Acceptable SawStopTS Fence RunOut

[tim walker]

I am doing some maintenance and fine-tuning. I have a 3 hp SawStop PCS with a 52" rail system. What is the acceptable runout tolerance for the T Fence? Mine is currently registering 0.005" toe out. What are your recommendations, less than that, perfect alignment, dare I say toe in for fear of potential kickback. Thanks

[mike stenson]

by toe out, you mean that the back of the fence is farther away from the blade than the front of the fence? If so, that's what I aim for.

[jack duren]

I don’t run with a toe out.. Tye fence will probably toe out as you cut…

[Michael Burnside]

I shoot for dead flat or worst case the fence moves away from the blade by 0.001-0.002"as it exits. At present my setup is right around 0.001 away from the blade and it was "meh good enough".

[Rod Sheridan]

My fence is somewhere around 0.002”, the sliding table about the same.

Regards, Rod

[Doug Garson]

Just to be clear, when you say your fence toes out by say .002", where are you measuring? Is that the difference between the fence and the miter slot (which should be parallel to the blade) measured at the front edge of the table and the back edge? (or the front and back of the blade?)

[tim walker]

Good questiona s tat is the actual cutting area.

[Warren Lake]

you are asking for toe out but I read it as run out that is fence run out from straight. Id check that as well as my besemeiyer fences were not straight and that is an issue before you even look at toe out.

Toe in will make toe jamb

[Edward Weber]

Never measured fence alingment in my life.
Align blade to miter slot, align fence to miter slot, then check the cut, no problem.
Worrying about .00X is just too much for me to be concerned about.

[Lee Schierer]

You don't want toe in. zero to .005 is certainly acceptable.

[Doug Garson]

Good questiona s tat is the actual cutting area.

So you mean front and back of blade? Or how do you define "cutting area"?

[Bill Dufour]

The longer the fence the larger the acceptable toe out. For a unisaw size fence I would say 0.001-0.003. I would not recommend less then 0.001"
Bill D.