Troubleshooting - Craftsman 113.299131 Owner's Manual

trouble shooting
WARNING: FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, TURN "'OFF" AND ALWAYS REMOVE
PLUG FROM POWER SOURCE OUTLET BEFORE TROUBLE SHOOTING
TROUBLE SHOOTING TABLE
TROUBLE
Excessive vibration
Cannot make square
cut when crosscutting
PROBABLE CAUSE
1. Failure to tighten clamp
knob
2. Blade out of balance
1. Miter gauge not
adjusted properly
2. Blade not properly
aligned
Cut binds, burns or 1.
stalls motor when
ripping 2.
Dull blade with
improper tooth set
Warped board
3. Blade not properly
aligned
4. Rip fence not properly
aligned
S. Spreader out of
alignment
REMEDY
1. See "Clamp Knob" under "'Operating Controls"
2. Use a different blade
1. See "Check and Adjust the Miter Gauge" under
"Assembly and Adjustments"
2. See "Aligning Saw Blade with Table Top" under
"Assembly and Adjustments"
1. Check set and sharpness of blade
2. True up material
3. See "Aligning Saw Blade with Table Top" under "Assembly
and Adjustments"
4. See "'Check and Adjust Rip Fence" under "Assembly
and Adjustments"
5. Align spreader with saw blade
Blade not true at 1. Stop screws not 1. See "Adjust the 90 ° and 45 ° Stops" under "Assembly
90 ° or 45 ° properly adjusted and Adjustments"
1. 1. See "Clamp Knob" under "Operating Controls"
2.
Tilt clamp knob not
loosened when making
tilt adjustment
Dirt in worm and sector
gears-- and need of
lubrication
1. Not using spreader or
spreader not aligned
2. Rip fence not parallel
to blade
3. Failure to push wood
all the way past
saw blade
Warped wood
Tilt crank and
elevating hand
wheel turn hard
Anti-kickback pawls
not working properly
Kickbacks when ripping
4.
5.
6. Cut-off piece confined
7. Failure to use push
stick properly
g. Dull or ;rnproperly
set blade
9. Failure to use auxiliary
fence and push stick
when ripping material
narrower than 2"
2. See "Maintenance and Lubrication"
1.
2.
3.
Use spreader and align with saw blade
Adjust rip fence. (Refer to paragraph "Assembly and
Adjustments")
Push wood all the way past saw blade (Refer to
paragraph "Proper Operating Procedures")
4. Use caution (Refer to paragraph "Proper Operating
Procedures")
S. Clean out any dust and apply a drop of oil around pin
Replace spring if broken
Sharpen pawl teeth with a file
6. Allow cut-off piece to move laterally
7. Apply the push stick to the work piece between the
fence and the saw blade
8. Use sharp, properly set blade
9.
See "'Auxiliary Fence/Push :Block" and "Push Stick"
under "'Proper Operating Procedures"
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