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Troubleshooting
Trouble Possible Cause Solution
Saw stops or will
not start
1. Overload tripped
2. Saw unplugged from wall or motor
3. Fuse blown or circuit breaker
tripped
4. Cord damaged
5. Starting Capacitor is bad
6. Centrifugal Switch bad or out of
adjustment
1. Allow motor to cool and push reset
button found on “On/Off” Assembly
2. Check all plug connections
3. Replace fuse or reset circuit breaker
4. Replace cord
5. Replace Starting Capacitor
6. Replace or adjust Centrifugal Switch
Does not make
accurate 45° or
90° cuts
1. Stops not adjusted correctly
2. Angle pointer not set accurately
3. Miter gauge stops out of
adjustment
1. Check blade with square; adjust stops
2. Check blade with square adjust
pointer
3. Adjust miter gauge stops
Material binds
blade when
ripping
1. Fence not aligned with miter slot
2. Warped wood
3. Excessive feed rate
4. Splitter not aligned with blade
1. Check and adjust fence parallel to
miter slot
2. Select another piece of wood
3. Reduce feed rate
4. Align splitter with blade
Saw makes
unsatisfactory
cuts
1. Dull blade
2. Blade mounted backwards
3. Gum or pitch on blade
4. Incorrect blade for cut
5. Gum or pitch on table
1. Sharpen or replace blade
2. Turn blade around
3. Remove blade and clean
4. Change blade to correct type
5. Clean table
Blade does not
come up to
speed
1. Extension cord too light or too long
2. Low shop voltage
3. Motor not wired for correct voltage
1. Replace with adequate size cord
2. Contact your local electric company
3. Refer to motor junction box
Saw vibrates
excessively
1. Stand on uneven floor
2. Damaged saw blade
3. Bad Poly V-belt
4. Loose hardware
1. Move to an even level floor
2. Replace saw blade
3. Replace Poly V-belt
4. Tighten hardware
Material kicked
back from blade
1. Rip fence out of alignment
2. Splitter not aligned with blade
3. Feeding stock without rip fence
4. Splitter not in place
5. Dull blade
6. Letting go of material before it is
past blade
7. Anti-kickback plates dull
1. Align rip fence with miter slot
2. Align splitter with blade
3. Install and use rip fence
4. Install and use splitter (with guard)
5. Replace blade
6. Push material all the way past blade
before releasing work
7. Replace or sharpen anti-kickback
plates
Blade does not
raise or tilt freely
1. Sawdust in raising and tilting
mechanisms
1. Clean and regrease
Sliding Table
does not move
smoothly
1. Saw dust in the bearing sliders. 1. Wipe out any sawdust that may have
made it past the wipers. The
important part of the bearing sliders is
the mating grooves that the bearings
ride along