Mountingthe Motor; Installing The Belt And Belt Guard; Checking The Throat Plate - Craftsman 315.248200 Owner's Manual

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INSTALLING
THE BELT AND BELT GUARD
See Figures 20 and 21.
Get the bolt, bolt guard, 4 fiat washers (#10) and 4
small hex nuts (#10-24).
Lower the blade byturning the height handwheel,
Slip the bolt on the sew pulley (inside cabinet). Lift
the motorforward and place the bolt on the motor
pulley.
Check that the bolt is straightand both pulleysare
aligned, If not, adjustthe motoron the motor
supportassembly. Refer to Mountingthe Motor.
Raise the sew blade all the way up.
Pullthe motorout until the belt is taut. Securely
tightenthe hex boltsabove the rods with a 12 mm
wrench.
Putyour hand around the bolt halfway between the
two pulleys and squeeze the bolt until both sides of
the belt touch. The motor should move freely as
you squeeze the bolt. If it does not, loosenthe hex
bolts and readjustthe belt tension.
Lower the blade with the height handwheel. Lilt the
motorforward and remove the bolt.
Open the hinged bolt guard and place it over the
motorscrewson the motor pulley. Secura with flat
washers and hex nuts. Securelytighten the hex
nutswith a 8 mm wrench.
Replace the belt and snap the guard closed,
Checkthe clearances by indexingthe blade. Turn
the bevel handwheelto 45* and back. Use the
height handwheel to fully lower and raise the blade.
SAWPULLEY
BELT
BEL
WASHERS
CHECKING THE THROAT PLATE
See Figure 22.
Fig. 21
_1_ CAUTION: The throat plata must be even with
the table surface. If it is too high or too low,the
workplace can catch on uneven edges and
cause kickback.
Make surethe throat plata is flush withthe table
top. To change height of the throat plata, loosenthe
flat heed screwthat securesthe throat plate and
adjustthe four setscrewswith a 2 mm hex key. Do
nat allowthe throat plate to bow up above the table
surface.
2mm
SETSCREW
HEXKEY
FRAMING SQUARE
HROAT PLATE
TABLE TOP
MOTORSCRL_NS
CRRFTJ;NRN"rABLE SAW315.2,?.1BS0
MOTOR
PULLEY
Fig. 20
24
HEIGHT
HANDWHEEL
BEVEL
HANDWHEEL
Fig. 22

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