The table saw is working, so I didn’t tag anything. 2 topics I wanted to bring up
Blade not retracting all the way. It seemed to make it to the point where about 1/8” was still above the table. I think built up dust is getting in the way, as there seemed a fair bit of resistance on the crank the lower I got the blade. There seemed to be quite a lot of sawdust inside. I cleaned out some of it, but don’t know how to take out the blade, so I couldn’t get it all cleared up.
Lip on the blade cover. The leading edge of the plate is starting to wear, and is sticking up off the table. It was causing a stop on the thin plywood I was working on. Area of concern at the bottom of this picture.
The Sawstop blade insert has a simple grub screw in front for leveling the front. That is extended too far and needs to be screwed in more to make it level
The rear is two button cap screws in an unusual opposed-underhook configuration that probably won’t need adjusting
The saw probably needs a deep clean on the gears. The plate is always falling out of adjustment. I keep a set of hex wrenches and a metal rule for this. It takes a couple of minutes. I almost never use the saw without adjusting the plate.
maybe a little late, the throat plate goes in a certain way if inserted wrong, it will stick on top of the table about 1/8". Infinity Cutting Tools - SawStop Zero Clearance Throat Plate - YouTube. This video is very detailed in how to do the insert from the get-go and it does show the adjustments that need to be made. Like Joe mentioned, it should not need to be done constantly, it should be a one in a great wild adjustment unless someone deliberately moves the screws. If they coming loose, they may have to be replaced or thread lock put on them so they don’t move. In my experience, usually, people are not familiar with inserting the throat plate the right way and sometimes caked dust under the insert. Now if the blade is not going all the way down could be a number of things. One not mentioned and most people don’t know is when someone overloads the blade during operation (feeding stock too fast into the blade) the blade arm assembly (motor and driving belts) will ride up. A tell-tell sign that this has happened is the riving knife not being aligned with the top of the blade. I can’t tell in the photos if this is the case. Yes, it doesn’t make sense, but it does happen. To reset it is hard to explain. Turn off the machine, unplug it, remove the throat plate, remove the riving knife, and remove the blade. Push down and towards the front hard on the part that has the yeller screws (adjusting block for the cartridge), you should feel it move down and that’s all it takes. As far as the deep cleaning mentioned is not hard but definitely, a PITA, not a lot of room but all the access plates are there to accomplish the job. it would be very hard to do without compressed air although a little unsafe. the only thing I can mention is that all the access plates have to be put back on correctly or you’re going to get a fault and the table saw will not work. The legend/list for the faults (blinking red and green lights in front of the on/off switch) is on the side of the black switch box. I would very much offer to fix or go and look at it but my time is very limited and just can’t. Hope this helps.
