Bench Mounting; Changing Or Installing A New Saw Blade; Transporting The Saw; Adjustments - DeWalt DW713-XE Instruction Manual

Bench Mounting

Holes are provided in all four feet to facilitate bench mounting, as shown
in Figure 2. (Two different sized holes are provided to accommodate
different sizes of screws. Use either hole, it is not necessary to use
both.) Always mount your saw firmly to prevent movement. To enhance
the tool's portability, it can be mounted to a piece of 12.7 mm (1/2")
or thicker plywood which can then be clamped to your work support or
moved to other job sites and reclamped.
NOTE: If you elect to mount your saw to a piece of plywood, make sure
that the mounting screws don't protrude from the bottom of the wood.
The plywood must sit flush on the work support. When clamping the
saw to any work surface, clamp only on the clamping bosses where the
mounting screw holes are located. Clamping at any other point will surely
interfere with the proper operation of the saw.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Changing or Installing a New Saw Blade (Fig. 3, 4, 5)
WARNING: WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal injury,
turn off the tool and disconnect it from the power source before
attempting to move it, change accessories or make any adjustments
accept as written in laser adjustment instructions.
CAUTION:
• Never depress the spindle lock button while the blade is under power
or coasting.
• Do not cut ferrous metal (containing iron or steel) or masonry or fiber
cement product with this miter saw.
FIG. 4
WRENCH
Removing the Blade
1. Unplug the saw.
2. Raise the arm to the upper position. Depress the head lock lever
(Fig. 3) to release the lower guard and raise the lower guard as
far as possible.
3. Loosen, but do not remove guard bracket screw until the bracket can
be raised far enough to access the blade screw. The lower guard will
remain raised due to the position of the guard bracket screw.
4. Depress the spindle lock button (Fig. 3) while carefully rotating the
saw blade by hand until the lock engages.
5. Keeping the button depressed, use the other hand and the wrench
provided to loosen the blade screw. (Turn clockwise, left-hand
threads)
6. Remove the blade screw, outer blade clamp, and
blade. The 25.4 mm (1") blade adapter, if used, and the inner blade
clamp, may be left on the spindle.
FIG. 5
OUTER
CLAMP
WASHER
BLADE
SCREW
NOTE: For blades with a blade hole of 15.88 mm (5/8"), the 25.4 mm (1")
blade adapter is not used.
GUARD
Installing a Blade
1. Unplug the saw.
2. With the arm raised, the lower guard held open and the guard bracket
raised, place the blade on the spindle, onto the blade adapter [if using
a blade with a 25.4 mm (1") diameter blade hole] and against the
inner blade clamp with the teeth at the bottom of the blade pointing
toward the back of the saw.
3. Assemble the outer blade clamp onto the spindle.
4. Install the blade screw and, engaging the spindle lock, tighten the
screw firmly with wrench provided. (Turn counterclockwise, left-hand
threads)
NOTE: When using blades with a 15.88 mm (5/8") diameter blade hole,
GUARD
the blade adapter will not be used and should be stored in a safe place for
BRACKET
future use.
SCREW
5. Return the guard bracket to its original position and firmly tighten the
guard bracket screw to hold bracket in place.
WARNING:
• The guard bracket must be returned to its
original position and the screw tightened
before activating the saw.
• Failure to do so may allow the guard
to contact the spinning saw blade resulting
in damage to the saw and severe personal
injury.

Transporting the Saw

WARNING: To reduce the risk
of serious personal injury, turn off
the tool and disconnect it from the
power source before attempting
to move it, change accessories
or make any adjustments accept
as written in laser adjustment
instructions.
In order to conveniently carry the
BLADE
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 6.
BLADE
ADAPTER

Adjustments

WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal injury, turn off
the tool and disconnect it from the power source before attempting
to move it, change accessories or make any adjustments accept as
INNER CLAMP
written in laser adjustment instructions.
WASHER
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 7.
(Do not touch the tips of the blade teeth with the square. To do so will
cause an inaccurate measurement.) Unlock miter lock lever (see Fig. 8)
and swing the miter arm until the miter detent locks it at the 0˚ miter
position. Do not lock miter lock lever. If the saw blade is not exactly
perpendicular to the fence, loosen the three screws that hold the miter
scale to the base (shown in Fig. 8) and move the scale/miter arm 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

Unlock miter lock lever and squeeze the miter detent to move the miter
arm to the zero position, as shown in Figure 8. Unlock the miter lock
lever to allow the miter detent 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 9. 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 10B. 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 0° bevel to the table. If the Bevel
Arm needs adjustment, loosen the lock nut on the right side Bevel Stop
as shown in Figure 11, and adjust the stop screw as necessary. Hold the
stop screw in place and tighten the lock nut.
6
FIG. 6
LOCK
DOWN
PIN