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We all have those moments Dusty, just saw a rare chance to beat jpg to a punch line.lol

On the model 500, you can get the 3 1/2" depth of cut by extending the quill the full length, locking it there, and then dropping the table over the blade. I'm not sure if this will work with the wider tables on the 505/510/520.

pennview wrote:On the model 500, you can get the 3 1/2" depth of cut by extending the quill the full length, locking it there, and then dropping the table over the blade. I'm not sure if this will work with the wider tables on the 505/510/520.

I think not. Without going to the shop to verify, I believe the bottom edge of the 510 table contacts the top of the headstock thus setting maximum depth of cut.

After testing this out, you can get slightly more than 3.5 inches depth of cut on a 520 with the blade through the table insert; however you must remove the lower blade guard and extend the quill. This allows the 520 table to clear the headstock. However, the lower blade guard (specifically the part that pops up on the springs) still prevents the table from dropping more than 3.25. With the lower blade guard removed, I get 3 and 20/32nds blade height; any more and the table is interfered with by the quill.

Here are the photos:

Showing my square next to the blade (parallax makes it look like 4 inches; see the next photo):
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Up close and personal (no parallax):
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From underneath:
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onevw wrote:You are correct and yes the table is hitting the power case. So moving the quill out might just let the table drop a little more and give me the extra I need to cut those 4x4. You are also right 3.125 seem to be common with a lot of 10 inch saws.
RICK

all of these efforts, extending the quill, removing the lower guard, running the blade off the side of the table, seem to me to be compromising safety. Why not just cut halfway through your 4x4, flip it over, and cut through the other half?

videobear wrote:all of these efforts, extending the quill, removing the lower guard, running the blade off the side of the table, seem to me to be compromising safety. Why not just cut halfway through your 4x4, flip it over, and cut through the other half?

I agree 100%. I was simply trying to answer the question of what was the maximum achievable blade height with the 520 table.

ljhhontx wrote:We all have those moments Dusty, just saw a rare chance to beat jpg to a punch line.lol

Some times it is more fun to stand back and see who jumps in and how long it takes them!:D Besides I do not want to get put back on that old man's ignore list again!;)