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Squaring
Crosscut
Travel
The blade must travel perpendicular
to the
fence along the radial
arm in order for
crosscuts
to be accurate.
If the radial arm is
not perpendicular
to the fence, there will be
a slight miter
angle in all crosscuts.
_lb WARNING:
Plugging
in the saw
during alignment
can result in your
fingers,
hands, or arm being cut off from
blade contact.
Do not plug in the saw at
any time during alignment.
The saw
should only be plugged in when it is to be
used.
1. Place the radial arm in the 0° miter posi-
tion and lock the miter lock.
2. Place the blade on the arbor shaft with a
blade collar on each side. Make sure that the
directional
arrow is on the outside
of the
blade, and the teeth
are pointing
down at the
front side of the blade. (Figure
104)
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_1_ CAUTION:
Overtightening
the
arbor nuts may cause the blade collars
to warp and the blade to wobble
while
cutting.
Use the arbor wrenches
to
tighten
the arbor nuts but do not over-
tighten.
4. Unlock
the rip lock and move the motor
until the blade is over the front table.
5. Lock the rip lock, miter lock and bevel lock.
6. Unlock the table loc!_ and remove the rear
table, spacer and fence.
7. Lower
the radial arm until the blade is just
above the front
table.
8. Lay a framing square on the front table
with the long edge along the back of the table
and the short edge alongside the blade.
(Figure 105)
9. Move the framing
square
toward the blade
until a tooth of the blade just touches
the
edge of the square.
(Figure
105)
10. Mark this tooth with a pencil.
11. Unlock
the rip lock and move the motor
back and forth along the radial arm. Do not
move the framing
square.
12. If the marked
tooth just touches
the
square
at all points,
no change
is needed.
Go
to step 22, or
If the marked
tooth moves away from the
square
or tries to "walk" on top of it, go to
step 13. (Figure
105)
Fig. 104
3. Place the arbor nut on the arbor shaft and
use the arbor wrenches to tighten.
The arbor
shaft has left-handed
threads,
so you will
have to turn the nut counterclockwise
to
tighten.
Do not overtighten.
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