Changing The Blade - Craftsman 320.10870 Operator's Manual

CHANGINGTHE BLADE (Figs. 18 and 18a)
WARNING:
BE SURE to wear protective work gloves while handling a saw I
blade, The blade can injure unprotected hands.
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1. Unplug the saw.
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To prevent personal injury, ALWAYS disconnect the plug from
power source BEFORE assembling parts, making adjustments or changing blades.
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2. Place saw on its side on a fiat surface.
3. To loosen the depth-of-cut adjustment lever, raise the saw up all the way and tighten
lever. This gives you easier access to blade mounting area (see Fig. 18a)o
4. Place saw upright, on its base and on a flat surface (see Fig. 18a).
5. To loosen the spindle clamping screw "A", depress the spindle lock button
(see Fig. 18). Place the blade wrench on the spindle clamping screw "A". Move the
wrench back and forth until you feel the spindle lock button depress further and it
locks the blade in position so the spindle clamping screw can be removed. Keeping
the spindle lock button firmly depressed, turn the spindle screw counterclockwise
to remove.
Spindle Lock __
Button
Fig° 18a
Depth of Cut
Adjustment Lever
28
Outer"D" Washer
"A" Spindle
Clamplng
Screw
Blade Rotation
teeth point up at front
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