Craftsman 315.10833 Owner's Manual page 14

POSITIVE0
° BEVEL STOP
See Figure 19.
BEVEL
ADJUSTMENT
WINGNUT
ADJUSTMENT
SCREW
POSITIVEO°BEVELSTOP
CARPENTER'S SQUARE
\
HEXNUT
SAW BLADE
Fig. 19
Your saw has a positive 0 ° bevel stop, that has been
factory adjusted to assure 0 ° angle of your saw blade
when making 90 ° cuts. However, misalignment can
occur during shipping.
TO CHECK
• Unplug your saw.
,_ WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could
result in accidental starting causing possible
serious personal injury.
• Place your saw in an upside down position on
workbench. See Figure 19.
• Using a carpenter's square, check squareness of
saw blade to the base of your saw.
TO ADJUST
• UnpLug your saw.
,_, WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could
resutt in accidental starting causing possible
serious personal injury.
• Loosen wing nut.
• Loosen hex nut securing adjustment screw.
• Turn screw and adjust base until square with saw
blade.
• Tighten hex nut and wing nut securely.
_, WARNING: Attempting to make cuts without
wing nut securely tightened can result in serious
injury.
LENGTH OF CUT SCALE
See Figure 20.
LENGTHOF CUT SCALE Fig. 20
A length of cut scale has been provided on the base
of your saw. It is parallel with the saw blade and can
be used to measure the distance into material the
blade has cut. NOTE: Six inches is the maximum
length of cut that can be measured. Also, it is
accurate only when the depth of cut is set at full
maximum depth.
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