Checking Heeling Or Parallelism Of; Adjusting Parallelism - Craftsman 113.221611 Owner's Manual

CHECKING HEELING OR PARALLELISM
OF SAW BLADE TO MITER GAUGE
GROOVE
While cutting, the material must move in a straight
line PARALLEL to the SAW BLADE . . therefore
both the miter gauge GROOVE and the RIP FENCE
must be PARALLEL to the SAW BLADE
If the saw blade is not parallel to the miter gauge
groove, it is said to have "HEEL" This condition can
cause the workpiece to bind or move workpiece
away from the rip fence at the end of a cut, possibly
causing a kickback
WARNING: TO AVOID INJURY FROM
ACCIDENTAL START MAKE SURE SWITCH IS
"OFF" AND PLUG IS NOT CONNECTED TO
POWER SOURCE OUTLET.
1. Elevate blade to maximum height by turning
elevation handwheef
2. Mark an "X" on one of the teeth which _s SET
(bent) to the LEFT
3, Place the head of a combination square in the
MITER GROOVE. Adjust blade of square so that it
just touches the tip of the MARKED tooth
4. Move squar;_ to REAR, rotate blade to see if
MARKED tooth again touches blade of square.
5 If tooth touches square the same amount at
FRONT and REAR, sawblade is PARALLEL to
MITER GAUGE GROOVE
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MARK 'X" ON
TOOTH
ADJUSTING PARALLELISM OF SAW
BLADE TO MITER GAUGE GROOVE
If tooth does not touch front and rear the
mechanism underneath must be adjusted to make
the blade PARALLEL to miter gauge groove
1. Loosen the four hex socket screws in the top of
the table next to the saw blade using a 3/16 inch
hex L wrench This will allow the mechanism
below the table to be shifted sideways