Installing The Rip Guide - MasterCraft 54-8306-8 Owner's Manual

Setting the 0° stop
Before making angle cuts, the 0° stop must
be adjusted.
1. Set sole plate angle at 0° and lock.
2. Make a test cut.
3. Check the cutting angle with a
carpenter's square. If the cut is not
square, readjust the sole plate angle
until it is square.
4. Once the sole plate is producing a
square cut, loosen the adjusting lock
nut (4) using a 9/32" (7 mm) wrench.
Turn the set screw (5) clockwise using
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a #2 Philips
touches the sole plate (Fig. 8). While
holding the set screw with the
screwdriver, tighten the lock nut.
NOTE: The set screw may have to be
loosened to allow the sole plate to be set
at 0°.

INSTALLING THE RIP GUIDE

1. Loosen the rip guide adjusting knob
(1) (Fig. 9).
2. Slide the rip guide rod (2) into the rip
guide slot (3). Continue to slide the
guide rod across the sole plate and
into the adjusting knob slot (4) in the
sole plate on the opposite side.
3. Adjust the rip guide shoe to the
correct distance from the blade and
tighten the set screw.
ASSEMBLY AND OPERATING
screwdriver until it
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Fig. 8
Fig. 9