for the saw so I'm
> asking here. Should I just line the blade to one miter slot and use
> that and forget about it? If not then the only other option I see is
> for Delta to send me a new table top and I really don't want to do
> that. Sometimes I get crazy with trying to get perfect precision so
> help me out here.
>
> Thanks,
> Ron

.005 between the two miter slots is fine. That's really an acceptable
tolerance from one slot to the blade, though a lot of us do get anal enough
to go for .001. Think about it though, .005 across the span of those two
slots - that's bupkis. You're right - you are getting crazy with the
precision you're asking for. If you plan to contact Delta for a new top,
I'd think you should be prepared for a pretty hearty laugh coming from the
other end of the phone. My advice - quite aligning things and just enjoy
using them.
--

-Mike-
[email protected]

don't you usually use the left slot?

David

Ron wrote:

> I've been having a problem with my new unisaw cutting correctly.
> Finally today I was checking things and adjusting things (again) and
> by using the TS aligner JR. it looks like the miter slots are out of
> parallel by .005". I can't find the tolerances for the saw so I'm
> asking here. Should I just line the blade to one miter slot and use
> that and forget about it? If not then the only other option I see is
> for Delta to send me a new table top and I really don't want to do
> that. Sometimes I get crazy with trying to get perfect precision so
> help me out here.
>
> Thanks,
> Ron