Align Riving Knife To Blade - Craftsman 113.196380 Owner's Manual

Alignment
Align Riving Knife to Blade
The goal of this adjustment is to position the
riving knife directly in line with the blade.
Riving knife alignment is an important safe-
ty factor. The riving knife tides in the keff of
the cut workpiece during ripping to keep the
two sides of the workpiece from pinching on
the blade. Blade pinching is a cause of kick-
back.
1. Lock yoke in in-tip position (blade
towards column, motor towards front of
arm).
2. Lower aml until blade just clears table.
3. Unlock rip lock while holding up lower
plastic guard, move yoke back until blade
touches fence. Lock rip lock.
4. Loosen pawls/riving knife knob. Lower
riving knife to the table and tighten knob.
The riving knife should rest flat against
fence.
5. If adjustment is needed:
i) loosen riving knife bracket screw.
it) slide riving knife so it rests against
fence.
iii) secure riving knife bracket screw.
6. Raise riving knife and tighten pawls/riv-
ing knife kalob.
Fence
Wrong: Riving Knife
on Top of Fence,
Pawls
Riving Knife
Correct: Blade and Riving Knife
are in Line and Flat Against Fence,
Wrong: Riving Knife
Away From Fence.
Pawls/Riving Knife
Knob
Riving Knife
Bracket Screw
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