Craftsman 113.298722 Owner's Manual page 40

adjustments
3. Place the head of a combination square in the
GROOVE. Adjust blade of square so that it just
touches the tip of the MARKED tooth.
4. Move square to REAR, rotate blade to see ifMARK ED
tooth again touches blade of square.
5. If tooth touches square at FRONT and REAR.
sawblade is PARALLEL to Miter Gauge Groove.
6. If tooth does not touch the same amount, the mecha-
nism underneath must be adjusted to make the blade
PARALLEL to GROOVE.
A. Rear Trunnion must be moved TOWARD to com-
bination square ifthere is aspace between marked
tooth and end of square in step 4.
B. Rear Trunnion must be moved AWAY from the
square if marked tooth pushes square out of posi-
tion in the groove.
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FRONT TRUNNION
REAR TRUNNION
7. Loosen all th tee screws that hold the Rear Trunnion
and all three screws that hold the Front Trunnion.
NOTE: All six screws can be reached through back
of saw. Use a 9/16 inch wrench. To reach left-hand
Front Trunnion screw, tilt blade to 45 °. After loosen-
ing screws, reposition blade at 90 °.
REAR-TRUNNION
SCREWS
°
RIGHT-HAND I CENTER (BEHIND HERE)
(BEHIND HERE)
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FRONT-TRUNNION SCREWS
8. Using a wood block and mallet, as shown, move Rear
Trunnion to right Or left as required to realign the
blade. If necessary, shift Front Trunnion in similar
manner; but do NOT move Front Trunnion unless
necessary. Recheck the alignment with the square,
then securely retighten all six Trunnion screws.
EDGE OF TRUNNION
CLAW HAMMER
PLACE BLOCK HERE
j WOOD BLOCK
EDGE OF
REAR OF SAW CRADLE
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