Transporting The Saw; Adjustments; Miter Scale Adjustment; Miter Pointer Adjustment - DeWalt DW703 Instruction Manual

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FIG. 6
OUTER CLAMP
WASHER
BLADE
SCREW
SAW BLADE
FIG. 7
C
B
position by the guard bracket screw. Depress the spindle
lock button with one hand and use the supplied blade
wrench in the other hand to loosen (clockwise) the left
hand threaded blade screw.
NOTE: To use the spindle lock, depress the button as shown
and rotate the blade by hand until you feel the lock engage.
Continue to hold the lock button in to keep the spindle from
turning. Remove the blade screw and the blade.
Install the blade making sure that the teeth at the bottom
edge of the blade are pointing toward the back of the saw
(away from the operator). Replace the outer blade washer
and tighten the blade screw (counterclockwise) while
keeping the blade guard up and the spindle lock engaged
GUARD
with the other hand. (Figure 6)
BRACKET
NEVER DEPRESS THE SPINDLE LOCK PIN WHILE
SCREW
THE BLADE IS ROTATING.
BE SURE TO HOLD THE GUARD BRACKET DOWN
AND FIRMLY TIGHTEN THE GUARD BRACKET
SCREW WHEN YOU FINISH INSTALLING THE SAW
BLADE. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL CAUSE SERIOUS
DAMAGE TO THE SAW AND POSSIBLE PERSONAL
INJURY.
INNER CLAMP

Transporting the Saw

WASHER
TURN OFF AND UNPLUG THE MITER SAW BEFORE
ATTEMPTING TO MOVE IT OR MAKE ANY ADJUST-
MENTS WHAT-SO-EVER!
In order to conveniently carry the miter saw from place to
place, a carrying handle has been included on the top of the
saw arm, as shown in Figure 3. To transport the saw, lower
the arm and depress the lock down pin shown in Figure 4.

Adjustments

PERFORM ALL ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE MITER
SAW UNPLUGGED
NOTE: Your miter saw is fully and accurately adjusted at
the factory at the time of manufacture. If readjustment
due to shipping and handling or any other reason is
required, follow the steps below to adjust your saw.
Once made, these adjustments should remain accurate.
Take a little time now to follow these directions carefully
to maintain the accuracy of which your saw is capable.

MITER SCALE ADJUSTMENT

Place a square against the saw's fence and blade, as
shown in Figure 8. (Do not touch the tips of the blade teeth
with the square. To do so will cause an inaccurate
measurement.) Loosen the miter clamp knob (see Fig. 9)
and swing the miter arm until the miter latch locks it at the
0˚ miter position. Do not tighten the clamp knob. If the
saw blade is not exactly perpendicular to the fence,
loosen the three screws that hold the miter scale to the
D
base (shown in Fig. 9) and move the scale/miter arm
A
assembly left or right until the blade is perpendicular to the
fence, as measured with the square. Retighten the three
screws. Pay no attention to the reading of the miter pointer
at this point.

MITER POINTER ADJUSTMENT

Loosen the miter clamp knob and squeeze the miter latch
to move the miter arm to the zero position, as shown in
Figure 9. With the miter clamp knob loose allow the miter
latch to snap into place as you rotate the miter arm past
zero. Observe the pointer and miter scale through the
viewing opening shown in Figure 10. If the pointer does not
indicate exactly zero, loosen the pointer screw, adjust the
pointer to 0˚ and retighten.

BEVEL SQUARE TO TABLE

To align the blade square to the rotary table, lock the arm
in the down position. Place a square against the blade
taking care to not have the square on top of a tooth, as
shown in Figure 11B. Loosen the Bevel Clamp Knob so
that you can move the Bevel Arm. Move the Bevel Arm as
necessary so that the blade is at zero degrees bevel to
the table. If the Bevel Arm needs adjustment, loosen the
lock nut on the right side Bevel Stop as shown in Figure
12, and adjust the stop screw as necessary. Hold the stop
screw in place and tighten the lock nut.

BEVEL POINTER

If the bevel pointer does not indicate zero, loosen the screw
that holds it in place and move the pointer as necessary.
SUGGESTION: For accuracy, set the top edge so that it
aligns with zero.

BEVEL STOP

To set the 45 degree bevel stop shown in Figure 7, first
loosen the left side fence clamping knob and slide the left
side fence as far as it will go to the left. Move the arm to
the left until it stops on the left bevel stop screw. If the
bevel pointer (A) does not indicate exactly 45 degrees,
loosen the left side bevel stop lock nut (B) and turn the
screw (C) downwards. Move the arm to the left and tighten
the bevel clamp knob (D) firmly when the bevel pointer
indicates exactly 45 degrees. Adjust the left side bevel
stop screw upwards until it firmly touches the bevel stop.
Retighten the nut while holding the screw from turning.
To achieve 3 degree right bevel or 48 degree left bevel,
the stop screws must be adjusted to allow the arm to move
to the desired location. The bevel stops will need
readjustment to the zero and 45 degree positions after
cuts are made.

FENCE ADJUSTMENT

Turn Off and Unplug the Miter Saw
To bevel UP TO 48 degrees left, the left side of the fence
can be adjusted to the left to provide clearance. To adjust
the fence, loosen the knob shown in Figure 13 and slide
the fence to the left. Make a dry run with the saw turned off
and check for clearance. Adjust the fence to be as
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