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kingbrat · 03-19-2009, 09:34 PM

Has any one had a problem with the blade clamp the upper one when you tighten the knob tight it bends the blade where the end of the knob hits the blade.

wood-n-things · 03-19-2009, 09:38 PM

Unscrew the knob and sand down/file down the little pin in there just a little to make it flat. It is not hard steel it will sand easily. I found that it was rounded on my machine several years ago and this would bend blade ends severely enough to sometimes break them.

kingbrat · 03-19-2009, 09:54 PM

thanks I will do that when I looked at the other end of the clamp there is a hole I think there is a allen screw in it should I turn it inward .

wood-n-things · 03-19-2009, 10:02 PM

No, just flatten the screw end unless the allen head is sticky out of alignment..Let me know if this helps.

kingbrat · 03-19-2009, 10:23 PM

the end of the knob is flat I did sand it down a little but when I tightend the knob down the blade would bend not outward towards you but bend to the left when you would tighten the knob tightwhere the knob meets the blade.

wood-n-things · 03-19-2009, 10:26 PM

Sorry I'm at a loss then.
You might try here.

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kingbrat · 03-19-2009, 10:32 PM

thanks any way its some thing you would have to see to figure out.

Janette · 03-19-2009, 11:09 PM

that was happening to me. I tried sanding it down, turning it 1/4 turn. I ended up buying a new piece. Only cost a couple dollars from DeWalt and it's fine now.

kingbrat · 03-20-2009, 12:41 AM

I called and they are sending me a new upper blade clamp

wood-n-things · 03-20-2009, 12:57 AM

I'm glad you got it worked out....Now you have to be patient waiting for it to arrive.

03-19-2009, 09:34 PM	#1
kingbrat Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 340	DeWalt788 Has any one had a problem with the blade clamp the upper one when you tighten the knob tight it bends the blade where the end of the knob hits the blade.

03-19-2009, 09:38 PM	#2
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,471 Blog Entries: 1	Unscrew the knob and sand down/file down the little pin in there just a little to make it flat. It is not hard steel it will sand easily. I found that it was rounded on my machine several years ago and this would bend blade ends severely enough to sometimes break them. __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

03-19-2009, 10:02 PM	#4
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,471 Blog Entries: 1	No, just flatten the screw end unless the allen head is sticky out of alignment..Let me know if this helps. __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

03-19-2009, 10:26 PM	#6
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,471 Blog Entries: 1	Sorry I'm at a loss then. You might try here. DEWALT Service Center Finder __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

03-19-2009, 11:09 PM	#8
Janette Intarsia Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 2,108 Blog Entries: 4	that was happening to me. I tried sanding it down, turning it 1/4 turn. I ended up buying a new piece. Only cost a couple dollars from DeWalt and it's fine now. __________________ Janette www.square-designs.com

03-19-2009, 09:54 PM	#3
kingbrat Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 340	thanks I will do that when I looked at the other end of the clamp there is a hole I think there is a allen screw in it should I turn it inward .

03-19-2009, 10:23 PM	#5
kingbrat Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 340	the end of the knob is flat I did sand it down a little but when I tightend the knob down the blade would bend not outward towards you but bend to the left when you would tighten the knob tightwhere the knob meets the blade.

03-19-2009, 10:32 PM	#7
kingbrat Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 340	thanks any way its some thing you would have to see to figure out.

03-20-2009, 12:41 AM	#9
kingbrat Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 340	I called and they are sending me a new upper blade clamp

03-20-2009, 12:57 AM	#10
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,471 Blog Entries: 1	I'm glad you got it worked out....Now you have to be patient waiting for it to arrive. __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

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