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To avoid unnecessary setups and adjustments, a
good practice is to check your setups carefully with a
framing square and make practice cuts in scrap wood
before making finish cuts in good workpieces, Do not
start any adjustments until you have checked with a
square and made test cuts to be sure adjustments
are needed,
REPLACING
THE BLADE
See Figures35- 37.
_lb
WARNING:
Make sure the switch isoff, the
switch key is removed, and your saw is
unplugged,Failure to do so could result in
accidental starting, resultingin serious personal
injury,
TO LOOSEN
BLADENUT
GUARD
BLADE
NUT
•
Raise the blade guard and remove the throat plate.
To remove, loosen the screw at the frontwith a
phillipsscrewdriverand lift the front end. Pun it out
toward the front end.
•
Raise the blade to its highest positionby turning
the height handwheel clockwise. Angle the blade
straight up by looseningthe bevel lock handle and
turningthe bevel handwheel. Wedge a piece of
scrapwood against the front of the blade. See
Figure 35.
•
Loosen the blade nut with the blade wrench
providedwith your saw, Remove the blade nut and
blade washer, Carefully remove the scrap wood
and blade.
•
To replace the bladewith an accessory blade,
followthe instructionsprovidedwith the acceseorj.
•
To installa standard blade, place the new blade on
the arbor shaft,with teeth pointingdown towardthe
frontof the saw, Wedge a piece of scrap wood at
the back of the blade. See Figure 37.
• k CAUTION: The teeth must point down toward
the front of the saw to work properly.Otherwise,
damage to the blade, sew, or workpiece can
occur.
SGRAPWOOD
BLADE
/
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!
.BIADE
WASHER
Fig. 35
l
BLADE NUT
•
Place the blade washer and the blade nut over the
blade arbor. Be sure the dome side of the blade
washer faces out from the blade and that all items
are snug againstthe arbor housing.Tighten se-
curely.
•
Remove the scrap wood and rotate the blade by
handto make sureit turns freely,
•
Slip the throat plate intothe opening and push it
toward the back of the saw to engage the spring
clip, Securely tighten the screw. If the throat plate
is not flush with the table, adjustthe setscrewswith
a 2 mm hex key. Do not allowthe throat plate to
bow up above the table surface.
ARBORSHAFT
/
Fig. 36
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