Ryobi TS1144 Operator's Manual page 20

SQUARING THE BLADE TO THE MITER TABLE
See Figures 22 - 24.
 Unplug the saw.
 Pull the saw arm all the way down and engage the lock
pin to hold the saw arm in transport position.
 Loosen the miter lock knob approximately one-half turn
and press the detent release button.
 Rotate the miter table until the scale indicator is posi-
tioned at 0°.
 Release the detent release button, engaging the positive
stop notch, then tighten the miter lock knob to secure the
miter table.
 Tighten the miter lock knob to secure the miter table.
 Loosen bevel lock knob and set saw arm at 0
set 90 to miter table). Tighten bevel lock knob at stop.
°
 Place a combination square against the miter table and
the flat part of saw blade.
NOTE: Make sure that the square contacts the flat part
of the saw blade, not the blade teeth.
 Rotate the blade by hand and check the blade-to-table
alignment at several points.
 The edge of the square and the saw blade should be
parallel as shown in figure 22.
 If the top or bottom of the saw blade angles away from
the square as shown in figures 23 and 24, adjustments
are needed.
 Loosen the bevel lock knob.
 Adjust positive stop adjustment screw to bring saw blade
into alignment with the square. See Positive Stop Adjust-
ment in the Adjustments section.
COMBINATION
SQUARE
MITER
TABLE
ASSEMBLY
 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
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 indicator screws
and reset them to zero. See figures 20 - 21.
bevel (blade
°
BLADE
VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH MITER TABLE,
Fig. 22
20 - English
angles.
°
COMBINATION
SQUARE
MITER
TABLE
VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH MITER
TABLE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
COMBINATION
SQUARE
MITER
TABLE
ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
°
BLADE
Fig. 23
BLADE
Fig. 24