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ADJUSTMENT FOR "WEAR" IN RAISING MECHANISM
Alter a long period of lime, it is possible thal the raising
worm and the teeth on the arbor bracket will wear slight-
ly res·ulting in play in the raising mechanism.
To com-
pensate for this wear the raising worm and the arbor
bracket can be brought closer together.
This can be
dOile
as
follows:
1.
Remove lock knob and raising handwheel but do
not remove pointer.
2.
Loosen lock nul (A) Fig.
27,
and using the pointer
(B) as a lever turn to the righi or left until ali the per-
ceptible play between the worm and arbor bracket is
removed.
3.
When · this
adjustment
is
completed,
reset the
pointer.
ADJUSTING 90° POSITIVE STOP
Y our saw is equipped with a positive stop at 90 degrees,
To
check and
adjust the positive stop,
proceed as
follows:
1.
Raise the saw blade ta its maximum.
2.
Set the blade at 90 degrees to the table by turning
the
blade lilting handwheel counterclockwise
as far
as it
will
go.
3.
Place a square on the table as shawn in Fig.28,
and check to see if the blade is at a perfect 90 degree
angle to the table.
4.
If the blade is not at 90 degrees to the table,
loosen
locknut (A)
Fig.
29,
and back out adjusting
stop screw (B).
Then turn the bi ade ti lting handwheel
until you are certain the blade is at 90 degrees to the
table.
The adjusting stop screw (B) should then be
turned unti 1 il bottoms against the end of the ti lting
screw (C)
Fig. 29, and locked in this position With
locknut (A).
Recheck and adjus.t further if necessary.
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