Craftsman 113.298720 Owner's Manual page 38

HEELING ADJUSTMENT or
PARALLELISM OF SAWBLADE TO MITER
GAUGE GROOVE
While cutting, the material must move in a straight
line PARALLEL to the SAWBLADE... therefore both
the miter gauge GROOVE and the RIP FENCE must
be PARALLEL to the SAWBLADE,
If the sawblade IS NOT parallel to the miter gauge
groove, the blade will bind at one end of the cut.
(This is known as "HEELING"),
To check for parallelism:
WARNING -- FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, TURN
SWITCH "OFF" AND REM OVE PLUG FROM POWER
SOURCE OUTLET.
1. Raise blade all the way up., • raise blade guard.
2. Mark an "'x" on one of the teeth which is SET
(bent) to the LEFT
3. Place the head of a combination square in the
GROOVE ,,. adjust blade of square so that it just
touches the tip of the MARKED tooth_
4, Move square to REAR. rotate blade to see if
MARKED tooth again touches blade of square.
5, If tooth touches square at FRONT and REAR..
sawblade is PARALLEL to MITER GAUGE
GROOVE.
6. If tooth does not touch the same amount .. the
mechanism underneath must be adjusted to
make the blade PARALLEL to GROOVE.
A. Rear trunnion must be moved TOWARD the
combination square if there is a space between
marked tooth and end of square in step 4
13.Rear trunnion must be moved AWAY from the
square if marked tooth pushes square out of
position in the groove,
FRONT TRUNNION
REAR TRUNNION
7, Loosen all three screwsthat hold the rear trun nion
and all three screws that hold the front trunnion,
NOTE: All six screws can be reached through
back of saw. Use a 9/16 in, wrench. To reach
left-hand front trunnion screw, tilt blade to 45 ° .
After loosening screws reposition blade at 90 ° .
REAR-TRUNNION
SCREWS
(BEHIND HERE) (BEHIND HERE)
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FRONT-TRUNNION SCREWS
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