Adjusting The Miter Gage; Removing/Replacing The Throat Plate - Craftsman 315.228590 Owner's Manual

ADJUSTING THE MITER GAGE
See Figure 54.
The miter gage is used in making cross cuts in the
workpiece. To use the miter gage at an angle other
than 0, loosen the lock knob over the miter gage knob.
Loosen the miter gage knob and pull out the stop pin.
Move the miter gage rod to the desired angle and
securely tighten the miter gage knob and the lock
knob.
_1= WARNING: Make sure the switch is off, the
switch key is removed and the saw is unplugged.
Failure to do so could result in serious personal
injury.
• To check for alignment, set the miter gage at 0 and
plus or minus 45" by pulling the miter gage stop
pin. Adjust the stop screws, if needed.
Note: The miter gage provides close accuracy in
angled cuts. For very close tolerances, test cuts
are recommended.
• Loosen the lock nut of the 0 stop screw at the stop
pin with an 8 mm wrench.
• Place a 90" square against the miter gage rod and
the miter gage base.
• if the rod is not square, loosen both lock knobs on
the top of the miter gage, adjust the rod, and
tighten the lock knobs.
• Adjust the 0 stop screw until it rests against the
stop pin. Adjust the plus and minus 45" stop screws
using a 45 ° triangle and the steps above.
• Push the quick release to quickly move the hold
down clamp onto the wood you are about to cut. To
prevent the use of the quick release roll the quick
release stop around to the top of the quick release.
This prevents the hold down clamp from dropping
on your workpiece.
REMOVING / REPLACING THE THROAT PLATE
See Figure 55.
WARNING: Make sure the switch is off, the
switch key is removed, and the saw is
unplugged. Failure to do so could result in
serious personal injury.
• Loosen the screw in the throat plate with a phillips
screwdriver and lift the front end of the throat plate.
Pull it out toward the front of the saw.
• To re-install the throat plate, place it in the opening.
Push it toward the rear of the saw base to engage
the spring clip.
Note: The keyslot in the throat plate will drop over the
screw.
QUICKRELEASE
QUICKRELEASE
STOP
(
LOCKKNOBS
MITERGAGEROD
MITERGAGEBASE
STOPPIN LOCKNUT
45° STOPSCREW Fig. 54
• Check that the throat plate is even with the table
top. If not, adjust the four corner setscrews with a
2 mm hex key. See the procedure in the Assembly
section.
• Securely tighten the throat plate screw. Do not
allow the throat plate to bow up above the table
surface.
THROATPLATE SPRINGCLIP
KEYSLOT
SETSCREW (4)
/
/
TABLETOP
SCREW
Fig. 55
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