Squaring Crosscut Travel - Craftsman 113.198251 Operator's Manual

Squaring Crosscut Travel
The blade must travel perpendicular to the
fence along the radial arm in order for cross-
cuts to be accurate. If the radial arm is not
perpendicular to the fence, there will be a
slight miter angle in all crosscuts.
_ WARNING: Plugging in the saw dur-
ing alignment can result in your fingers,
hands, or arm being cut off from blade
contact. Do not plug in the saw at any
time during alignment. The saw should
only be plugged in when it is to be used.
1. Place the radial arm in the 0 ° miter posi-
tion and lock the miter lock.
2_ Place the blade on the ar'bor shaft with a
blade collar on each side. Make sure that the
directional arrow is on the outside of the
blade, and the teeth are pointing down at the
front side of the blade. (Figure 69)
CAUTION: Overtightening the arbor
nuts may cause the blade collars to
warp and the blade to wobble while cut-
ting. Use the arbor wrenches to tighten
the arbor nuts but do not overtighten.
4,, Unlock the rip lock and move the motor
until the blade is over the fi'ont table.
5o Lock the r'ip lock, miter lock and bevel
lock_
6_ Lower the radial arm until the blade is
just above the fi"ont table.
7.. Lay a f?aming square on thefiont table
with the long edge along the back of the table
and the short edge alongside the blade.
(Figure 70)
8. Move the framing square toward the blade
until a tooth of the blade just touches the edge
of the square. (Figure 70)
9. Mark this tooth with a pencil.
10b Unlock the rip lock and move tile motor
back and forth along the radial arm. Do not
move the framing square.
t 1_. If the marked tooth just touches the
square at all points, no change is needed. Go
to step 15, or
If the marked tooth moves away fl'om the
square or tries to "walk" on top of it, go to
step 12 (Figure 70)
Fig. 69
3., Place the arbor nut on the arbor shaft and
use the arbor wrenches to tighten. The arbor'
shaft has left-handed threads, so you will
have to turn the nut counterclockwise to
tightem Do not overtighten.
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