Installing The Blade Guard - Craftsman 315.272350 Owner's Manual

INSTALLING THE BLADE GUARD

See Figures 22 – 24.
WARNING:
If the blade is not fully lowered,
turn the height handwheel to lower the blade to
prevent injury.
Get the blade guard, the blade guard bracket, and
the following hardware:
2 hex bolts (5/16-18 x 1/2 in.)
2 lock washers (5/16 in.)
3 socket head screws (1/4-20 x 3/8 in.)
3 flat washers (1/4 in.)
Align the lower end of the blade guard bracket and
the threaded holes of the cradle and insert the hex
bolts and lock washers. Securely tighten with a 12
mm wrench.
Remove the throat plate. See page 32
Put the blade guard assembly in place on the table
top, aligning the screw holes in the riving knife to
the holes in the bracket. Align the hole in the front
of the riving knife base with the screw hole in the
cradle.
Note: The screw hole is located under the slot in
back of the throat plate.
Insert two socket head screws and two flat wash-
ers in the two holes at the back of the riving knife
base. Securely tighten with a 5 mm hex key.
Insert the third socket head screw and flat washer
into screw hole in cradle under throat plate.
Securely tighten with a 5 mm hex key.
Raise the blade all the way up.
BLADE
GUARD
BRACKET
LOCK
WASHER
HEX
BOLT
ASSEMBLY
SOCKET
HEAD SCREWS
FLAT
WASHER
.32.
SOCKET
HEAD SCREW
FLAT
WASHER
CRADLE
Fig. 22
23
BLADE
GUARD
Fig. 23
BLADE
GUARD
RIVING
KNIFE
ANTI-KICKBACK
PAWLS
Fig. 24
® TABLE SAW 315.272350