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Unlocked position means nothing because you can't use it in that position and you can park it anywhere unlocked.
It appears that if you make a minor adjustment to the locked and skewed position, you can get it where you want it.

I am not certain of what you are saying.

I showed locked and ...

We've had another recent thread on the Pro Fence adjustment, indicating that if the fence clamps are far out of adjustment it is not clear how to adjust them. It is important that the handle position be correct while making the adjustment: https://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/maintenance-and-repair ...

I recently installed the 520 upgrade kit in my MK 5. When I first tried to use the rip fence, the front clamp was so tight that it wouldn't close down all the way. I adjusted the nut in the front if the fence and got it to clamp down finally. It still seems that I cannot get it to clamp in a ...