I'm very happy the issue is resolved. I'm sure you can understand my frustration at 1am standing in front of a month old table saw with a blade stuck on the arbor.

I was able to make a couple of test runs the other night and was very please with the results.

by the way, I probably watched your dado video 5 times the other night lol
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I just purchased a Fraud dado stack to go on my Porter Cable table saw and it doesn't fit on the arbor!!!!

Both are 5/8"

Am I missing something here?

Please help!!!!!!
Scott
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I think I'll go the easier route and shim the misalignment.

Let's hope this creativity can set up the rest of my shop haha... but regardless, I'm glad I joined this forum to get some second opinions.

I don't want to reinvent the wheel...

Thanks Colin.
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I'm quite new to wood working, but I'm learning new things daily...

However, after setting up my router table, I'm having an issue with the Router fence.

The sub fences, aren't flush with one another. I've tried a few ways to adjust it, but i'm not having luck getting it perfect.

My question is, what do I do?

Take out the sub fences and just make my own fence out of a straight 1 piece of wood?

Or do I use some sort of shim to push the sub fence up/back to become flush.
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Hi Markv, the problem you are encountering is related to the saw not the saw blade you have selected. The Ryobi saw you have is what is called a direct drive saw. This means that the arbor of the saw, that's the big bolt where you mount the blades to the saw, is actually part of the motor. There are advantages and disadvantages with this design, the main disadvantage is that you can't crank the saw blade up as high as you can on other saws that are have their arbors drive by a pulley system.

In some instances you can overcome this shortcoming by ripping one side or a board half way through, then flip the board over end over end, so the same side of the board is against the fence, then cut the other side of the board.
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I have a Ryobi 10" portable table saw, the one that folds up with wheels. I recently bought a new 40 tooth combination blade after watching the video on saw blades. Unfortunately, I can't rip any wood with a blade higher than a 24 tooth count. Is this a common problem with entry level table saws?
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Let me know how it goes with the new table saw. I figure the Porter Cable and Ridgid are probably neck and neck. I know exactly how you feel going from a very used and very basic table saw to the new one.

It shows just how how little I knew/know about woodworking but, it was an absolute thrill for me to be able to cut a straight line and have a fence that is accurate and locked down straight. It has really allowed me to enjoy woodworking much more instead of having constant frustrations because nothing comes out straight or square.
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Excellent ... you will never regret buying quality tools.

Looking forward to hearing what you are going to do for a work bench. I too am in need of a new bench so I'm looking at different designs and ideas ... let me know what you settle on

Colin
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