Recently I picked-up a Bosch 4100 table saw. After a painless initial assembly, I started working on calibrating and aligning various moving parts; this is where I ran into a problem. It seems that no matter what I did I could not get my fence to be perpendicular to the table surface. I turned every adjustment screw I could find, double-checked that the surface is flat, and consistently the fence is out of alignment.
The fence is perfectly square and perpendicular when it is not locked, but when I engage the locking mechanism I can feel the fence rise up a bit, and it’s at that point that it goes out alignment. Also, when unlocked, there seems to be 1/8” of slop where the fence can be wiggled side to side.
So, am I simply too anal and expecting too much out of this fence, after all this is not a cabinet saw, or do I have a legitimate problem? I am open to suggestions and feedback.
Thanks in advance!
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