Installing The Blade Guard - Craftsman 315.228310 Owner's Manual

INSTALLING THE BLADE GUARD

See Figures 23 – 25.
WARNING:
If the blade is not fully lowered, turn
the height handwheel to lower the blade to
prevent injury.
Get the blade guard, the blade guard bracket, and
the following hardware:
2 hex bolts (5/16-18 x 1/2 in.)
2 lock washers (5/16 in.)
3 socket head screws (1/4-20 x 3/8 in.)
3 flat washers (1/4 in.)
Align the lower end of the blade guard bracket and
the threaded holes of the cradle and insert the hex
bolts and lock washers. Securely tighten with a 12
mm wrench.
Remove the throat plate. See page
Put the blade guard assembly in place on the table
top, aligning the screw holes in the riving knife to
the holes in the bracket. Align the hole in the front
of the riving knife base with the screw hole in the
saw table.
Note: The screw hole is located under the slot in back
of the throat plate.
Insert two socket head screws and two flat washers
in the two holes at the back of the riving knife base.
Securely tighten with a 5 mm hex key.
Insert the third socket head screw and flat washer
into screw hole in saw table under throat plate.
Securely tighten with a 5 mm hex key.
Raise the blade all the way up.
BLADE
GUARD
BRACKET
LOCK
WASHER
HEX
BOLT
ASSEMBLY
SOCKET
HEAD SCREWS
FLAT
WASHER
32.32.
SOCKET
HEAD SCREW
FLAT
WASHER
CRADLE
Fig. 23
25
BLADE
GUARD
Fig. 24
BLADE
GUARD
RIVING
KNIFE
ANTI-KICKBACK
PAWLS
Fig. 25
® TABLE SAW 315.228310