Craftsman 315.22811 Saw User Manual


 
B. SETTINGS AND ADJUSTMENTS
TO REMOVE THE BLADE
Use the two wrenches supplied with the saw for this
procedure
_l, WARNING: Unplug your saw and make sure
the blade guard assembly is installed and
working properly to avoid serious personal injury.
Raise the blade guard. See figure 27, overview of
saw
Remove the three screws from the throat plate and
lift the throat plate out of the slot.
Push the bevel locking lever to the left for elevation
mode.
Raise the blade to its full height by turning the
blade adjusting handle clockwise.
Place the open end of the small hex wrench into
the slot beside the blade. The wrench will fit over
two flats on the arbor (blade shaft). See Figure 28.
Fit the large hex wrench onto the arbor nut. Turn
clockwise and remove the nut, taking care not to
drag your knuckles across the blade.
Note: The arbor nut has left-hand threads.
Remove the outer blade washer from the arbor and
then remove the blade. Make sure that inner blade
washer and both spacers are tight against arbor
shoulder.
Replace with a new blade. Make sure the blade
teeth are pointing forward, toward incoming work.
Put the outer blade washer and arbor nut back on,
aligning with the flats on the arbor. _ghten the nut
with a counterclockwise turn.
Note: Use care not to cross thread arbor nut. Do
not overtighten.
Rotate the blade by hand to make sure it is turning
freely.
Check the riving knife and adjust if needed (See
next procedure).
Insert the throat plate, lower the blade, then secure
the throat plate with the three throat plate screws.
Tighten the screws firmly.
Push bevel locking lever to the left to allow blade
elevation and lowering.
THROATPLATE BLADEGUARD
BEVEL BLADE
LOCKING LEVER ADJUSTING HANDLE
NOTE:PLACEBLADEBETWEEN
INNERANDOUTERBLADEWASHER
LARGE
RENCH
TO
LOOSEN
SMALL HEX
WRENCH
LARGESPACER
Figure 27
ARBOR
\
_h
ARBORNUT
TO ANGLEBLADE,
PUSHBEVELLOCKING
LEVERRIGHT,
_INNER
BLADEWASHER
OUTER
BLADEWASHER
,TO
TIGHTEN Figure 28
TOLOWERBLADE,PUSHBEVEL
LOCKINGLEVERLIFTAND
ROTATEBLADEADJUSTING
HANDLECOUNTERCLOCKWISE
p# #,l
TO RAISE BLADE, PUSH BEVEL
LOCKING LEVERLEFT AND TO LOCK BLADE ANGLE,
ROTATE BLADE ADJUSTING PUSH BEVEL LOCKING
HANDLE CLOCKWISE LEVERLEFT Figure 29
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