RIDGID Contractor TS2424 Owner's Manual page 18

Assembly (continued)
NOTE: Hold the head of the combination square firmly
against the edge of the miter gauge groove during all
measurements.
4. Move the square to the rear of the blade. Rotate the
blade so the marked tooth is in the rear and see if the
marked tooth again touches the blade of the square.
5. If the marked tooth touches the square at the front
and at the rear of the sawblade, the blade is parallel
to miter gauge slot. The parallelism is correct. Pro-
ceed to the "Checking Blade Tilt, or Squareness of
Blade to Table".
6. If square does not touch the marked tooth at the rear
and front equally (gap is greater that 0.015 inch–
thickness of 4 pages from Owners Manual) or tooth
interferes with square, the mechanism underneath
must be adjusted to make the blade parallel to the
miter gauge groove.
7. Tighten the tilt lock handle located at the front of the
saw.
8. Loosen the left and right micro-adjust set screws on
the center lug of the rear trunnion.
9. Loosen the three mounting screws that hold the front
trunnion and the three mounting screws that hold the
rear trunnion using a 9/16" wrench. The front center
trunnion bolt can be accessed through the slot for the
tilt lock handle in the front of the saw.
10. Position the sawblade, by moving the trunnion
assembly, in the slot of the table insert maintaining a
minimum of 1/8" clearance between the right side of
the blade and the table insert (viewed from rear of
saw) and with 9/16" wrench, lightly tighten the center
bolt on the front trunnion.
11. Lightly tighten the center bolt on the rear trunnion.
12. Standing at the rear of the saw, determine which
direction the rear of the sawblade must move to make
it parallel to the miter slot. To move the rear of the
blade to the right - tighten the right set screw. To
move the rear of the blade to the left - tighten the left
set screw.
NOTE: When tightening one set screw it may be neces-
sary to loosen the opposite set screw first.
13. Using the set screws move the rear of the blade in the
desired direction. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until blade is
parallel to miter gauge slot.
14. Tighten the opposite set screw to hold the trunnion in
position when measurement at the front and rear of
the sawblade are equal.
15. Securely tighten the left and right trunnion screws on
the rear and front turning using a 9/16" wrench.
16. Recheck the marked blade tooth at the front and rear
position to insure that the adjustment has not moved.
17. If the adjustment moved, loosen the four bolts and
repeat steps 13 - 15.
18. When the adjustment is correct loosen both set
screws and securely tighten the center bolts on the
front and rear trunnion.
Front
Trunnion
Front
Trunnion
Trunnion
Screws
NOTE: Maintain a minimum 1/8 inch clearance between
the right side of the blade and the table insert (viewed
from rear of saw). This insures clearance when the blade
is beveled.
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Trunnion
Rear Trunnion
Set Screws
Rear
Front
Trunnion
Trunnion
Screws
Screws
Screws
1/8" Minimum
Clearance
Rear of
Saw
Rear
Rear