Craftsman 315.23743 Owner's Manual page 41

ADJUSTMENTS
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DISCONNECT MITER SAW FROM POWER SUPPLY
FENCE TO FENCE ADJUSTMENT
After the left fence has been squared to the blade, or
any adjustments made to the left fence, it is
necessary to align the right fence, See Fig. 8.
1. Place saw head in full rear position.
2. Locate blade of square along front of both fences.
if fences align to each other make no adjustments
and proceed to next alignment check. If fences do
not align proceed as follows:
3. Loosen two screws on rear of right fence,
4, Using blade of square align right fence with left,
5, Tighten screws securely.
DISCONNECT MITER SAW FROM POWER SUPPLY
MITER DETENT ADJUSTMENT
A fine adjustment has been provided in the miter de-
tent lever, This is to allow correction of any slight
fence to blade squareness error remaining after all
other checks and adjustments have been made,
1, Place square against left fence and blade as
shown in Fig. 7,
2. If fence checks square to blade no adjustment is
necessary, If setting should require adjustment
proceed as follows: See Fig. 9,
3. Release locking lever (F) on miter arm, The detent
lever must remain in the 0 ° setting,
4, Loosen nut(C) with 7/16' open end wrench,
5, Adjust blade square to left fence by turning screw
(G) with flat screwdriver, Note: While turning
screw, head of screw must be kept against miter
arm.
6. When blade is square to left fence, hold screw (G)
in position while tightening nut (C),
DISCONNECT MITER SAW FROM POWER SUPPLY
BLADE GUARD ADJUSTMENT
For operator protection and safety, the lower blade
guard must always be in place and operate properly.
The front guard arm should raise as the saw head
moves to the full rear position and lower itself to the
table as the saw head is moved forward. If the guard
does this, there is no adjustment necessary and this
completes all checks and adjustments. If guard does
not operate make adjustment as follows: See Fig. 10,
1, Push saw head to the full rear position and se-
curely tighten lock screw, located on the left side
of the saw arm.
2. With a phillips screwdriver, loosen two screws (A)
attaching striker guard (B) to bevel post.
3, Raise blade guard arm (C) to 1/4" from top of saw
head and hold in position,
4, Slide striker guard (B) as far forward as it will
move and tighten two screws (A) securely.
5, Loosen lock screw and move saw head through
its entire movement checking for proper blade
guard operation.
Fig. 8
G
B
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