RIDGID R4512 Operator's Manual page 36

OPERATION
hEELING (PARALLELING) ThE BLADE TO ThE
MITER GAUGE GROOVE
See Figures 54 - 56.
WARNING:
The blade must be square so the wood does not
bind resulting in kickback. Failure to do so could
result in serious personal injury.
Do not loosen any bolts for this adjustment until you have
checked with a square and made test cuts to be sure adjust-
ments are necessary. Once the bolts are loosened, these
items must be reset.
 Unplug the saw.
 With a 4 mm wrench, remove the 6 screws that secure
the rear panel of the saw. Remove the panel.
 Remove the blade guard and anti-kickback pawls. Raise
the blade by turning the height adjusting handwheel.
 Mark beside one of the blade teeth at the front of
the blade. Place a combination square even with the
front of the saw table and the side of the saw blade.
 Turn the blade so the marked tooth is at the back.
 Move the combination square to the rear and again
measure the distance. If the distances are the same, the
blade is square.
If the distances are different:
 Place spreader/riving knife in "down" position then lower
the blade.
 Loosen the four adjusting bolts.
NOTE: The adjusting bolts are located under the saw
table.
 If the back of the blade was too far from the combination
square, push or tap the blade left side of the blade until
the blade is square. Retighten the bolts.
 If the back of the blade was too close to the combination
square, push or tap the right side of the blade until the
blade is square. Retighten the bolts.
WARNING:
To reduce the risk of injury from kickback, align the
rip fence to the blade following any blade adjust-
ments. Always make sure the rip fence is parallel
to the blade before beginning any operation.
adjUSTIng
BOLTS (4)
COMBInaTIOn
SQUare
COMBInaTIOn
SQUare
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rear PaneL
Fig. 54
MITer
gaUge
grOOve
Fig. 55
MITer
gaUge
grOOve
Fig. 56