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New Harvey 110LGE-30 Owner ... just dialling it in
My 110LGE-30 arrived today ... well the chassis did ... the other two boxes, and the mobility set are in transit
Just started to assemble ... this is my first table saw and I have a lot to learn.
With the blade installed the 90 degree IS indeed 90 degree.
I am yet to check 45 degrees as I have to work out the maths for slope and distance from pivot point and use my vernier and dial to check ... or maybe I just cut some wood and test it.
I ran the dial over the blade and followed the instructions on checking and correcting.
I have noticed that in some videos a square is used to measure the distance between the T slot to the blade .... and then slide the square to the rear of the blade to check that distance. I did this with the dial and got mixed readings ... sometimes it was spot on ... other times out by 8/1000. Then it dawned on me that I was measuring the blade for alignment with the T slot and not the T slot with the blade.
The correct method I since learned is to put a pen mark on the blade .... measure the distance to the T slot at the front..... AND THEN rotate the blade and measure the same marked point at the rear of the blade.
I did this and ... set the dial to zero at the front ... Attachment 338242 rotated the marked spot and got a reading of -2.5/1000 at the rear of the bladeAttachment 338241
I then repeated this over 6 other locations and got generally the same result -2 to -3. This meant that the rear of the table had to rotate to the left ... by about 6/1000
I then loosened off 3 of the 4 top holding bolts and cracked the 4th (front right) to use it as a pivot point. I use a dead weight rubber mallet to "inch" the top across ... got the rear to zero, moved to the front of the blade and corrected the front to zero ... and repeated this seesawing 3 times. I then kept checking as I tightened the bolts again.
The results were then ... zero at the front ..Attachment 338243 and .... as close to zero as I could get at the back of the bladeAttachment 338244
What blades have you chaps got for the Harvey ... I bought a 8" Freud SD208 for the Laguna I had delivered just before Christmas (but never used ... long story) and it's 5/8ths ... costs $75 to have bored out to 30mm so I might sell them on and get a real 30mm set, any recommendations on this and for other blades too please?
Having a great time in the workshop
Rob