Hello,
Does anyone else have one of the newer versions of the evo rage 2 chop saw where they moved to a stamped base and cheaper clamp mechanism?
I am having trouble setting cuts to square or 45 degrees and so far I have identified what I think are all the issues but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something obvious before I start having a friend machine some bits to fix it up.
1) The two holes in the steel angle that pivot and set the angle of the clamp are oversized, the combined slop allows for several degrees of unpredictability depending on how the boles and bolts happen to line up any time it is tightened down.
2) The swing arm is not perfectly perpendicular to the base. I can't see to find any way to adjust this
3) The blade has a slight taper to it, setting 90 and 45 degree cuts using a speed square against the blade in the lowered position doesn't work.
My current strategy for setting the angle is to make small slices off of a 2x4, check angle, and then tap clamp with a rubber hammer until I zero in on where I need to be. This is a huge pain in the ***.
Assuming there isn't some easier method to dial in the cuts I am missing - I am going to have a friend turn down a larger stainless bolt into an m10 with tightly fit OD shoulder. Then also have him replace the bent steel angle with a piece of angel stock (sharp corner should help with clamping thin stock) where the arc cut into it is undersized so I can slowly grind back until the stops sit perfectly at 90 and 45 degrees. Like this:
Does anyone else have one of the newer versions of the evo rage 2 chop saw where they moved to a stamped base and cheaper clamp mechanism?
I am having trouble setting cuts to square or 45 degrees and so far I have identified what I think are all the issues but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something obvious before I start having a friend machine some bits to fix it up.
1) The two holes in the steel angle that pivot and set the angle of the clamp are oversized, the combined slop allows for several degrees of unpredictability depending on how the boles and bolts happen to line up any time it is tightened down.
2) The swing arm is not perfectly perpendicular to the base. I can't see to find any way to adjust this
3) The blade has a slight taper to it, setting 90 and 45 degree cuts using a speed square against the blade in the lowered position doesn't work.
My current strategy for setting the angle is to make small slices off of a 2x4, check angle, and then tap clamp with a rubber hammer until I zero in on where I need to be. This is a huge pain in the ***.
Assuming there isn't some easier method to dial in the cuts I am missing - I am going to have a friend turn down a larger stainless bolt into an m10 with tightly fit OD shoulder. Then also have him replace the bent steel angle with a piece of angel stock (sharp corner should help with clamping thin stock) where the arc cut into it is undersized so I can slowly grind back until the stops sit perfectly at 90 and 45 degrees. Like this:
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