Rip Fence 510

[dgreen810]

I received a replacement pivot lever and installed it in a matter of minutes only to run into another problem. I decided to start from scratch and got the SS owner's manual and dial indicator out and proceeded align everything. All went well until I got to fence. It was off a little, turned it over and attempted to loosen the two Allen head screws. The one on the out feed end came loose with a lot of pressure, even "Pppped" when it came loose. The screw on in feed end refused to budge and finally the Allen wrench turned in the screw.

I made these observations and the remedy.

Carbon steel capscrews and bolts tend to really grabe onto aluminum. I took a piece of 5/32" Allen wrench to the grinder and carefully ground it down until there was perfect edges and not rounded. Put the piece of Allen wrench in my drill press with rip fence in the drill press vise. "Power Off", Applied down pressure with the quill and turned the Jacobs chuck with the key. It finally "popped " loose. It was really seized.

The remedy: Replaced the SS Allen head screws with Allen head cap screws with a deep 3/16" hole. I also use "Never-Seez" on all the screws and bolts before re-installing them.

The fence is now aligned and hopefully can be adjusted again if necessary.

I am not sure I understand why SS uses Allen head screws that have a hole so shallow, that they are almost sure to strip if let for long periods of time. I know they want to use cap screws with a 5/32" hole but!!

I am attaching a couple of pictures of what came out and what went in. The cap screw in the photo is longer than the one that went in.

[charlese]

I knew that there had to be an answer. Somewhere along the way my son in law got carried away.

Well problem solved. Guess I will call SS in morning and see if I can buy a pawl. If not it's off to eBay unless someone out there has a spare I can buy, borrow or steal.

Thank so much for the input from all you guys.

Don G

Same thing happened to me, But I didn't have a SIL to act as the scapegoat. Ordered a new part and it came with the rubber tip attached.

A good way to stop fence moving is to clamp a backup block to the table and against the fence.