The most common wear to these components is the roller bearings on the bottom side of the stock guide. Older model 55 and 75 rip saws do not have roller bearings. If the guide rail on the machine is bent or worn with deep grooves, parallel ripping is impossible. Check the stock guide for cracks or welds, they may prevent parallel ripping as well. Many old stock guides may be cut off to make the nose end shorter which increases the minimum length stock that can be ripped. Remanufactured stock guides and guid rails components are available from Diehl.
The standard stock guide supplied
on every new Diehl Rip Saw with provisions for the lower anti-kickback
fingers.
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A model 75 remanufactured standard length stock guide and an old cut
off
guide are shown. Also a 750 guide is shown displaying the roller bearings
that should be checked.
Two different vintages of the old SL-52 stock guides are shown showing the
roller bearings that should be checked.
