Adjustments - Craftsman 315.BT2010 Operator's Manual

WARNING:
To prevent accidental starting that
could cause serious personal injury, always remove
the battery pack from the tool when assembling
parts.
The compound miter saw has been adjusted at the
factory for making 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. After un-
packing the saw, check the following adjustments before
you begin using the saw. Make any readjustments that are
necessary and periodically check the parts alignment to
make sure that the saw is cutting accurately.
WARNING:
Do not start the compound miter saw
without checking for interference between the blade
and the throat plate. Damage could result to the
blade if it strikes the throat plate during operation of
the saw.
PIVOT ADJUSTMENTS
NOTE: These adjustments were made at the factory and
normally do not require readjustment.
TRAVEL PIVOT ADJUSTMENT
 The saw arm should rise completely to the up position
by itself.
 If the saw arm does not raise by itself or if there is play
in the pivot joints, have saw repaired by at your nearest
authorized service center.
BEVEL PIVOT ADJUSTMENT
 The compound miter saw should bevel easily by loos-
ening the bevel lock knob and tilting the saw arm to the
left.
 If movement is tight or if there is play in the pivot, have
saw repaired by at your nearest authorized service
center.

ADJUSTMENTS

POSITIVE STOP ADJUSTMENTS
See Figure 32.
NOTE: These adjustments were made at the factory and
normally do not require readjustment.
To adjust:
 Remove the battery pack from the tool.
 Loosen the bevel lock knob by turning the knob coun-
terclockwise.
 Square the blade to the miter table as described in the
Assembly section of this manual.
 If the blade is out of square, adjust by tightening or
loosening the positive stop adjustment screw.
 Retighten bevel lock knob. Recheck blade-to-table
alignment.
NOTE: The above procedure can be used to check
blade squareness of the saw blade to the miter table at
both 0° and 45° angles.
The saw has two scale indicators, one on the bevel scale
and one on the miter scale. After squaring adjustments
have been made, it may be necessary to loosen the indi-
cator screws and reset them to zero.
BEVEL LOCK
KNOB
POSITIVE STOP
ADJUSTMENT
SCREW FOR
0° ANGLES
26 — English
POSITIVE STOP
ADJUSTMENT
SCREW FOR
45° ANGLES
Fig. 32