Checking for Blade Squareness

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Before making a cut, verify that the blade is perfectly square (90 degrees) to the saw's fence and table. Place a speed square on the saw's table and push it flush against the blade. If the speed square does not sit perfectly against the blade, indicating it's not square, make fine adjustments using the mechanisms at the back of the saw on the bevel scale until it is. This ensures precise, accurate cuts.

Goal: Ensure the saw blade is perfectly square for accurate cuts.

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Speed Square — Checking the squareness of the saw blade

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to unlock this. Once you have the saw unlocked, you can go 45° this way or you can go 45° this way. Now, we want to make sure that we're actually at zero before we make our cut. So, take our speed square here, put it on our table, and push it right up to our blade. This should be square. If it's not square, make your adjustments back here on the bevel. Now, if you haven't bought a saw yet, I highly recommend that you get one that slides and this can lock as well. Now, you have

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