DeWalt Setup II

[Vector01]

Blade alignment/centering...I went ahead and did the lower blade holder screws as mentioned previously. Now for alignment. I tried using a feeler gauge to set the set screws but that was not accurate. The feeler gauges didn't fit well in the blade holder slots. I went to the trusty toolbox and found my 6" dial caliper with depth gauge. This should do it.

I screwed in the set screw so it protruded into the blade holder slot in the upper holder and gave it a quick look see. I installed a blade and snugged down the blade tightening screw. Looked about centered to me. I then used the depth gauge on the caliper to measure the depth of the set screw. I simply set the depth gauge in the hole at the rear of the screw and slowly pushed in the depth gauge in until the bottom of the caliper sat flush on the left side of the blade holder (see pic).

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I did this four times just to get an accurate reading. It came out on this particular saw to .270 thousandths of an inch, just a hair over a 1/4 inch. Since I had measured the overall length of both set screws previously I just set the bottom holder set screw the same distance.

I went ahead and reinstalled the blade set the tension and voila...No twisting or slippage of the blade running the saw from low to high speeds.

More to come....

[toolbeltman]

Hi Art..one thing you might want to check...I set the screws the same way as you described but the blade was still off square...I had to wind one in a little further to line up the blade up...I am sure you have already checked yours for squre when it is running...