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Measuring scale
The Pro-Cut 50 and Pro-Cut 50 DC now come with a built in measuring scale mounted to the non-operator side
of the machine. The sled has a scale marker attached to it that moves along the top of the measuring scale.
When setting the machine up for rip cutting, simply slide the sled along the rails until you reach the desired
measurement as indicated by the sled scale marker. With the sled set at the desired measurement, lock the
sled in place using the 2 sled locks.
NOTE: All hand held tape measures are slightly different and can be out by as much as 1/16 to 1/8” from one
measuring tape to another. It is always good practice to use the same tape measure for all measurements
throughout your entire project. A common problem on most equipment with built in tape scales is that they do
not always measure the same as the hand held tape measure you are using and therefore a lot of seasoned
woodworkers never use built in scales on any equipment.
The Pro-Cut 50 allows an operator to adjust the entire measuring scale on the machine to exactly match your
hand held tape measure with one easy adjustment of the scale. Follow the steps below.
1) To make this adjustment only use the hand held tape measure you will use for your project. We will set
the scale on the Pro-Cut 50 to exactly match your hand held tape measure.
2) Set the saw sled (with the saw in the sled set in the rip cut position) at 15” as indicated on the built in
scale. With your hand held tape measure, measure from the outside tooth of the saw blade to the side
fence. If the measurement is identical, no adjustment is necessary. If the measurement is not the same
then loosen the two thumb screws on either end of the Pro-Cut 50 scale and move the entire scale
until the Pro-Cut 50 scale measurement is identical to the measurement on your hand held measuring
tape. Tighten the two thumb screws on the Pro-Cut 50 measuring scale. Your Pro-cut 50 scale is now
identical to your hand held scale.
Saw Blade Depth Gauge ……..IMPORTANT
To achieve the best results when cutting material with a minimum amount of tear-out and a smooth cut, it is
general practice in woodworking to set the saw blade depth no more than ¼” below the thickness of the
material you are cutting. With this in mind the new version of the Pro-Cut 50 has a built-in depth gauge rail
that will automatically set your saw blade to ¼” below the material you are cutting. (Fig C1 Page 26) shows the
depth gauge rail and (Fig C2 Page 26) shows the saw placed over the depth gauge rail.
Setting the saw blade depth is covered in greater detail in the section called Cross-Cutting starting on page 25.
To set the depth of your saw blade, raise the saw blade all the way up using the blade height adjustment on
the saw. Place the saw over the saw blade depth rail making sure the saw blade guard of the saw is covering
the blade. Lower the saw blade until the saw blade guard just touches and skims the surface of the depth
gauge rail on the Pro-Cut 50. The saw blade is now set to ¼” below the material you will cut. NOTE: always use
the depth gauge rail to set the saw blade depth to prevent cutting too deep into the table top and, in the
worst case scenario, cutting into the frame of the Pro-Cut 50.
The depth of the blade must be set to no more than ¼” below the material you are cutting for both cross
cutting and rip cutting. You will notice both a kerf cut and a grove are cut into the table top insert. The kerf cut
is ¼” deep and used for cross cutting. The grove is ¼” deep at the bottom of the grove and is used for rip
cutting.
