Making A Rip Cut Table Kerf; Adjustments For Ripping; Blade Guard Adjustments - Craftsman 113.198111 Operator's Manual

Making a Rip Cut Table Kerr
You will need to make a table kerf before a
rip cut can be made. Eve U time you move
the blade a new distance from the fence, you
will need to make a new kerf.
Blade Guard Adjustments
1. Unplug saw and remove yellow key.
2. Put saw in In-Rip position and lock the
saw arm in the 0 ° position.
1. Put saw in desired rip position and lock the
saw arm in the 0° position.
2. Lock rip, swivel, miter, bevel and table
locks.
3. Adjust saw arm with handwheel until the
saw blade almost touches tile table top.
4. Plug the saw into a grounded outlet.
5. Put on safety goggles.
6. Insert the yellow" key in the red switch.
7. Turn saw on.
8. Lower saw blade until blade touches the
table.
9. _I'urn ttle handwheel about 1 full turn
more. This will make a 1/16 to 1/8 inch kerr
in the table.
_I=WARNING: For workpieces 1/4 inch
thick or
less,
make the rip kerr at least
1/8 inch deep to keep the saw blade
from rising up on top of workpieces and
violently throwing them.
10. Turn saw off and remove yellow key.
11. Unplug saw at the end of cutting session.
Adjustments for Ripping
'_ DANGER: You will need to make
blade guard, anti-kickback pawls and
spreader adjustments before making a rip
cut.
Fig. 102 In-Rip Saw Position
3. Lock rip, miter, bevel, swivel and table
locks.
4. Go to the in-feed end of the saw blade.
Fig. 101.
5. Put the workpiece on the table, in line with
blade and under the nose of blade guard, so
it touches the blade.
6. l.oosen the guard
clamp screw and ro_:tte
the guard until the guard nose just clear_ the
workpiece.
V[_. 103.
7. Tighten the guard clamp screw.
I Anti Kickback,'
,Spreader
Infeed Wing Screw
Direction
Guard Camp
Screw
-Kickback
Bar
-._-,-S p read er
........:_.:g; :: _Oirection o Kickback
Fig. 103 Blade Guard Position for R,,ppiqg
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