Blew out my table saw fence alignment after moving it to a buddy's garage

Last month I helped a friend in Denver set up his workshop and we moved my old Ridgid table saw into his truck. I always assumed the fence rail would stay true, but after we set it up his first rip cut was off by nearly a quarter inch. Turns out bouncing around in the bed threw the whole thing out. I started checking fence alignment with a square on every new setup now. Has anyone else had a tool lose calibration just from moving it?

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haydenj9011d agoMost Upvoted

lol isn't it wild how fragile precision stuff can be? I notice this with my tape measure too - like if I drop it on concrete the hook gets loose and suddenly everything is off by a 16th. So now if I'm working on a job and the cuts start feeling wrong I stop and recheck my square before I blame the wood. It's one of those things you don't think about until it costs you a whole sheet of plywood.

walker.hayden11d ago

Yeah @haydenj90 I feel that, one bad drop and your whole day's measurements are toast.