Changing The Saw Blade; Aligning Splitter Bracket - Craftsman 351.221140 Owner's Manual

CHANGING THE SAW BLADE Figure 26A-1
• Turn the power switch "OFF" and unplug the power
cord from its power source when changing the saw
blade.
• USE ONLY 10-in. diameter blades with 5/8-in. arbor
holes, rated at or higher than 3800 R.P.M.
Figure 26-1
E
B
1. Remove blade guard and splitter.
2. Remove the table insert retaining bolt and remove
the table insert.
3. Unlock the raise/lower handwheel lock and raise
saw blade to maximum height.
4. Two wrenches are supplied with the table saw.
Place one open-end wrench (A) on the flat of the
saw arbor to keep it from turning. Place the closed-
end wrench (B) on the arbor nut (C). Turn the arbor
nut wrench toward the front of saw to loosen it.
Remove arbor nut, blade flange (D) and saw blade
(E). See figure 26-1.
5. Assemble the new saw blade, make certain the
teeth point down at the front of the saw table and
assemble the blade flange and arbor nut. With
both blade wrenches as previously mentioned,
tighten arbor nut in the opposite direction from
which it was loosened.
6. Replace table insert and tighten the table insert
retaining bolt.
7. Replace blade guard and splitter.
ALIGNING SPLITTER BRACKET
MAKE CERTAIN the table saw is disconnected from
the power source.
B
1. To adjust front splitter bracket (A), loosen the two
hex socket head cap screws (B). See Fig 26A-1.
Figure 26A-2
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Place a straight edge(C) along the left side of blade
(D) and adjust the front splitter bracket to align the
splitter (E) with the blade. See figure 26A-2.
Retighten the two hex socket head cap screws after
the splitter has been aligned.
If necessary, adjust the rear splitter bracket (F)
make certain that entire splitter is in line with the
saw blade. See figure 26A-2.
Recheck to make certain the splitter is still square
to the saw table. If adjustments are necessary, see
BLADE GUARD AND SPLITTER ASSEMBLY
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