Adjustments; Replacing The Blade - Craftsman TABLE SAW 315.22831 Owner's Manual

To avoid unnecessary setups and adjustments,a
good practice is to check your setups carefully with a
framing square and make practicecuts in scrap wood
before making finish cuts in good workpieces. Do not
start any adjustments until you have checked w_tha
square and made test cuts to be sure adjustmentsare
needed.
REPLACING THE BLADE
See Figures 32 - 34.
_1, WARNING: Make sure the switchis off, the
switch key is removed, and your saw is
unplugged. Failure to do so could result in
accidental starting, resulting in serious personal
injury.
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LOOSEN
BLADE
BLADE
GUARD
BLADE
• Raise the blade guard and remove the throat plate.
TO remove, loosen the screw at the front with a
phillipsscrewddver and I!ftthe front end. Pull it out
toward the front end.
• Raise the blade to its highest positionby turning
the height handwheel clockwise. Angle the blade
straight up by looseningthe bevel lock handle and
turning the bevel handwheet.Wedge a piece of
scrap wood against the frontof the blade. See
Figure 32.
• Loosen the blade nut with the bible wrench
provided with your saw. Remove the blade nut and
blade washer. Carefully remove the scrap wood
and blade.
• To replace the blade with an accessory blade,
follow the instructionsprovided with the accessory.
• To install a standard blade, place the new blade on
the arbor shaft, with teeth pointing down towardthe
front of the saw, Wedge a piece of scrap woodat
the back of the blade. See Figure 34.
CAUTION: The teeth must point down toward
the front of the saw to work properly.Otherwise,
damage to the blade, saw, or workpiece can
occur.
SCRAP WOOD
BLADE
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/
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BLADE
WASHER
BLADE HUT
• Place the blade washer and the blade nut over
the blade arbor. Be sure the dome side of the
blade washer faces out from the blade and that
all items are snug againstthe arbor housing.
Tightensecurely.
• Remove the scrap wood and rotate the blade by
hand to make sure it turns freely.
• Slip the throat plate intothe opening and push it
toward the back of the saw to engage the spring
clip, Securely tighten the screw. If the throat plate
is not flush with the table, adjust the setscrews
with a 2 mrn hex key. [3o not allow the throat
plate to bow up above the table surface.
ARBOR SHAFT
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Fig. 33
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