Glad it wasn't just me fighting that battle. Same deal on my 10-inch unit down here near St. Louis - factory marks were off by almost 5 degrees on the last row of teeth. I spent two months chasing vibrations before I broke down and did the straight edge trick too. What really sealed it for me was taking a permanent marker and making my own marks right on the housing after I got it dialed in. Now I always double check factory timing with a straight edge before I even start bolting anything down, saved me hours of headache.

Honestly you convinced me to ditch my Fluke obsession and try the Klein lmao.

@hill.david yeah, started reading my lines out loud... catches every missing one.

Four years back I had a splicer die on me in Fayetteville at the 11th splice on a 48-count. I bought a used Fujikura 70S from a guy getting out of the business and never leave home without it now. It sits in a pelican case behind the driver's seat and I swap batteries between jobs to keep both charged. That second machine has saved me more times than I can count. I'd rather eat the cost of an extra panel van shelf than gamble on a single machine again.

60 bucks says you got lucky with a single cut of meat and now you're giving bad advice to everyone. Grain direction matters way less than cooking temp and resting time, man.