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Squaring
Crosscut
Travel
The blade must travel perpendieular
to the
fence along the radial arm in order for cross-
cuts to be accurate.
If the radial arm is not
perpendicular
to the fence,
there will be a
slight miter angle in all crosscuts.
_l_ WARNING"
Plugging
in the saw dur-
ing alignment
can result
in your fingers,
hands,
or arm being cut off from blade
contact.
Do not plug in the saw at any
time during
alignment.
The saw should
only be plugged
in when it is to be used.
1. Place
the radial
arm
in the 0 ° miter
posi-
tion and lock
the miter
lock.
2.
Place
the blade
on the arbor
shaft
with a
blade
collar
on each
side.
Make
sure that
the
directional
arrow
is on the outside
of the
blade,
and the teeth
are pointing
down
at the
front
side
of the blade.
(Figure
61)
_i_ CAUTION:
Overtightening
the arbor
nuts may cause
the blade collars
to
warp and the blade to wobble
while cut-
ting. Use the arbor wrenches
to tighten
the arbor nuts but do not overtighten.
4.
Unlock
the rip lock
and move
the motor
until
the blade
is over
the front
table.
5.
Lock
the rip lock,
miter
lock
and bevel
lock.
6.
Lower
the radial
arm
until
the blade
is
just
above
the front
table.
7.
Lay a framing
square
on the front
table
with the long edge along the back of the table
and the short edge alongside
the blade.
(Figure
62)
8.
Move
the framing
square
toward
the blade
until
a tooth
of the blade
just
touches
the edge
of the square.
(Figure
62)
9.
Mark
this tooth
with a pencil.
10.
Unlock
the rip lock
and move
the motor
back
and forth
along
the radial
arm.
Do not
move
the framing
square.
I I. If the marked
tooth just touches
the
square
at all points,
no change
is needed.
Go
to step 15, or
If the marked tooth moves away from the
square or tries to "walk"
on top of it, go to
step 12 (Figure 62)
Fig. 61
3.
Place
the arbor
nut on the arbor
shaft
and
use the arbor
wrenches
to tighten.
The arbor
shaft
has left-handed
threads,
so you
will
have
to turn
the nut counterclockwise
to
tighten.
Do not overtighten.
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