Craftsman 315.273731 Saw User Manual


 
PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION
Handwheel is hard to turn or 1. Sawdust has collected on the 1.
column binds, elevating shaft.
Saw burns or scores edges of
wood in cut.
Bevel cuts are not true.
2. Column is out of alignment. 2.
1. Column tube is too loose in the
column support.
2. Blade or teeth are bent or dull. 2.
3. Blade is out of alignment. 3.
4. Wrong blade is being used. 4.
5. Board is warped. 5.
6. Arm is loose or misaligned. 6.
7. Yoke is loose on carriage. 7.
8. Arm is out of alignment.
.
9. Work is being fed too fast. 9.
1. Bevel lock lever is loose. 1.
2. Blade is not perpendicular to 2.
table top.
3. Column tube is too loose in the 3.
column support.
4. Table top is not parallel to the 4.
arm.
5. Yoke is loose on carriage. 5.
6. Arm is out of alignment.
.
Remove handwheel; clean and
lubricate the shaft.
See Adjusting the Column
Tube in Assembly section.
See Adjusting the Column
Tube in Assembly section.
Sharpen or replace the blade.
See the removal procedure in
Assembly section.
Use blade alignment proce-
dures in Adjustment section.
Change blade. See the removal
procedure in Assembly section.
Replace the board.
See Setting the Arm Lock
Wheel in the Assembly section.
See Setting the Yoke Clamp
procedure in Assembly section.
See Aligning Arm for Cross
Cuts in Adjustments section.
Feed work into blade slower.
See Setting the Bevel Lock
Lever in Assembly section.
See Aligning the Blade to the
Table in Adjustments section.
See Adjusting the Column
Tube in Assembly section.
See Leveling Table Supports
and Leveling the Front Table in
the Assembly section.
See Setting the Yoke Clamp
procedure in Assembly section.
See Aligning Arm for Cross
Cuts in Adjustments section.
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