To Check Miter Base Parallelism - Craftsman 315.218060 Operator's Manual

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TO CI-IEOK MITER BASE PARALLELISM
See Figures 24 - 25.
_a Unplug the saw.
B Set saw up as if you were preparing to make a cut.
Tighten rail ciamps, miter locking clamps, adjusting
clamp, etc,
Slide miter table (A) to the front of miter base (B) as far
as it will go. Place a reference mark (C) near the and of
the miter table as shov,,n in figure 24,
NOTE: Front of miter base is on infeed side of saw.
e Place a reference mark on ane of the blade teeth (D)
and rotate the blade (E) so that the reference mark oll
the blade is at the front of the throat plate.
a Place a framing square (G) against the blade and
align with reference mark on meter table, Measure the
distance betweet_ the blade and the edge of miler
table
NOTE: P]ace framing square between carbide teeth
and measure from blade. This step will inslJre framing
square is square against blade from the flent to back of
blade.
El Remove framing square and slide miter table to the
rear of miter base as far as it will go.
la Rotate the blade so the reference mark on tbe blade is
at the rear of the throat plate. Measuring from the same
mark en the blade at the rear will eliminate the effect of
btade wobble,
a Place framing square against the blade and align with
Ihe same reference mark on the miter table. Measure
_he d&_ance befween [he blade _tnd lhe edge of the
miter table at the rea_:
[3 Compare whether the Ironl and rear measurements are
the same. if they are the same, proceed with checking
the miler fence alignment. If not, this indicates the
miter base needs aligning. Miter base must then be
adjusted before checking miter fence alignment, See
To Adjust The Miter Base section that follows.
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