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Thanks for all the responses. I have now followed your suggestions about the correct positions of the locking levers and it seems to be working. I am really impressed with the quality of the advice and the nice tone of the comments despite my obvious lack of knowledge.

Here are the the pictures that I tried to include with my previous submission.

Rip Fence Bottom Clamp Lock Position.pdf Rip Fence Bottom Handle Fully Down.pdf Rip Fence Front Clamp.pdf Thank you all for the helpful suggestions.
I vacuumed the rails, the table and the rip fence and added graphite to the cam surfaces. I then adjusted the nuts for the two handles. I can now get ...

I have a 520 rip fence that I have had troubles locking since I bought my shop smith 16 years ago. I finally decided to try to set it up from the beginning and now I am having trouble getting it to lock at all. I loosen the nut for the front clamp and I can get the bottom lever to go all the way ...