A WARNING:Your saw should never be
connected to power supply when you are
assembling parts, making adjustments,
assembling or removing blades, cleaning, or
when not in use. Disconnecting your saw will
prevent accidental starting that could cause
serious personal injury.
,_ WARNING: A 7-1/4 in. blade is the maximum
blade capacity of your saw. Never use a blade
that is too thick to allow outer blade washer to
engage with the flat on the spindle. Larger
blades will come in contact with the blade
guards, while thicker blades will prevent blade
screw from securing blade on spindle. Either of
these situations could result in a serious
accident.
TO ASSEMBLE OR REMOVE BLADE
• Unplugyour saw.
,_ WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could
result in accidental starting causing possible
serious personal injury.
TO ASSEMBLE BLADE:
• Remove blade wrench from storage area.
See Figure 1.
i Remove blade screw, spring washer, and outer
blade washer ("D" washer). See Figure 2.
SPINDLE LOWERBLADE
BLADE OUTER
BLADE
WASHER
("D"WASHER)
• Fit saw blade inside lower blade guard and onto
spindle. Note: The saw teeth point upward at the
front of saw as shown in Figure 2.
• Replace "D" washer and spring washer.
Note: "Cupped" side of spring washer goes against
"D" washer. See Figure 3.
OUTERBLADEWASHER("D" WASHER)
CUPPEDSIDEOF OUTSIDEOF
SPRINGWASHER SPRINGWASHER Fig. 3
M Replace blade screw. Tighten blade screw
securely.
Note: Turn blade screw clockwise to tighten,
• Return blade wrench to storage area.
Note: Always place angled portion of blade wrench
up as shown in Figure 1.
REMEMBER: Never use a blade that is too thick to
allow the "D" washer to engage with the flat on the
spindle.
TO REMOVE BLADE:
M Remove blade wrench from storage area.
See Figure 1.
• Place your saw on a piece of scrap wood as shown
in Figure 4, and remove blade screw.
Note: With blade teeth embedded in the wood, turn
blade screw counterclockwise to remove.
• Remove spring washer and outer blade washer
("D" washer). See Figure 2.
Note: Blade can be removed at this point.
BLADE
SCREW
INNER
BLADEWASHER SPRING
WASHER
Fig. 2
Note: Turn blade screw counterclockwise to remove.
• Wipe a drop of oil onto inner blade washer and
outer blade washer ("D" washer) where they
contact blade.
,_ WARNING: If inner blade washer has been
n
removed, replace it before placing blade on
spindle. Failure to do so could cause an accident
since blade will not tighten properly.
BLADE
WRENCH
\
LOWERBLADE
GUARDHANDLE
BLADESCREW
Fig. 4
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