Adjustments; To Replace The Blade - Craftsman 315.218060 Operator's Manual

_ WARNING: Before performing any adjustment,
make sure the fool is unplugged from the power
supply. Faiture to heed this warning could result in
serious personal injury.
_ WARNING:
Blades coast after turn off. Possible
serious injury can occur if hands come m conlac!
with blade.
The fable saw has been adjusted at the factory for mak-
Irg very accurate cuts. However, some ol the componenfs
might have been jarred out of alignment during shipping.
Also, over a period of time, readjustmen[ will probably
become necessary due to wear.
To avoid unnecessary set-ups arid adiL,[stments, a good
practice is to check your setups carefully with a tram-
ing square and make practice cuts in scrap wood before
making linish cuts in good worl_pieces. Do not start any
adjusfments until you have checked with a square and
made test cuts to be sure adjustments are needed.
TO REPLACE THE BLADE
See Figures 47 - 49.
D Unplug the saw.
13 Lower the saw blade, raise the blade guard, and
remove the throat plafe.
Make sure the bevel locking lever issecurely pushed fo
the left. Raise the saw blade to its full height by turning
the height/bevel adjusting handwheel clockwise.
I_ Using the Smaller blade wrench, insert the fiat open
end into the flats an the arbor shaft.
B Insert the closed end of the larger blade wrench over
the hex nut. Holding both wrenches firmly, pull the
larger wrench forward to the frort of the machine. Make
sure the blade nut is securely tightened. Do not over-
tighten.
NOTE= Arbor shaft has left hand threads.
Check al! clearances for free blade rotation. See To Set
the ScaIe to the Blade. 1,1cutting operations, the scale
will be sef to the side of the blade where the cut will be
measured and made.
LARGE _-,------
BLADEW[iENCH.__....___ i_J
_U_ Fig4/7
ABBOR SHAFT ;1
To replace the blade with an accessory blade, follow the
instructions provided with the accessory.
To install a standard blade:
e Place tile new blade on the arbor shaft (the leefh
must point down toward fl'_etfont of the say,' to,_o,4_
properly).
13 Place the blade washer and the blade nut over the
blade arbor. Be sure the dome side of the blade
washer faces out from the biade end that all items are
snug against the arbor housing, Tighten securely.
e Rotate tire blade by hand to make sure it turns freety.
8 Lower the saw blade and reinsta{I the throat plate,
NOTE: Securely tighten throat plate screws, Do nor eli
low Ihe lhroal plate to bow up above the table surfacal.
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