Thread: Hafco SB-12 TS setup

Congratulation on the new saw. I can understand how elated you are as I was when I moved from a Triton to a real saw.
I am not sure if all saws are set up the same, but I had to move my trunnions just a smidgen to get the blade perfectly aligned with the mitre slot. There were 4 bolts which hold the trunnions on to the table. I seem to remember that a couple of them weren't that easy to get to, but can be done. I just loosened them off enough so that I could use a length of timber and lever the trunnion into alignment, or tap the timber on the trunnion with a hammer if it needed to go in a different direction that couldn't be levered. I had to do this a few times as it wanted to move a little when tightneing the bolts.
My saw is not a Hafco, so could be a different setup.
I also notice from the photo on the website that there is only one bolt through each side of the leg into the cabinet. Mine was like this when I first got it and found that the cabinet would rock around on the legs (that is you can push it backwards and forwards or side to side). I drilled an extra hole in each side of the leg where it attaches to the cabinet and put another bolt in each. This locked it up solid. Drill holes as shown by the red dots in the picture.

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To find a better manual, I'd look for a 'could be from the very same production line' - alike from somewhere like Grizzly in the US.

Thanks Treecycle, I'll have another look at the trunnions with a good torch. As I said, the saw is pretty good out of the box, I would just like to know what to do if I need to re-align the blade.
You're right about the stand. It could do with a lot more metal as well as more fasteners. I can see a timber one with built-in sawdust hopper (rather than a flat plate with a hole in it) in the future.
I've emailed H&F about a decent manual, but...we'll see what they have to say.

Master Splinter, I'll keep looking. These things are badge engineered, so there are probably 27 versions of the same crappy manual out there.

Originally Posted by Treecycle

Congratulation on the new saw. I can understand how elated you are as I was when I moved from a Triton to a real saw.
I am not sure if all saws are set up the same, but I had to move my trunnions just a smidgen to get the blade perfectly aligned with the mitre slot. There were 4 bolts which hold the trunnions on to the table. I seem to remember that a couple of them weren't that easy to get to, but can be done. I just loosened them off enough so that I could use a length of timber and lever the trunnion into alignment, or tap the timber on the trunnion with a hammer if it needed to go in a different direction that couldn't be levered. I had to do this a few times as it wanted to move a little when tightneing the bolts.
My saw is not a Hafco, so could be a different setup.
I also notice from the photo on the website that there is only one bolt through each side of the leg into the cabinet. Mine was like this when I first got it and found that the cabinet would rock around on the legs (that is you can push it backwards and forwards or side to side). I drilled an extra hole in each side of the leg where it attaches to the cabinet and put another bolt in each. This locked it up solid. Drill holes as shown by the red dots in the picture.

Saw.JPG

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