Craftsman 315.271810 Owner's Manual page 17

POSITIVE 0 ° BEVEL STOP
See Figure 21.
ADJUSTMENT BEVEL
SCREW ADJUSTMENT
KNOB
HEXNUT
POSITIVE 0° BEVELSTOP
CARPENTER'S
SQUARE
BLADE
• Turn screw and adjust base until square with saw
blade.
• Tighten hex nut and bevel adjustmentknob securely.
_i, WARNING: Attempting to make cuts without
bevel adjustment knob securely tightened can
. result in serious injury.
TO POCKET CUT
See Figure 22.
_I_ WARNING: Always adjustbevel setting to zero
before makinga pocket cut. Attemptinga pocket
cut at any othersettingcan resultin loss of control
of your saw possiblycausing seriousinjury.
Adjust the bevel setting to zero, set blade to correct
blade depth setting, and swing the lower blade guard
up using the lower blade guard handle.
Always raise the lower blade guard with the
handle to avoid serious injury.
While holdinglower blade guard by the handle, firmly
rest the front of the base fiat against the workpiece
with the rear of the handle raised so the blade does
not touchthe workpiece. See Figure 22.
Fig. 21
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
occurduring shipping.
TO CHECK
• Remove battery pack from saw.
_1_ WARNING: Failure to remove battery pack from
saw could result in accidental starting causing
possibleserious personal injury.
• Place your saw in an upside down position on
workbench. See Figure 21.
• Using a carpenter's square, check squareness of
saw blade to the base of your saw.
TO ADJUST
[] Remove battery pack from saw.
_1_ WARNING: Failure to remove battery pack from
saw could result in accidental starting causing
possible serious personal injury.
• Loosen bevel adjustment knob.
• Loosen hex nut securing adjustment screw.
LOWERBLADE
GUARDHANDLE
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POCKET CUT
LOWER
BLADEGUARD
Fig. 22
Depress the lock-off button and squeeze the switch
trigger to start your saw. Always let the blade reach
full speed then slowly lower blade into the
workpiece until base is flat against workpiece.
After you complete your cut release the triggerand allow
the blade to come to a completestop.After the blade
has stopped,remove it from the workpiece.Comers.
may then be cleared out with a handsaw or sabre sew.
A
_M_ WARNING: Never tie the lower blade guard in a
raised position. Leaving the blade exposed could
lead to serious injury.