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TROUBLE
SHOOTING
WARNING:
FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY,
TURN
SWITCH "OFF"
AND ALWAYS
REMOVE PLUG FROM POWER SOURCE
OUTLET
BEFORE TROUBLESHOOTING.
TROUBLE
SHOOTING
-- GENERAL
TROUBLE
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PROBABLE CAUSE
REMEDY
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Excessivevibration,
balance.
1. D iscard Blade and use a different blade.
2. Failure to tighten
2. See "Getting To Know Your Saw"
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Tilt Lock Knob.
section, "Tilt
Lock Knob'"
Cannot make square
1. Miter gauge not adjusted
1. See "Adjustments"
section "lVliter Gauge".
cut when crosscutting,
properly.
Cut binds, burns or
1. Dull blade with improper
1. Sharpen or replace blade.
stalls motor when
=
tooth set.
2. See "Adjustments"
section, "Heeling Adjustments..
"
3. Warped board.
3. Make sure concave or hollow side is facing
"down,"
feed slowly.
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4. Rip fence not parallel to
4. See "Assembly"
section, "Aligning
Rip Fence"
blade.
5. Spreader out of
5. See "Assembly"
section, "Installing
,
alignment
B lade Guard."
Cut not true at 90 °
"
1. Stop screws not properly
1. See "Adjustments"
section, "Blade Tilt, or Squareness
B lade to Table."
,
1. Tilt lock knob not
1 See "Getting
To Know Your Saw" section,
"Tilt
Lock Knob."
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2. Gearsworms and
See "Lubrication"
section.
2.
teeth clogged with
sawdust.
TROUBLE
SHOOTING
-- MOTOR
NOTE: Motors used on wood-working tools are particularly
and should be blown out or "vacuumed"
frequently to
susceptible to the accumulation of sawdust and wood chips
prevent interference with normal motor ventilation.
TROUBLE
PROBABLE
CAUSE
REMEDY
Excessive noise.
1. Motor.
I. Have motor checked by qualified service
'
technician. Repair service is available at
•
your nearest Sears store.
Motor fails to develop
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1. Circuit overloaded with
1: Do not use other appliances or motors on
full power, (Power
"
lights, appliances and
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same circuit when usingthe saw.
output of motor decreases
other motors,
rapidly with decrease in
voltage at motor terminals.
2. Undersize wires or circuit
2. Increase wire sizes, or reduce length of wiring.
too long.
See "Motor
Specification and Electrical
of 10% in voltage causes
Requirements" section.
a reduction of 19% in
3. General overloading of
3. Request a voltage check from the power company.
maximum power output
power company
f
facilities.
(In some
sections of the
!
of 20% in voltage causes
country, demand for
a reduction of 36% in
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electrical power may
maximum power output.) _
exceed the capacity
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of existing generating
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breakers in power line.
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