Squaring The Miter Table To The Fence - Craftsman 315.212240 Operator's Manual

Note: Many of the illustrations in this manual show
only portions of your compound miter saw. This is
intentional so that we can cleady show points being
made in the illustrations. Never operate your saw
without all guards securely in place and in good
operating condition.
SQUARING THE MITER TABLE
TO THE FENCE
See Figures 13- 16.
• Unplug your saw:
_ WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could
result in accidental starting causing possible
serious personal injury.
• Push down on the saw arm and pull out the lock
pin to release the sew arm.
• Raise saw arm to its full raised position.
• Loosen the miter lock handle approximately one-
half turn.
• Raise the miter lock plate and rotate the miter table
until the pointer on the control arm is positioned at
O° ,
• Release the miter lock plate and securely tighten
the miter lock handle.
• Lay a framing square fiat on the miter table. Place
one leg of the square against the fence. Place the
other leg of the square beside the zero clearance
throat plate in the miter table, The edge of the
square and the zero clearance throat plate in
the miter table should be parallel as shown in
figure 13.
• If the edge of the framing square and the zero
clearance throat plate in the miter table are not
parallel as shown in figures 14 and 15, adjust-
ments are needed,
FENCE
_ MITE_ABLEo_'-
Fs_AuM_EG _ Z_OCALT_p_._NCE
FENCE
MITERTABLE
FRAMING
SQUARE
ZEROCLEARANCE
THROATPLATE
MITER
LOCKHANDLE
MITER
LOCKPLATE
VIEWOF MITERTABLESQUAREWITH FENCE
ANDCORRECTLY ADJUSTED Fig. 13
FENCE
MITERTABLE
FRAMING
SQUARE
ZEROCLEARANCE
THROATPLATE
VIEWOF MITERTABLENOT SQUAREWITH
FENCE,ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED Fig. 14
• Using a 6 mm key, loosen the socket head screws
securing the fence. See Figure 16. Pivot the fence
until the framing square and zero clearance throat
plate are perpendicular.
• Retighten the screws securely and recheck the
fence-to-table alignment.
6 mmSOCKET
HEADSCREWS
6 mm SOCKET
HEADSCREWS
VIEW OF MITERTABLE NOTSQUAREWITH
FENCE,ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
Fig. 15
Fig. 16
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