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rbenstead
12-30-2009, 11:30 PM
I have a 520 converted from a 510. Tonight I wanted to tilt the table to make a couple bevels on a project and I am puzzeled. When I tilt the table there is no way I can move it over to line up with the blade. The rubber carriage stop ring won't allow it to move over enough. Does a person need to cut it off and pitch it in order to do 45 deg bevels?
judaspre1982
12-30-2009, 11:50 PM
Try extending the quill to line up the blade to the center of the insert. I believe the stop ring is for lining up in the 90 deg position.---Dave
rbenstead
12-30-2009, 11:55 PM
I forgot about the quill feed. Geeeezzzz
JPG40504
12-31-2009, 10:45 PM
I forgot about the quill feed. Geeeezzzz
Don't feel lonesome!!;)
cincinnati
01-01-2010, 12:20 AM
I forgot about the quill feed. Geeeezzzz
Don't be so hard on yourself. Most owners cut that spacer off thinking it is there for packing.
joedw00
01-01-2010, 12:32 AM
I was turning a short peace of wood today, and could not get it close enough to get it into the live center. I cut the spacer off not even thinking about extending the quill. Must have been a senior moment. :D
charlese
01-01-2010, 10:19 PM
Hi Joe! I'm a guy that cut the rubber spacer off thinking it was packing. The machine worked well for years, before I found out it was a spacer for lining up a saw blade. Only additional thing to do was to look at the blade when lowering the table.
The only thing I think the spacer may help with is to serve as a stop in order to prevent making a sled from getting progressively smaller.
I now have a rubber ring that sits in a drawer. There is one slice down the side of it. It can be re-attached to the SS very easily with electrician's tape.
iclark
01-01-2010, 11:33 PM
The only thing I think the spacer may help with is to serve as a stop in order to prevent making a sled from getting progressively smaller.
doesn't that spacer also help protect from the headstock lock slipping (or not being engaged) when you go to vertical mode?
in other words, to prevent the sort of damage we've seen in pictures here of broken greenie carriages from the headstock slamming into the carriage spacer screw that predated that rubber spacer.