Craftsman 315.21213 Owner's Manual page 17

SQUARING THE BLADE TO THE
MITER TABLE
See Figures 21 - 24.
• Unplug your saw.
,_ WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could
result in accidental starting causing possible
serious personal injury.
Pull the saw arm all the way down and engage
the lock pin to hold the saw arm in transport
position.
Loosen the miter lock handle approximately one-
half turn.
Depress the miter lock plate and rotate the miter
table until the pointer on the control arm is posi-
tioned at 0".
Release the miter lock plate and securely tighten
the miter lock handle.
Loosen bevel lock knob and set saw arm at O°
bevel (blade set 90 ° to miter table). Tighten bevel
lock knob.
Place a combination square against the miter
table and the flat part of saw blade.
Note" Make sure that the square contacts the flat
part of the saw blade, not the blade teeth.
• Rotate the blade by hand and check the blade-to-
table alignment at several points.
• The edge of the square and the saw blade should
be parallel as shown in figure 21.
MITER
FENCE
TABLE
MITER
LOCKHANDLE
CORRECTVIEW OF BLADE
SQUAREWITH MITERTABLE
Fig. 21
• If the top or bottom of the saw blade angles away
from the square as shown in figures 22 and 23,
adjustments are needed.
MITER
FENCE
BLADE
COMBINATION
MITER SQUARE
TABLE
VIEWOF BLADENOTSQUAREWITHMITER
TABLE,ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
•MITER
FENCE
Fig. 22
BLADE
COMBINA_ON
MITER SQUARE
TABLE
VIEWOF BLADENOTSQUAREWITH MITER
TABLE,ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
Fig. 23
Using a 10 mm wrench or adjustable wrench,
loosen the lock nut securing positive stop adjust-
ment screw. Also loosen bevel lock knob.
Adjust positive stop adjustment screw to bring
saw blade into alignment with the square. See
Figures 24 and 25.
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