Troubleshooting - Craftsman 113.23100 Owner's Manual

troubae=shoofing
WARNING: REMOVE POWER CORD FROM POWER
SOURCE BEFORE TROUBLE SHOOTING.
Even' though the finest materials and precision
workmanship have been incorporated into your Craftsman
saw, it is reasonable to expect some wear after long periods
of use., Sooner or later, the metal to metal parts must wear
and will need take-up. Every metal to metal part on your
Craftsman saw can be taken up, In this way, the machine
can always be kept accurate and just as important, rigid.
The usual operating "troubles" are listed in the following
paragraphs with the necessary corrections listed,
LOOSENESS OF COLUMN TUBE IN COLUMN
SUPPORT - ELEVATION CRANK OPERATES
ROUGHLY OR CHATTERS WHEN ROTATED°
Refer to Step two in Alignment Procedure Section
Check for looseness (movement) of column tube in
column support,
2.
RADIAL SAW DOES NOT MAKE ACCURATE 0° or
45 ° MITER CROSSCUTS,
a. Looseness between column tube and column
support..
Align as described in Alignment Procedure Section
Step Two.
Improper arm indexing at 0 ° crosscut_
Refer to precision indexing in operating controls
section
c. Crosscut travel not properly adjusted°
Refer to Step Three in Alignment Procedure
Section Squaring Crosscut Travel°
FINISH CUT
END
FINISH CUT _ND
_ 5QUAKE
FENCEEDGE FENCE EDGE
FINISH CUT LOOKS LIKE THIS - 0 ° CROSSCUT
l OR LIKE THIS --
45 ° MITER
3. SAW CUTS AT ANGLE - NOT 90 ° TO TABLE TOP.
a. Table support channels not properly leveled
Refer to Step One under Alignment Procedure
Section
b, Blade not square to work table top,,
Refer to Step four in Alignment Procedure Section,
4o BLADE ANGLE (BEVEL) CUTS NOT ACCURATE.
a. Corrective action is the same as paragraph 3a and b
above.
d. Carriage Bearings Loose
Refer to Step four in Alignment Procedure Section
¢.HOULD BE 90 _
ANGLE
\
SQUARE
5. SAW KERF (CUT EDGE) OF STOCK ROUGH -
TOOTH MARKS LEFT ON EDGE OF SAW KERF.
NOTE: This condition is commonly called "HEEL" or
"'TOE'L
a.
Crosscutting or Miter Cutting
Heeling will tend to slide the workpiece toward the
right along the guide fence, as the cut is being made,
and make a square cut almost impossible,, A blade
with "toe" will tend to slide the board to the left
along the fence.
Refer to step 5 under Alignment Procedure Section
- "Squaring Blade to Fence",
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ROUGH r, ER_ L _._ WIDE CUT
_DGES _ _J-- (KERF) .
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