Riving Knife Alignment With The Blade - Delta 36-5100 T2 Instruction Manual

RIVING KNIFE ALIGNMENT
WITH THE BLADE
This procedure requires the supplied 4mm T-Handle Allen Wrench
and straight edge ruler. See Figure 27.
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Completely disconnect saw from power source
before making any adjustments.
1.
Carefully remove anti-kickback pawls, blade guard, and
throat plate.
2.
Loosen the two hex-head screws
3.
Using a straight edge ruler, align riving knife with blade
body, see Figure 26.
4.
Tighten the two hex-head screws
5.
To adjust parallel alignment use the two set screws
see Figure 25. Clockwise: adjust riving knife to the right.
Counter-clockwise: adjust riving knife to the left. If needed,
use the set screws to align the riving knife with blade face
and the square.
6.
Fully tighten the two hex-head cap screws.
7.
Replace throat plate, blade guard and anti-kickback
assemblies before use.
If any dragging or binding of the workpiece
is encountered as it reaches the riving knife, turn unit off
and disconnect machine from power source and readjust
the riving knife/blade alignment or replace the blade.
NEVER attempt to back partially-cut workpiece out of
blade while blade is moving.
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MAKING ADJUSTMENTS
shown in Figure 25.
A
, see Figure 25.
A
,
B
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A B
Figure 25
Figure 26
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Figure 27