Adjustments; Aligning The Arm For Cross Cuts - Craftsman 315.220381 Owner's Manual

PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION
Miter or cross cuts are not true. 1. Scale pointer is not correct.
1. Reset the pointer at the top
rear of arm.
2. Column is out of alignment. 2. See Adjusting the Column
Tube in Assembly section.
3. Carriage is misaligned. 3. See Setting the Arm Lock
Wheel in the Assembly section.
4. Yoke is loose on carriage.
4. See Setting the Yoke Clamp
procedure in Assembly section.
5. Arm is out of alignment. 5. See Aligning Arm for Cross
Cuts in Adjustmentssection.
6. Sawdust has collected between 6. Remove and clean tables.
tables.
7. Table top is not parallel to the
arm.
7. See Leveling Table Supports
and Leveling the Front Table in
the Assembly section,
8. Fence/tables are not straight. 8. Check with square; sand or
replace.
Wood edges away from fence
when ripping.
t. Blade is not parallel with fence. 1. See Squaring the Blade to the
Fence procedure in the Adjust-
ments section.
2. Arm is not perpendicular to
fence.
2. See Aligning the Arm for Cross
Cuts procedure in the Adjust-
ments section.
3. Riving knife needs adjustment.
3. See Aligning the RivingKnife to
the Blade procedure in the
Adjustments section.
Depth of cut varies from one end
of wood to the other.
1. Table is not parallel to arm, 1= See Leveling Table Supports
and Leveling the Front Table in
the Assembly section.
2. Column tube is loose in column 2. See Adjusting the Column
support. Tube in Assembly section,
3. Arm is loose or misaligned.
3. See Setting the Arm Lock
Wheel in the Assembly section,
Riving knife strikes wood during a
cut.
1. Riving knife not aligned with. 1. See Aligning the Riving Knife to
blade, the Blade procedure in the
Adjustmentssection.
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