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   user-148830 | Mar 17, 2008 03:17am | #1

   David,
   First, I would reset your fence so it's out of parallel with the miter slots. We are presuming the slots themselves are dead on parallel with the blade. But if you kick the fence 1/64" away from the back side of the blade, it makes for a safer cut with less risk of contacting the back half of the blade.

   Take a look at the cut. Are the saw marks consistently from the front of the blade or is the rear of the blade cutting as well. Down cuts as well as up cutting marks? If this is so, then I think the fence is your culprit.

   As for the concavity, have you checked the fence with a straight edge? It sounds like this is the issue. But I always joint my edges after ripping anyway. The smoother the surface, the better the glue adhesion. Rip, then joint the edge. Good luck. Gary

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   Daviddevine | Mar 17, 2008 03:36am | #2

   Thanks so much Gary for writing a response back to me.....It was very kind of you to do this on your weekend.....I really appreciate it and I will take your advice.  I did take a straight edge to the fence material and it is not flat.  I unbolted it from the metal fence frame and put it back on with a bit loser bolt pressure then there was before.  It is much better.  I also spent a lot of time trying to get the riving knife better aligned.

   I didn't realize that jointing the edge even after you rip it on the table saw is a common practice. 

   Thanks so much for your reply. It really helped me.

   David