To Install Optional Flush Cutting Blades; Optional Edge Guide - Craftsman 315.172321 Owner's Manual

TO INSTALL OPTIONAL FLUSHcu'n'ING
BLADES
See Figures 15 and 16.
Flush cutting blades should be used when making
close or flush cuts to the walls.
• Unplug your saw.
_k WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could
result in accidental starting causing possible
serious injury.
• Using a screwdriver, loosen base pivot screw and
rotate base 180 ° as shown in Figure 15.
• Slide base all the way to the rear of saw.
• Set the cutting angle at 0 °. To set, adjust base until
0 ° mark on scale aligns with the parting line
located on the front of the motor housing.
• Tighten base pivot screw securely.
CENTERNOTCH
IN BASE
SLIDE BASE CLAMP PLATE
TO THE REAR
BASE
PIVOTSCREW
BASE
SCREWDRIVER Fig. 15
TO INSTALL:
See Figure 16.
• In the blade clamp, loosen the blade screw in front
blade slot and insert flush cutting blade as far as
possible into slot.
• Tighten blade screw securely.
Note: The holes in the saw blades were not designed
for alignment with the screw hole in the blade clamp.
BLADE
CLAMPVIEW
FROMBOTTOM
SCREW
INSTALL
BLADEIN
FRONTSLOT FLUSH
CUTTINGBLADE
I BLADE
CLAMP
Fig. 16
OPTIONAL EDGE GUIDE
See Figure 17.
An optional edge guide, Item Number 9 27959, is
available for use with your saw. It can be used for
making crosscuts and rip cuts.
TO INSTALL:
• Unplug your saw.
_1, WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could
result in accidental starting causing possible
serious injury.
• Insert arm through the two slots in the base of your
saw as shown in Figure 17.
• Adjust edge guide to the desired width and lock in
place with the edge guide screw.
EDGEGUIDE
SCREW
BASE
EDGEGUIDE Fig. 17
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