Losos
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Useful info for Hammer B3 Table Saw Users
I expect those long time users already know this but posting for the benefit of new users (Like me)
If you find the sliding table doesn't slide fully back (e.g. when you might want to change a blade) and it feels like it's hitting the stop, well it ain't :lol: you need to 'nudge' it, i.e. gently push it right back.
This somehow re-aligns the bearing cage and you'll be able to slide it fully back thereafter.
Unless you do a lot more work on short lengths, or don't use the sliding table at all when this 'quirk' may re-appear. (I hesitate to call it a fault 'tho I suppose it is really)
And the solution is to run the sliding table (Which Hammer irritatingly keep refering to as a 'desk' :? ) all the way back after every session.
All the above is mentioned in the manual at the back under 'Maintenance' (Page 94 IIRC) but sad to say the German - English translation is so convoluted that it reads like a sketch by the Two Ronnies :lol:
I expect those long time users already know this but posting for the benefit of new users (Like me)
If you find the sliding table doesn't slide fully back (e.g. when you might want to change a blade) and it feels like it's hitting the stop, well it ain't :lol: you need to 'nudge' it, i.e. gently push it right back.
This somehow re-aligns the bearing cage and you'll be able to slide it fully back thereafter.
Unless you do a lot more work on short lengths, or don't use the sliding table at all when this 'quirk' may re-appear. (I hesitate to call it a fault 'tho I suppose it is really)
And the solution is to run the sliding table (Which Hammer irritatingly keep refering to as a 'desk' :? ) all the way back after every session.
All the above is mentioned in the manual at the back under 'Maintenance' (Page 94 IIRC) but sad to say the German - English translation is so convoluted that it reads like a sketch by the Two Ronnies :lol:
