saw blade dropping

**jow104** · 11th August 2004, 06:13 PM

triton saw blade dropping

I have had to strip out the holding position lever of my triton saw and fit an additional washer so that the mechanism is tight enough to stop the blade dropping after blade height as been set. (particularly important as I use my table saw to make tenons and blade height is quite often set at 7.5 mm )
After putting the additional washer on to the setting mech. the blade is tight again, but since this fit I am wondering if the lever should be worked as a cranking action, pull down to the bottom, pull off the gearing, brought to the top and then pulled down again to create more tightening.

Any comments please?

**JT-68** · 11th August 2004, 06:54 PM

I had a similar issue - in rip mode with blade at full depth, the lever could not fully tighten the blade height as it was obstructed by the saw mounting chasis. Result being, blade height would drop given the saw was upside down. From memory, I removed the lever and reinserted at a more favorable angle which enabled improved leverage to hold the blade. No problems since. Does that make sense ? I did not need to fit an additional washer.

Cheers - JT.

**Barry_White** · 11th August 2004, 08:22 PM

A height winder kit over comes the need of adjusting the saw height. Once you have used one you will wonder how you did without it.

**jow104** · 11th August 2004, 08:43 PM

Hi Bazza

I have the height winder kit fitted. Its the black lever which is allowing slippage on trition saw.

Can anyone suggest if its cranking up thats needed on the lever?

**bsrlee** · 11th August 2004, 09:47 PM

I'm pretty certain that is exactly what the setup instructions for my Triton saw said to do if the blade height kept slipping. Mine tightens just enough to hold - there should be no need haul on it like King Kong. If it was any looser I'd undo the screw & rotate the lever as far as needed - its on a multi-position mount.

**Gumby** · 11th August 2004, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by JT-68

. From memory, I removed the lever and reinserted at a more favorable angle which enabled improved leverage to hold the blade. No problems since.
Cheers - JT.

You don't need to remove the lever, just pull it out, adjust the position and slip it back on. You can then continue to tighten.

**jow104** · 12th August 2004, 01:56 AM

Ah thats what I thought after having fitted the extra washer, so I crank it up.

**Kris.Parker1** · 10th September 2004, 04:51 PM

Had no dramas with my levers or washer, is the saw corrected fitted to the plate?

**jow104** · 10th September 2004, 06:24 PM

I cut some timber treated with preservative for a neighbour and I think this is where my problem started.
The safety cowl that runs over the top of the blade became choked with wood cuttings/sawdust and I think this pushed the blade . Every time I reset the depth it would happen again until I found the source of the problem. It also cost me a new blade, I think things got a bit hot.

No more fence palings are being cut for neighbours.

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