Adjusting Rip Scale Pointer; Installing Blade Guard - Craftsman 113.298760 Owner's Manual

ADJUSTING RIP SCALE POINTER
Turn ELEVATION HANDWHEEL clockwise until
blade is up as high as it will go
IMPORTANT: BLADE must be SQUARE (90 °) to
TABLE, in order to ALIGN rip fence
2. Position fence on right side of sawbtade so that it
touches the sides of the teeth tighten lock
handle.
3 Loosen screw holding the pointer . .. adjust
pointer so that it points to "0" .... tighten screw.
NOTE: If you cannot adjust pointer so that it
points to "0", loosen the screws holding the front
guide bar and move the guide bar,
LOCK HANDLE _-_
INSTALLING BLADE GUARD
1 From among the loose pads, find:
2 Hex Head Screws, 1/4-20 x 5/8 in. long
3 Hex Head Screws, 5/16-18 x 5/8 in. long
2 Hex Head Screws, 5/16-18 x 1 in, long
2 Hex Nuts, 1/4-20 (approx. dia, of hole 1/4 in.)
2 Lockwashers, 1/4 in. External Type
(approx. dia. of hole 1/4 in.)
2 Lockwashers, 5/16 in. External Type
(approx. dia, of hole 5/16 in_)
1 Thumbscrew
Blade Guard Support
Spreader Support
Spreader Rod
2 Before installing the blade guard, you must check the
heeling adjustment (parallelism of sawblade to miter
gauge groove).. The procedure for making this check
and adjusting it are found in the"Adjustments" section
of this manual Refer to "Heeling Adjustment or
Parallelism of Saw Blade to Miter Gauge Groove".,
BLADE GUARD
SUPPORT
5/t6_18 X _
5/B IN.
HEX HD..
SCREW
5/16 IN.,
LOCKWASHERS
5/t6-18 X 5/8 IN,.
HEX HD,. SCREWS
3. Lower the blade.
4 Screw the MOTOR BASE CLAMP SCREWS part
way into cradle. Screw the 5/16-18 x 5/8 inch Hex
Head screw into the blade guard support.
5 Attach BLADE GUARD SUPPORT ..... DO NOT
TIGHTEN SCREWS
6 insert SPREADER ROD into SPREADER SUPPORT
until pin fits into notch° Insert THUMBSCREW and
tighten it.
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'THUMB SCREW_
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