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I would appreciate whatever info you have to help me check the alignment of the blade. Are you measuring the blade relative to the slot in the base similar to aligning a table saw blade to the slot in the table? Also what blade did you end up using in your cordless saw?
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Thanks for the help. That is probably what happened. I’m calling it user error and ordering a new piece of rubber for the track and starting over. Played with the saw yesterday some more and now my cuts are about a 16th away from the rubber that I cut too close earlier. When I got my table saw I spent several hours dialing it in and practicing with scrap but I was in a hurry with the track saw and just jumped right in.
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Cross cutting the oak. The cuts are clean and smooth. Took measurements and the blade is parallel to the slot in the plate.
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I have the Makita XPS02 cordless plunge cut saw. I have the wheels adjusted so there is no side to side play with the saw in the track but not too tight as to make the saw difficult to push down the track. It seems every cut I am taking a little more off the rubber and after a dozen cuts there is less than 1/16 of rubber sticking out the track. Don’t understand why I keep getting closer to the track with each cut. Going to take some measurements to see if blade is parallel to slot in base and maybe switch to a thicker kerf blade to see if blade is warping during cutting. I am cutting red oak stair treads but going slow with the feed rate.
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Hi I just purchased the cordless track saw. I made my initial cut in the track and the rubber was very rough. It had the tiniest bumps at regular intervals down the track. Made a couple more cuts and it seemed to smooth out. By the fourth cut the saw kind of bound up in the middle of the track and when I finished my cut I noticed the middle of the track I actually cut the aluminum track! I had the saw adjusted like the manual says to slide easy but no chatter side to side. I don’t understand how the saw cut the track but now I’m left with not trusting the rubber strip to line up my cuts.
