Setting The Bevel Stops And Indicator - Craftsman TABLE SAW 315.22831 Owner's Manual

• If the tooth was too close to the square, back the
bracket away with the block of wood and hammer.
• Tighten the screws, raise the blade and recheck.
• Repeat untilblade is parallel to miter gage groove.
• If the blade Is not parattel,adjust the front table
bracket.Tilt the blade to 45" with the blade lock
handle and bevel handwheel.
• From the back of the saw, toosenthe bolts holding
the front table bracket, as well as the rear table
bracket.
• Repositionthe blade to 90" with the bevel hand-
wheel and blade lock handle.
• Lower the blade and move the brackets as needed.
Retightenall bracket screws.
• Raise the blade and recheck. Repeat until the
blade is parallelto the miter gage groove.
• Place the throat plate in the opening and push it
towardthe rear of saw base to engage the spring
clip.
Note: The keyslotin the throat plate willdrop over the
frontscrew.
• Tightenthe screw. Do not allow the throat plate to
bow up above the table surface.
SAW TABLEVIEWFROMBELOW
REAR SAWTABLE
TABLEBRACKET /
SETTING THE BEVEL STOPS AND INDICATOR
See Figures 38 and 39.
,_ WARNING: Make sure the switch is off, the
switch key is removed, and your saw is
unplugged. Failure to do so could result in
accidental starting, resultingin serious personal
injury.
The bevel scale shouldshow 0" when the blade is set
verticalat 90" to table, and 45" when blade is at 45" tilt.
• Raise the blade all the way up by turningthe height
handwheel. Liftthe blade guard.
• Loosen bevel lookhandle and turn the bevel
handwheel clockwiseto tilt the blade, Reverse it
and turn the handwheel counterclockwise until it
stops.
• Check the blade angle with a combinationsquare.
Don't let the square touch a bladetooth. The blade
shouldbe at 90" and th_ scale indicatorat 0".
Note: The scale indicator isthe plasticplate on the
scale at the front of the cabinet.
• If the scale indicatordoes not point to 0", loosenthe
scale indicatorwith a screwdriver,adjustit within
the s_ot,and retightenthe screw.
• If the blade angle is wrong, adjustthe 90" stop
screw (left of the blade, lookingfrom the front). Start
by turning the 90" stop screw three or four turns
with a 4 mm hex key.
90_STOPSCREW
45_STOPSCREW
REAR
BRACKET
SCREW(S)
FRON
FRONT BRACKET
TABLE BRACKET SCREW(S)
4 mm
HEXKEY
Fig. 37
Fig. 38
• Turn the bevel handwhee] clockwiseonce, then
back counterclockwiseto square blade with table.
• Tighten the 90" stop screw and recheck that the
blade is square in a 90" position,If not, repeat,
When the blade is square, check the scale indica-
tor. If it is not at zero, resetthe scale indicator as
before.
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