B. Settings And Adjustments; To Remove The Blade - Craftsman 10 IN. TABLE SAW 315.22811 Owner's Manual

B. SETTINGS AND ADJUSTMENTS
TO REMOVE THE BLADE
Use the two wrenches supplied with the saw for this
procedure
_l, WARNING: Unplug your saw and make sure
the blade guard assembly is installed and
working properly to avoid serious personal injury.
• Raise the blade guard. See figure 27, overview of
saw
• Remove the three screws from the throat plate and
lift the throat plate out of the slot.
• Push the bevel locking lever to the left for elevation
mode.
• Raise the blade to its full height by turning the
blade adjusting handle clockwise.
• Place the open end of the small hex wrench into
the slot beside the blade. The wrench will fit over
two flats on the arbor (blade shaft). See Figure 28.
• Fit the large hex wrench onto the arbor nut. Turn
clockwise and remove the nut, taking care not to
drag your knuckles across the blade.
Note: The arbor nut has left-hand threads.
• Remove the outer blade washer from the arbor and
then remove the blade. Make sure that inner blade
washer and both spacers are tight against arbor
shoulder.
• Replace with a new blade. Make sure the blade
teeth are pointing forward, toward incoming work.
• Put the outer blade washer and arbor nut back on,
aligning with the flats on the arbor. _ghten the nut
with a counterclockwise turn.
Note: Use care not to cross thread arbor nut. Do
not overtighten.
• Rotate the blade by hand to make sure it is turning
freely.
• Check the riving knife and adjust if needed (See
next procedure).
• Insert the throat plate, lower the blade, then secure
the throat plate with the three throat plate screws.
Tighten the screws firmly.
• Push bevel locking lever to the left to allow blade
elevation and lowering.
THROAT PLATE BLADEGUARD
BEVEL BLADE
LOCKING LEVER ADJUSTING HANDLE
NOTE:PLACEBLADE BETWEEN
INNERANDOUTER BLADE WASHER
LARGE
RENCH
TO
LOOSEN
SMALL HEX
WRENCH
LARGESPACER
Figure 27
ARBOR
\
_h
ARBORNUT
TO ANGLEBLADE,
PUSHBEVELLOCKING
LEVERRIGHT,
_INNER
BLADE WASHER
OUTER
BLADEWASHER
,TO
TIGHTEN Figure 28
TOLOWERBLADE, P USHBEVEL
LOCKING LEVERLIFTAND
ROTATE BLADEADJUSTING
HANDLE COUNTERCLOCKWISE
p# #,l
TO RAISE BLADE, PUSH BEVEL
LOCKING LEVER LEFT AND TO LOCK BLADE ANGLE,
ROTATE BLADE ADJUSTING PUSH BEVEL LOCKING
HANDLE CLOCKWISE LEVER LEFT Figure 29
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