Positioning Table Supports - Craftsman 113.196380 Owner's Manual

Adjustments
Positioning Table Supports/Installing Front Table!Leveling Front Table
Note: The goal in adjusting the table supports" and leveling the front table is to make sure that the
table is the same dis'tance from the radial arm at all points. This ensures that when the table and
blade are installed the clearance between them wilt be equal at all points.
Positioning Table Supports Unlock Index
Release
Position
1. Release bevel lock lever, move bevel Lock
index lever to the left and rotate the motor to
position arbor shaft down. Lock bevel lock.
2. Unlock and hold miter/arm lock lever in
index release position as shown. Position
arm against left stop (approximately 50 °
miter). Loosen carriage lock knob and posi-
tion arbor shaft directly over left hand chan-
nel.
Note: For safety reasons in accordance with
the UL standard, stops have been provided
to prevent 360 ° rotation of the radial arm.
3. Slide the arbor wrench handle between
end of motor shaft and table support to act as
a feeler gauge. Carefully lower the motor
with elevation crank until the end of shaft is
just touching the arbor wrench. The wrench
should slide back and forth with only slight
resistance. Tighten screw "A".
Arbor Wrench
Screw "A"
Miter/Arm
Lock Handle
BevetLock
Lever
Note: Do not change this elevation setting
until both left and right hand table support
channels have been adjusted.
4 Move arm and carriage to screw "B".
Adjust position of table support so that the
arbor wrench just slips between the end of
the motor shaft and the support. Tighten
screw
"B".
5. Move arm and carriage to fight hand table
support and level in the same manner as in
step 4.
6. Recheck both support channels to make
sure that tightening screws did not affect the
accuracy of the adjustment.
Screw "A"
7. Elevate saw and return motor to horizon-
tal position to provide clearance for installa-
tion of front work table.
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