Stan in Oly, WA
Well-known Member
I bought a used Rockwell table saw which was pretty rusty and dirty. It looked poorly maintained, but not abused. I thought it wouldn’t be too much trouble to clean it up and adjust it to get it back into decent running condition. That didn’t exactly turn out to be the case, but it ought to be good enough for me to get the projects done that I’ve got lined up for the next six or eight months. The problem is with the rip fence. The knob that is supposed to tighten up the back end of the fence doesn’t hold it in place. If anyone has a table saw that uses this style of rip fence, could you take a look at the mechanism of the back end and tell me how it’s supposed to work. I've had it apart several times and it appears that nothing is missing and everything is in place. After studying it for a while I can't even figure out exactly how it's supposed to work---which is the first thing you have to know to solve this kind of problem, of course.
Stan
This type of rip fence
Stan
This type of rip fence