I was using the new saw yesterday and attempted a deep cut through a board nearly 4 inches thick. The new saw would not cut as deep as my old Craftsman saw with the same blade. I recognized this problem because I have seen it before. The pulley on the arbor spindle was not pushed far enough onto the shaft leaving the edge of the pulley hitting the side of the saw. I took a few minutes today to loosen the hex screw and push the pulley about 1/8 of an inch further onto the shaft which fixed the problem. I would like to fit it with cast iron pulleys like my old saw or perhaps put step pulleys on so I can change the blade speed as per previous posts.
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