Blade Tilting Control - Delta 36-540 Instruction Manual

BLADE RAISING AND
LOWERING CONTROL
To raise or lower the saw blade, turn handwheel (A) Fig.
26. Turning the handwheel clockwise lowers the blade
and turning the handwheel counterclockwise raises the
blade. WARNING: THE BLADE TILTING LOCK HAN-
DLE (B) FIG. 26, MUST BE LOCKED DURING ALL
CUTTING OPERATIONS.

BLADE TILTING CONTROL

To tilt the saw blade, loosen blade tilting lock handle (A)
Fig. 27, move handwheel (B) until the blade is at the
desired angle and tighten lock handle (A). NOTE: The
lock handle (A) is spring-loaded and can be repositioned
by pulling out on the handle (A) and repositioning it on
the serrated stud located underneath the handle.
WARNING: THE BLADE TILTING LOCK
HANDLE (A) MUST BE LOCKED DURING ALL CUT-
TING OPERATIONS.
ADJUSTING 90 AND 45
DEGREE POSITIVE STOPS
Your saw is equipped with positive stops for rapid and
accurate positioning of the saw blade at 90 and 45
degrees to the table. To adjust the positive stops, pro-
ceed as follows:
1. DISCONNECT THE SAW FROM THE POWER
SOURCE.
2. Raise the saw blade to its maximum height.
TO ADJUST POSITIVE STOP AT 90 DEGREES
3. Loosen the blade tilting lock handle, move the blade
tilting mechanism as far as possible to the left and tight-
en the blade tilting lock handle.
4. Place a square (A) Fig. 28, on the table with one end
of the square against the blade, as shown, and check to
see if the blade is at 90 degrees to the table. If it is not,
loosen screw (B) a few turns and move the blade tilting
mechanism until the blade is at 90 degrees to the table.
Then tighten blade tilting lock handle and tighten screw
(B) until it bottoms.
TO ADJUST POSITIVE STOP AT 45 DEGREES
5. Loosen the blade tilting lock handle, move the blade
tilting mechanism as far as possible to the right and
tighten the blade tilting lock handle.
6. Place a square (A) Fig. 29, on the table with one end
of the square against the blade as shown, and check to
see if the blade is at 45 degrees to the table. If it is not,
loosen screw (C) a few turns and move the blade tilting
mechanism until the blade is at 45 degrees to the table.
Then tighten blade tilting lock handle and tighten screw
(C) until it bottoms.
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B
A
Fig. 26
A
B
Fig. 27
A
Fig. 28
A
C
Fig. 29
B