Adjustments; Miter Lock Handle; Dust Guide; To Install Blade - Craftsman 315.2121O0 Owner's Manual

_k WARNING: To prevent accidental startingthat
could cause possiblesedous personal injur/,
assemble all parts to your saw before connecting
itto power supply. Saw shouldnever be
connected to power supplywhen you are
assembling parts, making adjustments,installing
or removingblades, or when not in use.
As mentioned previouslyyour saw has been factory
assembled and adjusted. The miter lock handle, dust
guide, and blade are the only parts that have to be
installed,
MITER LOCK HANDLE
See Figure 8.
To installthe miter lock handle, place the threaded
stud on the end of the miter lock handle intothe
threaded hole in the control arm. Turn clockwiseto
tighten,
TIGHTEN
ARM
MITER MITER
LOCKHANDLE TABLE
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.
EXHAUST
PORT
DUST GUIDE
TO INSTALL BLADE
See Figures 10, 11, and 12.
A
WARNING: A 10 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 willcome in contact with the blade
guards, while thickerblades will prevent the
blade screw from secudng the blade on the
spindle. Either of these situationscould result in
a sadous accident and can cause serious
personal injury.
• Unplug your saw.
A WARNING: Failureto unplugyour saw could
result in accidental startingcausing possible
sedous 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 spdng
loaded to raise.
• Loosen the phillipsscrew on the blade bolt
cover until blade boltcover can be raised.
See Figure lO and 11.
• Gently raise the lower blade guard bracket,
releasinglower blade guard from notch sothat
lower blade guard and blade boltcover can be
rotated up and back to expose the blade boll See
Figures 10 and 11.
PHILLIPS SCREW
LOWER
BLADE GUARD
GUARDBRACKET
Fig. 9 Fig. 10
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