,_ WARNING: Always remove battery pack from your
saw when you are assembling parts, making
adjustments, assembling or removing blades,
cleaning, or when not in use. Removing battery pack
will prevent accidental starting that could cause
serious personal injury.
Note: Your saw is assembled with the battery pack
a_ached.
TO REMOVE BATTERY PACK
See Figure 5.
• Depress latch located on front of battery pack (1) to
release battery pack.
• Pull on battery pack (2) to remove from saw.
DEPRESSLATCHTO
RELEASEBATTERYPACK _
PULLTO
REMOVE
BATTERYPACK Fig. 6
TO ASSEMBLE BLADE
See Figure 6.
,_ WARNING: A 6-1/2 in. (165 mm) 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 flats on the spindle. Larger blades
will come in contact with the blade guard, while
thicker blades will prevent blade screw from securing
blade on spindle. Either of these situations could
result in a serious accident.
• Remove battery pack from saw.
_1= WARNING: Failure to remove battery pack from
saw could result in accidental starting causing
possible serious personal injury.
• Locate latch on end of battery pack and depress to
release battery pack from your saw. See Figure 5.
SPINDLE
LOCKBUTTON
LOWERBLADE
GUARDHANDLE
BLADE
\
INNER
BLADEWASHER
OUTER
BLADEWASHER
BLADESCREW
Fig, 6
• Remove blade wrench (5 mm hex key) from storage
area. See Figure 1.
• Depress spindle lock button and remove blade screw
and outer blade washer. See Figure 6.
Note: Turn blade screw clockwise to remove.
• Wipe a drop of oil onto inner blade washer and outer
blade washer where they contact blade.
,_, WARNING: If inner blade washer has been re-
moved, replace it before placing blade on spindle.
Failure to do so could cause an accident since blade
will not tighten properly.
• 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 6.
• Replace outer blade washer.
• Depress spindle lock button, then replace blade screw.
]]ghten blade screw securely.
Note: Turn blade screw counterclockwise to tighten.
• Return blade wrench to storage area.
REMEMBER: Never use a blade that is too thick to
allow the outer blade washer to engage with the flats
on the spindle.
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