Craftsman 315.21211 Saw User Manual


 
SQUARING THE BLADE TO THE
MITER TABLE
See Figures 21 -24.
Unplug your saw.
,_, WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could
result in accidental starting causing possible
serious personal injury.
Pullthe saw arm all the way down and engage
the lock pin to hold the saw arm in transport
position.
Loosen the miter lock handle approximately one-
half turn.
Depress the miter lock plate and rotate the miter
table until the pointer on the control arm is posi-
tioned at 0°.
Release the miter lock plate and securely tighten
the miter lock handle.
Loosen bevel lock knob and set saw arm at
bevel (blade set 90° to miter table). Tighten bevel
lock knob.
Place a combination square against the miter
table and the flat part of saw blade.
Note: Make sure that the square contacts the flat
part of the saw blade, not the blade teeth.
Rotate the blade by hand and check the blade-to-
table alignment at several points.
The edge of the square and the saw blade should
be parallel as shown in figure 21.
FENCE
LOCKPLATE
COMBINATION
MITER SQUARE
TABLE
MITER
LOCKHANDLE
CORRECTVIEWOFBLADE
SQUAREWITHMITERTABLE
Fig. 21
Ifthe top or bottom ofthe saw blade angles away
fromthe square as shown in figures 22 and 23,
adjustments are needed.
FENCE
BLADE
FENCE
COMBINATION
R SQUARE
TABLE
VIEWOF BLADE NOTSQUARE WITHMITER
TABLE,ADJUSTMENTSARE REQUIRED
Fig. 22
COMBINATION
MITER SQUARE
TABLE
VIEWOFBLADENOTSQUAREWiTHMITER
TABLE,ADJUSTMENTSAREREQUIRED
Fig, 23
Using a 10 mm wrench or adjustable wrench,
loosen the lock nut securing positive stop adjust-
ment screw. Also loosen bevel lock knob.
Adjustpositive stop adjustment screw to bring
saw blade into alignment with the square. See
Figure 24.
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