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    Hi Alexis, I have exactly the same saw, mine is...

    Hi Alexis,
    I have exactly the same saw, mine is only one week old. While these are good saws, they are not without issues. Your zero clearance insert looks exactly the same as mine in terms of poor...
  2. Thread: Blade runout

    by Harry_B
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    Hahaha, thanks Jack, you're too kind. The funny...

    Hahaha, thanks Jack, you're too kind. The funny thing is, despite being taught metric at school, I did an apprenticeship as a Blacksmith from '83 - '87 and everything was measured in imperial. Then...
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    Hey guys, definitely 45 thou, the attached images...

    Hey guys, definitely 45 thou, the attached images give an overview of the measuring setup. The deviation or run out was measured with the verniers zeroed at the lowest (or farthest away from the...
  4. Thread: Blade runout

    by Harry_B
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    Blade runout

    Hi all,

    Just bought a Hikoki C10RJ(X) jobsite saw to use in favour of my aging Triton Mk3. In the process of checking the setup I discovered the stock blade has .045" runout or deviation. I tried...
  5. Thread: Average result

    by Harry_B
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    Hi Mal, I understand exactly where you're coming...

    Hi Mal, I understand exactly where you're coming from. There is plenty of room for user error in my scenario and setting the fence parallelism on the earlier Tritons is more guess work and good luck...
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    Merci beaucoup JJF. - - - Updated - - - ...

    Merci beaucoup JJF.

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    Cheers Crowie, thanks very much.
  7. Thread: Average result

    by Harry_B
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    Hi Chrism3, thanks for your suggestion. Before...

    Hi Chrism3, thanks for your suggestion.
    Before trying a thicker blade, I took some measurements to get a baseline. The blade carbides are 2.6mm wide and the riving knife (it's actually a support...
  8. Thread: Average result

    by Harry_B
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    Average result

    Hi all,

    I've got a Triton MK3 WorkCentre, which for the most part, has done the job for the 30 years I've had it. Now, I don't know if it's me getting fussy or the saw unit, but the cut finish I'm...
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    Hi from Toowoomba

    Hi everyone,
    I signed up just yesterday, thanks to the admin team for allowing me to join. My name is Harry, I was a welder/boilermaker/machinist for the first 20 years of my working life and then...
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