Adjustment; Miter Lock Handle; Dust Guide; To Install Blade - Craftsman 12 IN. COMPOUND MITER SAW 315.21222 Owner's Manual

,_ WARNING:Toprevent a ccidental starting that
could causepossible serious personal injury,
assemble a ll partstoyoursawbeforeconnecting
itto power supply. S awshouldneverbe
connected t o power supply whenyouare
assembling p arts,making adjustments, installing
or removing blades, o r whennotinuse.
Asmentioned p reviously y oursawhasbeenfactory
assembled a ndadjusted. Themiterlockhandle, d ust
guide, a ndbladearetheonlypartsthathaveto be
installed.
MITER LOCK HANDLE
See Figure 8.
To install the miter lock handle, place the threaded
stud on the end of the miter lock handle into the
threaded hole in the control arm. Turn clockwise to
tighten.
LOOSEN
TIGHTEN
CONTROL MITER
MITER ARM
TABLE
LOCKHANDLE Fig. 8
DUST GUIDE
See Figure 9.
To install the dust guide, place the end marked
INSERT over the exhaust port in the upper blade
guard. Turn the guide so that the open end is facing
down or toward the rear of the saw.
TO INSTALL BLADE
See Figures 10, 11, and 12.
A
WARNING: A 12 in. blade is the maximum
blade capacity of your saw. Never use a blade
that is too thick to allow outer blade washer to
engage with the flats on the spindle. Larger
blades will come in contact with the blade
guards, while thicker blades will prevent the
blade screw from securing the blade on the
spindle. Either of these situations could result in
a serious accident and can cause serious
personal injury.
• Unplug your saw.
WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could
result in accidental starting causing possible
serious personal injury.
Push down on the saw arm and pull out the lock
pin to release saw arm. Raise saw arm to its full
raised position. Be cautious, saw arm is spring
loaded to raise.
• Loosen the phillips screw on the blade bolt
cover until blade bolt cover can be raised.
See Figure 10.
• Gently raise the lower blade guard bracket so that
the lower blade guard and blade bolt cover can be
rotated up and back to expose the blade bolt. See
Figure 10.
LOWER
BLADEGUARD
PHILLIPS
SCREW
EXHAUST
PORT
BLADE
BOLT
I
DUSTGUIDE
LOWERBLADE
GUARDBRACKET Fig. 10
Fig. 9
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