Craftsman 113.23611t Owner's Manual page 11

4. Locate the blade guard and carefully install it onto the
saw as shown.
Lightly spread apart the blade guard so pins will go
into holes in frame.
5. In order to cut, and to avoid uncontroUable lifting of the
workpiece, the teeth of the blades used on the scroll
saw should always point downward when installed on
the scroll saw.
6. Install the blade by inserting one end of the blade
through the slot in the blade guard then the access
hole in the table until you can hook the blade pin in the
pin recess in the bottom blade holder. Stide the top
blade pin into the pin recess of the top blade holder.
You may need to press down lightly on the arm to
install the blade.
NOTE: Use 5 inch long, pin end type blades only.
7. Carefully tighten the blade tension by turning the
tension knob clockwise ( f"--_,_) just until you feel the
slack in the blade is removed.
Double check to see that pins are properly located in
the slots.
Then turn the tension knob an additional D.E_ full turn
clockwise.
This amount of blade tension should do welt for most
cutting operations and blades.
Before applying power, use screwdriver in slot at end
of motor shaft to turn mechanism while checking that
the blade is properly installed.
OMERTENSIONING OR UNDEFITENSIONtNG of the
blade will cause blades to break rapidly.
The thicker, harder and me re abrasive the wood you are
cutting, the more blades you will have to use.
Blade breakage is caused by the following:
• overtension or undertension
• over working the blade by going too fast
- twisting or bending the blade
• over use - blade life exhausted
, OVER AGGRESSIVE FEEDING of the workpiece
into the blade.
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