INCRA ShopStop - Manual (Page 7)

Loosen the black thumbscrews about 1 ⁄ 8
turn then rotate the micro adjust screw
clockwise until the stop surface touches the
teeth on your saw blade. Tighten the
thumbscrews.
Slide the scale on your fence to read 0"
directly under the end of the gold stop cap.
(Use the end farthest from the saw blade)
Now at each subsequent setting of your
Shop Stop, the scale will give a direct
readout of the distance between the stop
surface and the saw blade.
Zeroing at Crosscut Stations:
There are several stations in the shop where
crosscutting operations can take place – the radial
arm saw, chop saw, sliding miter saw, and the table
saw. The radial arm saw, chop saw and sliding
miter saw are all similar in that the workpiece is held
against a stationary fence as the blade is moved
through the cut. At the table saw, crosscutting is
accomplished with the help of a miter gauge or by
using a crosscut box. In these approaches the
workpiece is held against a fence that is moved,
guided by the miter slots in the table saw, over a
stationary blade. In any case, accessorizing these
tools with an INCRA Track and INCRA Shop Stop
makes accurate crosscutting effortless.
Zeroing at these tools is easy.
Here’s how:
With the saw unplugged, raise the blade about 1"
and clamp the Shop Stop to your INCRA fence with
the stop surface as close as possible to the blade.
Position fence far enough away from the
blade to comfortably clear the blade at ALL
cutting angles.
CAUTION: Always unplug the
motor before zeroing your Shop
Stop to any power tool.
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Second: Clamp stop to
fence with stop surfaces
as close as possible to
saw blade.
Third: Loosen black
thumbscrews about
1 ⁄ 8
turn, then rotate micro
adjust screw clockwise
until stop touches teeth
on saw blade. Tighten
black thumbscrews.
Fourth: Slide scale to
read 0" directly under
end of gold stop cap.
FIG. 15
Typical crosscut application
1
2
3
First: Position fence far enough away from
the blade to comfortably clear the blade
at all cutting angles
4
Note: Depending on the distance of the
end of the fence to the blade (as determined
in Step 1 above), one of the white thumb-
screws may overhang the end of the fence
when zeroing. Just be sure that during any
cutting operation, the Shop Stop is
positioned sufficiently far enough away from
the blade for safe finger clearance, and that
both white thumbscrews are engaged
against the fence surface.
FIG. 16
Zeroing at the tablesaw