Hi
Just purchased an Osborne EB3 as could not resist the sale price. It appears to be very well made. As I have only calibrated the very basic mitre fence that came with the Fox Table saw (I think I did this OK). I am a little more nervous in the case of the EB3 as I don't want to mess anything up, whilst the instructions do appear to be straightforward enough would I be correct in just placing my engineers square against the sliding bar and the back of the fence then adjust after loosening the eccentric screw inside the outer brace?
Also just discovered that the last 200mm of the mitre gauge slot of the saw is approx 1/2mm deeper than the rest of the track, this does not appear to affect the EB3 in any way, it runs very smoothly. The track itself is overall approx 1/2mm deeper than the sliding bar of the EB3, this causes the nut at the end of the sliding bar to foul the top of the table. My intention is to purchase the slick low friction material from Axminster as this is .5mm thick and stick it to the track, or would it be better to stick it to the bottom of the sliding bar? Am concerned about the wearability of this material. Has anyone used it? Or is there a better option?
Cheers
Con
Just purchased an Osborne EB3 as could not resist the sale price. It appears to be very well made. As I have only calibrated the very basic mitre fence that came with the Fox Table saw (I think I did this OK). I am a little more nervous in the case of the EB3 as I don't want to mess anything up, whilst the instructions do appear to be straightforward enough would I be correct in just placing my engineers square against the sliding bar and the back of the fence then adjust after loosening the eccentric screw inside the outer brace?
Also just discovered that the last 200mm of the mitre gauge slot of the saw is approx 1/2mm deeper than the rest of the track, this does not appear to affect the EB3 in any way, it runs very smoothly. The track itself is overall approx 1/2mm deeper than the sliding bar of the EB3, this causes the nut at the end of the sliding bar to foul the top of the table. My intention is to purchase the slick low friction material from Axminster as this is .5mm thick and stick it to the track, or would it be better to stick it to the bottom of the sliding bar? Am concerned about the wearability of this material. Has anyone used it? Or is there a better option?
Cheers
Con