Adjustments; Replacing The Blade - Craftsman 315.228410 Owner's Manual

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 Figures 37, 38, and 39.
,_ WARNING: Make sure the switch is off, the
switch key is removed, and your saw is
unplugged. Failure to do socould result in serious
personal injury.
• Raise the blade guard and remove the throat plate.
To remove, loosen the screw at the front with a
phillips screwdriver and lift the front end. Pull it out
toward the front end.
• Raise the blade to its highest position:by turning
the height handwheel clockwise. Angle the blade
straight up by loosening the bevel lock handle and
turning the bevel handwheel. Wedge a piece of
scrap wood against the front of the blade. See
Figure
37.
• Loosen the blade nut with the blade wrench
provided with your saw. Remove the blade nut and
blade washer. Carefully remove the scrap wood
and blade.
• To replace the blade with an accessory blade,
follow the instructions provided with accessory.
• To install a standard blade, place the new blade on
the arbor shaft, with teeth pointing down toward the
front of the saw. See Figure 38. Wedge a piece of
scrap wood at the back of the blade. See Figure
39.
BLADEGUARD ._ /_ /
THROATPLATE
| I/I /
REMOVED____,._
BLADEAT HIGHEST //-_/_) / /
PosmoN _@_///
SCRA, WOO
/ Fig. 37
NEW BLADE,TEETH
DOWNAT FRONT /_'_"
5 BLADEWASHER,
DOMESIDE OUT
BLADENUT
BLADE
ARBOR
,_, CAUTION: The teeth must point down toward
the front of the saw to work properly. Otherwise,
damage to the blade, saw, or workpiece can
occur.
• Place blade washer and blade nut over blade arbor.
Be sure dome side of blade washer faces out from
blade and that all items are snug against the arbor
housing. Tighten securely.
• Remove wood and rotate blade by hand to make
sure it turns freely.
• Lower blade and slip the throat plate into the
opening and push it toward the back of the saw to
engage the spdng clip. Securely tighten the screw.
If the throat plate is not flush with the table, adjust
the setscrews with a 2 mm hex key. Do not allow
the throat plate to bow up above the table surface.
0
SCRAPWOOD
Fig. 38
TO TIGHTEN
BLADENUT
Fig. 39
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