Craftsman 315.218060 Operator's Manual page 34

WARNING:
Never feed wood with your hands when
making any non-through cut such as rabbets or
dadoes. To avoid personal injury, always use push
blocks, push sticks, and featherboards.
n When the cut is made, turn the saw off. Wait for the
blade to come to a complete stop before removing the
workpiece.
n Unplug the saw.
n Lower the blade and remove the screw holding the
throat plate in place. Remove the throat plate.
n Raise the saw blade.
n Push the bevel locking lever to the right. Rotate the
height/bevel adjusting handwheel until the bevel
indicator shows a 30° angle. Push the bevel locking
lever securely to the left while holding the height/bevel
adjusting handwheel to lock the angle. Reinstall the
blade guard assembly.
n Retighten the nuts at the base of the spreader. Check
spreader alignment to the blade and adjust shims if
necessary.
n Move the bevel locking lever to the right and rotate the
blade back to 90°. Push the lever to the left to lock the
angle.
n Lower the blade, insert the throat plate, then securely
tighten the throat plate screw.
NON-THROUGH CUT
BLADE
GUARD
REMOVED
OPERATION
MAKING A DADO CUT
See Figure 46.
An optional dado throat plate (part number 0134010313)
is required for this procedure. Do not use blades rated
less than the speed of this tool. This saw is designed for
use with a 6 in. stack dado (up to width of 5/8 in.). Do not
use an adjustable dado on this saw.
NOTE: This saw cannot be used to make a bevel dado
cut.
n Unplug the saw.
n Remove the blade guard assembly and the saw blade.
n Mount the dado blade, using the blade and chippers
appropriate for the desired width of cut.
n Reinstall the arbor nut.
n Make sure the arbor nut is fully engaged and the
arbor extends at least one full thread past a securely
tightened arbor nut.
n When mounting dado blades, make sure both the inner
blade washer and outer blade washer are used.
WARNING:
location when changing back to saw blade. Failure
to do so may result in possible injury and damage to
the tool.
WARNING:
featherboards when making dado cuts to avoid the
risk of serious injury.
PUSH STICK
Fig. 45
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Always put all spacers in proper
Always use push blocks, push sticks, or
DADO CUT
Fig. 46