Hitachi miter saw problem

[KnarlyCarl]

My father in law set this stand up but I noticed I couldn't cut boards quite squarely.... I can explain it better in video. Just something to take note of

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[JerryNY]

I see the problem though. There's no blade in there so you won't be able to cut much of anything ? Seriously though it looks like he clamped down the saw to that table hard with an impact driver through those holes in the saw's base? You look like you've fixed it pretty well, maybe about as much as could be expected because you never really want to do more than snug up a miter with its  base. Racheting down the base to the point of warpage kinda defeats the purpose of having a nice flat miter work surface. You could apply some heat to maybe get the metal base more level and true but I have a feeling that it's like bending a long aluminum level and you're never gonna get it perfect again...

[KnarlyCarl]

Haha yeah the blades are out for sharpening. I'm waiting for the blades(miter and table saw) to get done so I can get it up and running again

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[LarryS]

You can see alot of people build a stand similar to your father-in-laws with out the support.

I've never heard of this happening. Wonder why it would happen to this brand of saw?

[KnarlyCarl]

You can see alot of people build a stand similar to your father-in-laws with out the support.

I've never heard of this happening. Wonder why it would happen to this brand of saw?

I suspect just tightening down too much on the screws really. The side tables are made of different thicknesses of wood and shimmed up but that made the top all wavy. I don't know what we was thinking lol

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[JerryNY]

It looks like spax star drive construction screws, or similar, were used to secure the saw down to table top. Did he go hog wild with an impact driver? I'm pretty sure most higher end saws would still warp or even break if you used even a mid level impact driver to secure the screws down. People underestimate how powerful impact drivers are; heck they can shear bolts/screws off very easy. Warping a saw base would be easy with ~1500inlbs impact driver.