Installing Table Boards; Attaching Table Supports; Positioning Table Supports - Craftsman 509344 Owner's Manual

Assembly
Installing Table Boards (40" Wide Mod-
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Attaching Table Supports

1. Attach a table support to each side of the
saw using the four hex head bolts and flat
washers. Put the bolts through the center of
the enlarged holes in the table supports so
that the supports may slide up or down as
needed. Put a lockwasher and hex nut on
each bolt and hand tighten.
NOTE: The goal in adjusting the table supports
and leveling the front table is to make sure that
the table is the same distance from the radial
arm at all points. This ensures that when the
table and blade are installed the clearance
between them will be equal at all points.

Positioning Table Supports

1. Release bevel lock lever, move bevel index
lever to the left and rotate the motor to posi-
tion arbor shaft down. Lock lever lock.
2. Unlock and hold miter/arm lock lever in
index release position as shown. Position arm
against left stop (approximately 50° miter).
Loosen carriage lock knob (rip lock) and posi-
tion arbor shaft directly over left hand table
support.
3. Slide the arbor wrench handle between
end of motor shaft and table support to act as
a feeler gauge. Carefully lower the motor with
elevation crank until the end of shaft is just
touching the arbor wrench. The wrench
should slide back and forth with only slight
resistance. Tighten screw "A".
NOTE: Do not change this elevation setting
until both left and right hand table support
channels have ben adjusted.
4. Move arm and carriage to screw "B".
Adjust position of table support so that the
arbor wrench just slips between the end of
the motor shaft and the support. Tighten
screw "B".
5. Move arm and carriage to right hand table sup-
port and level in the same manner as in step 4.
6. Recheck both support channels to make
sure that tightening screws did not affect the
accuracy of the adjustment.
7. Elevate the saw and return motor to hori-
zontal position to provide clearance for instal-
lation of front work table.
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Table Support
Screws
Here
Flat Washer
Hex Head
Bolt
Screw "A"
Screw "A"
Lockwasher
Nut
Table Support
Front
Mount Support
Using These Holes
Arbor Wrench
Arbor
Wrench
Screw "B"
Table Support