Resolving Crooked Cuts Lesson #2

By Larry Anderson
Technical Advisor

After examining the blade guides and determining the jaw blocks are tight, we can move on to the next possibility.

Guide Arm Squareness:

Take a small scrap of steel 1/4" thick six inched long and clamp it to the blade so the six inches is straight vertical attached to blade. Put square on bed of saw against steel piece. It must match the square.

If it doesn't there is something wrong with the guide arm.

1) Some saw guides have swivel adjustment screws which can be adjusted to swing the guide section such that squareness can be achieved.

2) Sometimes the problem is that the guide arm is not tight to the cross beam. Obviously if loose, tighten.

I have given two possibilities. There could be many and your job is to find a way for the square and the blades to be at 90 degrees to the bed. If you can not do this it is time to get a new saw.