Setting The Bevel Stops And Indicator - Craftsman 315.248200 Owner's Manual

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If the blade was too close to the miter gage
groove, back the bracket away with the blockof
wood and hammer.
Tightenthe screws, raise the blade and recheck.
Repeat untilblade is parallelto miter gage groove,
If the blade is not parallel, adjustthe front table
bracket. Tilt the blade to 45 ° with the blade lock
handle and bevel handwheal.
Fmm the beck of the saw, loosen the boltsholding
the front table bracket,as well as the rear table
bracket.
Repositionthe blade to 90 ° with the bevel hand-
wheel end blade lock handle.
Lowerthe blade and movethe bracketsas needed,
Retiglten all bracket screws.
Raise the blade and recheck. Repeat untilthe
blade is parallelto the miter gage groove.
Place the throat plate in the opening and push it
toward the rear of sew base to engage the spring
clip.
Note; The keyslot in the throat plate willdrop over the
front screw,
Tightenthe screw, Do not allowthe throat plata to
bow up above the table surface.
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REAR
SAWTABLE
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Fig. 40
SETTING THE BEVEL STOPS AND INDICATOR
See Figures 41 and 42.
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WARNING:
Make sure the switch is off, the
switchkey is removed, and your sew is
unplugged.Failure to do so could resultin
accidental starting, rasuitingin sedous personal
ir_u_.
The bevel scale should show 0 ° when the blade is set
verticalat 90° to table, and 45 ° when blade is at 45 °
tilt,
Raise the blade all the way up by turningthe height
handwhsel. Lift the blade guard.
Loosen bevel lock handle and tam the bevel
handwhselclockwiseto tiltthe blade, Raveme it
and turn the handwheel counterclockwise until it
stops,
Check the bladeangle with a combinationsquare.
Don't letthe square touch a blade tooth, The blade
shouldbe at 90° and the scala indicatorat 0 °.
Note: The scale indicatoris the plastic plate on the
scale at the front of the cabinet.
Ifthe scale indicatordoes not point to 0 °, loosen
the scale indicatorwith a screwdriver,adjust it
within the slot, and retightenthe screw.
If the blade angle Is wrong, adjustthe 90 ° stop
screw (leftof the blade, lookingfrcm the front), Start
by turning the 90 ° stop screw three or four rums
with a 4 mm hex key.
4mm
HEXKEY
90°STOPSCREW
45' STOP SCREW
Fig. 41
Turn the bevel handwheel clockwiseonce, then
beck counterclockwise to square blade with table.
Tightenthe 90 ° stop screw and recheck that the
blade is square in a 90" position.If not, repeat,
When the blade is square, checkthe scala indica-
tor. If it is not at zero, reset the scale indicatoras
before.
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