Craftsman 113.29461 Owner's Manual page 8

assembly and adjustments
4. Squaring the Crosscut Travel (Figures 16 through 23)
a. Loosen the carriage lock knob, move the carriage to
the approximate center of the radial arm, then
retighten the lock knob.
b. Install the saw blade, as follows:
(1) Place on the motor shaft, in this order: 1) One of
the two blade collars, flat face out; 2) The blade,
with the teeth pointing in a clockwise direction
when you are facing saw-blade end of motor; 3)
The remaining blade collar, flat face against
blade; and 4) The shaft nut.
(2) Tighten the shaft nut as shown in Figure 17.
c. Loosen the arm-latch handle 1/4 turn (counterclock-
wisel, and make sure the yoke clamp handle and the
bevel lock knob are tight.
SAW BLADE_,_,_,_,_,_ Figure 16
OUTER __
COLLAB/_ MOTOR
SHAFT L.
NUT _ INNERCOLLAR
• -1
Figure 17
ARM LATCH LEVER
t
ARM LATCH
HANDLE
YOKE
HANDLE
o
BEVEL LOCK
KNOB
Figure 18
Figure 19
d,
Figure 20
CAUTION: WHENEVER YOU MOVE THE RADIAL
ARM BEYOND 45° LEFT OR RIGHT ALWAYS
EITHER PULL THE ARM-LATCH LEVER OUT, OR
COMPLETELY LOOSEN THE ARM-LATCH
HANDLE BY ROTATING IT COUNTERCLOCK-
WISE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. THE ARM LOCK PIN
MUST BE RETRACTED WHENEVER THE ARM IS
ROTATED PAST 45 ° LEFT OR RIGHT, OR THE
PIN WILL BE DAMAGED, REFER TO "PRECISION
INDEXING" IN THE "OPERATING CONTROLS"
SECTION FOR THE CORRECT PROCEDURE TO
FOLLOW WHEN ROTATING
AND INDEXING
THE
RADIAL ARM.
Hold the arm-latch lever out and move the radial arm
approximately 10 ° to the right. Release the arm-
latch lever and move the arm slowly to the left until
it indexes at the 0 ° position. Do not bump or iar
the arm. Tap the arm latch solidly with the palm of
your hand to seat the arm lock pin firmly.
Retighten the armdatch handle, !oosen the carriage
lock knob, and position the carriage to the rear of
the front table. By turning the elevation crank
counterclockwise, lower the blade until it just clears
the front table.
Place a framing square on the front table with its
short leg against the rear edge of the table and the
long leg lust contacting a tooth of the blade. Mark
this tooth ("A'" in the illustration) with a pencil,