To Adjust The Miter Base; To Adjust The Miter Fence - Craftsman 315.218291 Operator's Manual

TO ADJUST THE MITER BASE
See Figure 40.
Remember: Check all settings before loosening screws
for the following procedures. Once screws have been
loosened, these settings must be reset.
Eight screws are visible on the miter base (B).
[] Four screws (K) are on the holder plates and secure
these plates to the rails. It is not necessary to loosen or
adjust these screws for this adjustment procedure.
[] Another pair of screws (L) is in the base, at the rear.
Loosen these two screws (L) and the rear miter locking
clamps (M).
[] The last pair of screws is located on the infeed side of
the base. Loosen the left screw (N) only.
[] The right screw (O) will be used as a pivot point.
NOTE: The front two miter locking clamps (P) and rail
clamps should remain locked.
[] Adjust the miter base so that it is parallel to the blade
see To Check Miter Base Parallelism.
[] Retighten the left front screw (N).
[] Clamp the rear miter locking clamps (M).
[] Retighten the two rear screws (L).
TO ADJUST THE MITER FENCE
See Figures 41 - 42.
[] Set the miter fence (H) at 0 °. Miter indicator should be
set precisely on 0 ° and secured in place with adjusting
clamp (J).
[] There are four slides located under the sliding miter
table. These slides let the miter table move on the
base. Three slides are mounted on eccentric screws
that can be adjusted by loosening the hex nuts on top
of the miter table.
[] Loosen the rear hex nuts (Q) on top of sliding miter
table for this adjustment procedure.
NOTE: The front screws (R) are only needed to remove
excessive play in the slides due to wear from extended
use. They are not needed for this procedure. The right
front hex nut is a non-eccentric pivot and should never
be loosened.
[] Adjust the right rear eccentric screw from the lower
side of the miter table so that maximum play exists
between the slide and miter base.
[] Push left rear of miter table snugly against miter base
as shown by the arrow (S) in figure 42 and secure.
[] Place a framing square firmly against the miter fence,
with the other side against the blade.
[] Adjust left rear screw from underneath miter table until
miter fence and blade are square with each other.
REX
WASHER
_._ NITER
TABLE
0
N
Fig. 4O
SLIDES
I
ECCENTRIC
SCREW
LIPOF
BASE
Fig. 41
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