Adjustments - Craftsman 315.218060 Operator's Manual

WARNING:
Before performing any adjustment,
make sure the tool is unplugged from the power
supply. Failure to heed this warning could result in
serious personal injury.
WARNING:
Blades coast after turn off. Possible
serious injury can occur if hands come in contact
with blade.
The table saw has been adjusted at the factory for mak-
ing very accurate cuts. However, some of the components
might have been jarred out of alignment during shipping.
Also, over a period of time, readjustment will probably
become necessary due to wear.
To avoid unnecessary set-ups and adjustments, a good
practice is to check your setups carefully with a fram-
ing square and make practice cuts in scrap wood before
making finish cuts in good workpieces. Do not start any
adjustments until you have checked with a square and
made test cuts to be sure adjustments are needed.
TO REPLACE THE BLADE
See Figures 47 - 49.
n Unplug the saw.
n Lower the saw blade, raise the blade guard, 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.
n Using the smaller blade wrench, insert 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, pull the
larger wrench forward to the front of the machine. Make
sure the blade nut is securely tightened. Do not over-
tighten.
NOTE: Arbor shaft has left hand threads.
Check all clearances for free blade rotation. See To Set
the Scale to the Blade. 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

ADJUSTMENTS

To replace the blade with an accessory blade, follow the
instructions provided with the accessory.
To install a standard blade:
n Place the new blade on the arbor shaft (the teeth
must point down toward the front of the saw to work
properly).
n Place the blade washer and the blade nut over the
blade arbor. Be sure the dome side of the blade
washer faces out from the blade and that all items are
snug against the arbor housing. Tighten securely.
n Rotate the blade by hand to make sure it turns freely.
n Lower the saw blade and reinstall the throat plate.
NOTE: Securely tighten throat plate screws. Do not al-
low the throat plate to bow up above the table surface.
SMALL BLADE
WRENCH
Fig. 47
35
BLADE
WASHER
BLADE
NUT
BLADE
ARBOR SHAFT
Fig. 48
SCREWS
THROAT
PLATE
BLADE
Fig. 49