Aligning Rip Fence; Rip Fence Pointer Adjustment; To Set The Rip Fence Pointer - Bosch GTS1041A Instrucciones De Funcionamiento

ALIGNING RIP FENCE

To prevent personal injury,
always
from power source before making any adjust-
ments. The rip fence must be parallel with the
Saw blade in order to prevent KICKBACK when
ripping.
Your table saw is equipped with a Self-Aligning,
Quick-Set rip fence. Once the adjustments below
have been made, the rip fence will self align when
the fence is locked into position.
NOTE: The blade must be parallel with the miter
gauge slots (see page 20) and be perpendicular
to table before proceeding with rip fence align-
ment.
To prevent personal injury,
always make sure the rip
fence is locked before making rip cuts.
1. Lift both guard barriers 2 to their up locked po-
sition.
2. Raise lock handle 1 and slide fence 3 until it
is alongside the saw blade, by lifting right side
pawl 4 above fence (Fig. 27). The fence should
touch the blade teeth at the front and rear of
the blade when locked. If fence does not touch
the teeth at front and rear of blade continue
with the following the steps:
3. Loosen the two screws 5 on the top front sec-
tion of the rip fence using the included 5mm
hex wrench.
Fig. 27
4
6
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4. Move fence 3 until it touches the teeth and is
5. Hold fence in place and lower lock handle,
disconnect plug
6. Clamp rip fence to check if it holds securely at
The distance of the rip fence body from the blade
when ripping on the right side of the blade is de-
termined by lining the pointer 7 with the desired
dimension on the scale 8 (Fig. 28).
1. Lift both guard barriers 2 to their up locked po-
2. Raise lock handle 1 and slide fence 3 until it
3. Loosen pointer adjustment screw 9, adjust
2
5
1
15 14
8 9
3
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parallel to the blade.
check to make sure the fence stayed parallel to
the blade then tighten screws (Fig. 27).
front and rear. If rear is not clamped securely,
unclamp fence and turn rear clamp adjustment
screw 6 clockwise for increased clamping. Try
clamping the fence to verify if it self-aligns and
clamps tightly at the front and rear. Overtight-
ening of the rear clamp adjustment screw 6 will
cause the rip fence to be non-self aligning (Fig.
27). Overtightening may cause friction or "chat-
ter" when fence is moved side to side.

RIP FENCE POINTER ADJUSTMENT

TO SET THE RIP FENCE POINTER:

sition (Fig. 27).
is alongside the saw blade, by lifting right side
pawl 4 above fence (Fig. 27).
pointer 7 to "0" mark on lower scale 8, then re-
tighten screw 9 (Fig. 28).
Fig. 28
Changing to
13
Table Pointer
10 11 12
8 7
13
9
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