Craftsman 315.21234 Operator's Manual page 23

SQUARING THE BLADE TO THE MITER
TABLE
See Figures 28 - 30.
n Unplug the saw.
n Pull the saw arm all the way down and engage the lock
pin to hold the saw arm in transport position.
n Loosen the miter lock handles.
n Rotate the miter table until the pointer is positioned
at 0 .
°
n Securely tighten the miter lock handles.
n Loosen bevel lock knob and set saw arm at 0
(blade set 90 to miter table). Tighten bevel lock knob.
°
n 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.
n Rotate the blade by hand and check the blade-to-table
alignment at several points.
n The edge of the square and the blade should be paral-
lel.
n If the top or bottom of the blade angles away from the
square as shown in figure 29, adjustments are needed.
n Using a 10 mm wrench or adjustable wrench, loosen
the lock nut securing positive stop adjustment screw.
Also loosen bevel lock knob.
n Adjust positive stop adjustment screw to bring blade
into alignment with the square.
n Retighten bevel lock knob. Next, retighten lock nut
securing the positive stop adjustment screw. Recheck
blade-to-table alignment.
NOTE: The above procedure can be used to check
squareness of the blade to the miter table at both 0
and 45 angles.
°
ASSEMBLY
FENCE
bevel
°
COMBINATION
SQUARE
FENCE
COMBINATION
SQUARE
VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH MITER
°
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CORRECT VIEW OF BLADE
SQUARE WITH MITER TABLE
MITER
TABLE
TABLE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
BLADE
MITER
TABLE
Fig. 28
BLADE
Fig. 29
POSITIVE STOP
ADJUSTMENT
SCREW FOR
45 ANGLES
°
LOCK
NUT(S)
Fig. 30