Setting The Bevel Stops And Indicator - Craftsman 315.228310 Owner's Manual

If the blade was too close to the square, back the
bracket away with the block of wood and hammer.
Tighten the screws, raise the blade and recheck.
Repeat until blade is parallel to miter gage groove.
If the blade is not parallel, adjust the front table
bracket. Tilt the blade to 45˚ with the bevel lock
handle and bevel handwheel.
From the back of the saw, loosen the bolts holding
the front table bracket, as well as the rear table
bracket.
Reposition the blade to 90˚ with the bevel hand-
wheel and bevel lock handle.
Lower the blade and move the brackets as needed.
Retighten all bracket screws.
Raise the blade and recheck. Repeat until the
blade is parallel to the miter gage groove.
Place the throat plate in the opening and push it
toward the rear of saw base to engage the spring
clip.
Note: The keyslot in the throat plate will drop over the
front screw.
Tighten the screw. Do not allow the throat plate to
bow up above the table surface.
SAW TABLE VIEW FROM BELOW
REAR
TABLE BRACKET
REAR
BRACKET
SCREW(S)
FRONT
TABLE BRACKET
® TABLE SAW 315.228310
ADJUSTMENTS
SAW TABLE
FRONT
BRACKET
SCREW(S) Fig. 37

SETTING THE BEVEL STOPS AND INDICATOR

See Figures 38 and 39.
WARNING:
Make sure the switch is off, the
switch key is removed, and your saw is
unplugged. Failure to do so could result in
accidental starting, resulting in serious personal
injury.
The bevel scale should show 0˚ when the blade is set
vertical at 90˚ to table, and 45˚ when blade is at 45˚ tilt.
Raise the blade all the way up by turning the height
handwheel. Lift the blade guard.
Loosen bevel lock handle and turn the bevel
handwheel clockwise to tilt the blade. Reverse it
and turn the handwheel counterclockwise until it
stops.
Check the blade angle with a combination square.
Don't let the square touch a blade tooth. The blade
should be at 90˚ and the scale indicator at 0˚.
Note: The scale indicator is the plastic plate on the
scale at the front of the cabinet.
If the scale indicator does not point to 0˚, loosen the
scale indicator with a screwdriver, adjust it within
the slot, and retighten the screw.
If the blade angle is wrong, adjust the 90˚ stop
screw (left of the blade, looking from the front). Start
by turning the 90˚ stop screw three or four turns
with a 4 mm hex key.
4 mm
HEX KEY
Turn the bevel handwheel clockwise once, then
back counterclockwise to square blade with table.
Tighten the 90˚ stop screw and recheck that the
blade is square in a 90˚ position. If not, repeat.
When the blade is square, check the scale indica-
tor. If it is not at zero, reset the scale indicator as
before.
30
90º STOP SCREW
45º STOP SCREW
Fig. 38