Craftsman 315.212380 Operator's Manual page 25

SQUARING THE BLADE TO THE MITER
TABLE
See Figures 33 - 35.
[] Unplug the saw.
[] 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 handles.
[] Rotate the miter table until the pointer is positioned
at 0°.
[] Securely tighten the miter lock handles.
[] Loosen bevel lock knob and set saw arm at 0 ° 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 blade should be
parallel.
[] If the top or bottom of the blade angles away from the
square as shown in figures 34 and 36, adjustments are
needed.
[] Using a 10 mm wrench or adjustable wrench, loosen
the lock nut securing positive stop adjustment screw.
Also loosen bevel lock knob.
[] Adjust positive stop adjustment screw to bring blade
into alignment with the square.
[] 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.
FENCE
COMBiNATiON MITERTABLE
SQUARE CORRECT ViEW OFBLADE
SQUARE WiTH MITERTABLE
FENCE
COMBINATION MITERTABLE
SQUARE
ViEW OF BLADENOT SQUARE WITH MITER
TABLE,ADJUSTMENTS AREREQUIRED
Fig. 33
BLADE
Fig. 34
POSiTiVESTOP
ADJUSTMENT
SCREWFOR
O°ANGLES
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LOCK
NUT(S)
Fig. 35