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3. The rip fence must be PARALLEL with the
sawblade and miter Gaugegrooves. . . Move
fence until it is alongsideof groove.DONOT
LOCKIT. It shouldbeparallel t o groove.If it is
not:
A Loosenthetwo "Hex HeadScrews."
53. Holdfencehea(_ t ightlyagainst b ar.., move
endof fenceso thatit is parallel w ithgroove,
C. Alternately tightenthe screws.
HEX SCREWS
FENCE HEAD
HEELING
ADJUSTMENT
or PARALLELISM
OF SAWBLADE
TO MITER
GAUGE
GROOVE
While cutting, the material must move in a straight
line PARALLEL to the SAWBLADE...
therefore the
sawblade must be parallel to both the miter gauge
GROOVE ant the RIP FENCE.
If the sawblade
IS NOT parallel to the miter gauge
groove,
the blade will bind at one end of the cut.
(This is known as "HEELING").
Check the sawblade
as follows.
WARNING
--
FOR YOUR
OWN SAFETY MAKE
CERTAIN THAT SWITCH
IS "OFF" AND POWER
CORD
IS REMOVED
FROM
POWER SOURCE
OUTLET
BEFORE CHECKING
OR ADJUSTING
SAW.
1. Mark an "x" on one of the teeth which is SET
(bent) to the LEFT.
2. Place the.head
of a combination
square in the
GROOVE...adjust
blade of square so that it just
touches
the tip of the MARKED tooth. Lock the
blade of the square.
3. Move square to REAR. rotate blade to see if
MARKED tooth again touches blade of square.
4. If
tooth
touches
square
at
FRONT
and
REAR...sawblade
is PARALLEL
to MITER
GAUGE GROOVE.
5 If tooth does not touch
the same amount..,
the
mechanism
underneath
must
be adjusted
to
make
the blade
PARALLEL
to GROOVE.
A. Rear trunnion
must
be moved
TOWARD
the
combination
square
if
there
is
a
space
between
marked
tooth
and end of square
in
step 4.
B, Rear trunnion
must be moved AWAYfrom
the
square
if marked
tooth
pushes
square
out of
position
in the groove.
FRONT TRUNNIOI_
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