cant find what I need

[workinforwood]

A few years back I saw a tool in a magazine and now I can not find it. I guess all I can do is describe it and maybe someone has one or knows where to find it. The tool is to assist in aligning a table saw from right to left. It is a clamp which you install below the table next to one of the bolts or maybe the table top itself underneath. There was a bolt in the side of the clamp. You loosen the bolts that hold the saw assembly to the table. You then tighten the screw on that clamp which will push the saw assembly over just a little at a time, and when you get the blade square to the mitre slots in the table, you then re-tighten the bolts to hold the assembly to the table..the clamp and screw holding the saw in place while you do this. As it is right now..you have to loosen the table, then use a pry bar to move the assembly below and somehow tighten it all back up without it going back to being unaligned. Takes all day to adjust the alignment that way.

 

[Mike8850]

I think what you are looking for are called Saw Pals.
Mike

 

[snyiper]

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When aligning a Contractor Saw, nothing will make the job as easy as our PALS kit. It provides you with a simple way to get the rear trunnion perfectly aligned using a pair of "micro-adjusting" screws at the ends of the rear trunnion. The PALS will allow you to align your saw perfectly in a few minutes of your time with little effort.

In the picture to the left, you see a complete PALS kit (minus Instructions). All you will need in addition to the kit is a wrench, a few drops of "thread locking" compound, a few minutes of your time, and (hopefully) a dial indicator to make sure the saw's alignment is perfect.

Normally, the table saw aligner uses some pretty rough techniques to adjust their saw. With the PALS on your saw, "pounding" the trunnion into place using a hammer & block of wood are gone forever!
To see how easy it is to install the PALS, click on "PRODUCT MANUALS" at the top of the page, and then click on "PALS Instructions".

Note: On imported saws, there are different PALS kits for some models of the same saw,depending on when the saw was manufactured. To insure you order the right PALS kit, we recommend that you look at the parts manual for your saw. Normally, the trunnion bolts will be listed as either 5/16", 3/8", or 8mm. If your manual is unclear as to which bolts are used to hold the rear trunnion, we recommend you remove (just one) of the trunnion bolts and then try different nuts on it to find the thread size. We do not pay return shipping for PALS kits that are returned because the incorrect bolt size was ordered.
38LB

PALS Kit with 3/8" studs.
Fits: Atlas, Craftsman (US made), Ridgid

$19.99​

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PALS Kit with 5/16" studs.
Fits: Craftsman (imported), Delta, some Grizzly , General, some Powermatic, Mao Shan, Rockwell, King, Tool Star

$19.99​

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PALS Kit with 8mm studs.
Fits: AMT, Bridgewood, Jet, some Grizzly, some Powermatic, Ohio Forge

$19.99​

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[jttheclockman]

The others have nailed it and that is his invention so that is the place to get it. I have them on mine and the work great.

 

[workinforwood]

yes..that's what I want, thanks. The guy that invented that..well I guess he got tired of using a pry bar and then having the table go back to where it originally was after tightening the bolts too!