Craftsman 315.218060 Operator's Manual page 18

TO CHECK SAW BLADE INSTALLATION
See Figure 12.
CAUTION:
To work properly, the saw blade teeth
must point down toward the front of the saw. Failure
to do so could cause damage to the saw blade, the
saw, or the workpiece.
NOTE: Arbor shaft has left hand threads.
n Lower the saw blade and remove the throat plate.
n Make sure the bevel locking lever is securely pushed to
the left. Raise the saw blade to its full height by turning
the height/bevel adjusting handwheel clockwise.
To loosen the blade:
n Using the smaller blade wrench, place the flat open
end on the flats on the arbor shaft.
n Insert the closed end of the larger blade wrench over
the hex nut. Holding both wrenches firmly, pull the
larger wrench forward to the front of the machine.
To tighten the blade:
n Using the smaller blade wrench, place the flat open
end into the flats on the arbor shaft.
n Insert the closed end of the larger blade wrench over
the hex nut. Holding both wrenches firmly, push the
larger wrench to the back of the machine. Make sure
the blade nut is securely tightened. Do not overtighten.
Check all clearances for free blade rotation. See To Set
the Scale to the Blade in the Adjustment section. In
cutting operations, the scale will be set to the side of the
blade where the cut will be measured and made.
LARGE
BLADE WRENCH
ASSEMBLY
TO INSTALL MITER FENCE
See Figure 13.
n Remove the miter fence from the miter fence storage
on the side of the saw cabinet.
n To install the miter fence to the sliding miter table, loos-
en the adjusting clamp knob so the bolt has enough
clearance to slide into the table slot.
n Mount the miter fence to the miter table by installing
the locator pin (below the miter fence) into holes "A" or
"B". At the same time, place the attachment bolt in the
slot.
n Properly adjust the miter indicator to the scale on the
end of the fence opposite the locator pin.
n Retighten the adjusting clamp knob.
MITER
INDICATOR
TABLE
SLOT
SMALL BLADE
WRENCH
Fig. 12
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ADJUSTING CLAMP
MITER FENCE
MITER
HOLDER
FENCE
QUICK STOP
HOLE "A"
KNOB
ATTACHMENT
BOLT
LOCATOR
PIN
HOLE "B"
Fig. 13