Aligning Rip Fence, Pointer Adjustment

Skil 3400 manual Aligning Rip Fence, Pointer Adjustment, Miter Gauge Adjustment

Adjustments

Aligning Rip Fence

To prevent personal injury, always disconnect ! WARNING plug from power source before making any

adjustments.

The rip fence must be parallel with the SAWBLADE in order to prevent KICKBACK when ripping.

Your table saw is equipped with a Self-Aligning, Quick-Set rip fence. Once the adjustments below have been made, the rip fence will self align when the fence is locked into position. IF YOU HAVE

NOT YET ASSEMBLED THE RIP FENCE, SEE PAGE 34 & 35 FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

1.To move the rip fence, raise lock handle 1.

2.Slide fence 2 by handle 1, until it is alongside the sawblade (Fig. 14).

The fence should touch the “SET” teeth at the front and rear of the blade. If fence does not touch the teeth at front and rear of blade follow the steps below.

3.Loosen the two hex screws 3 on the top front section of the rip fence.

4.Move fence 2 until it touches the teeth and is parallel to the blade.

5.Hold fence in place and lower lock handle, then tighten hex screws (Fig. 14).

6.Clamp rip fence to check if it holds securely at front and rear. If rear is not clamped securely, unclamp fence and turn rear clamp adjustment screw 4 clockwise for increased clamping. Try clamping the fence to verify if it self aligns and clamps tightly at the front and rear. Overtightening of the rear clamp adjustment screw 4 will cause the rip fence to be non-self aligning (Fig. 15).

Pointer Adjustment

The distance of the rip fence body from the blade when ripping on the right side of the blade is determined by lining the pointer 5 with the desired dimension on the scale 6. If an adjustment to the pointer is necessary, loosen pointer adjustment screw 7, adjust pointer 5 and tighten screw 7 (Fig. 15).

Miter Gauge Adjustment

FIG. 14	2

							º
						4	5
					º
					40
					º
					35
					º
					0
					3
					º
				5
			º	2
		0º 15º	20
	º	0º 15º
0º	5

FIG. 15

	9
FIG. 16

1. To adjust the miter gauge, loosen miter gauge lock handle 8

and set the miter gauge body so the pointer 11 is at the 90° mark,

then tighten lock handle 8 (Fig. 16).

2. Make a cut on a piece of scrap wood. Check it with a square to

see if the piece of wood was cut at 90° (Fig. 16). If the piece of

wood was not cut 90°, adjust the miter gauge body 9, tighten lock

handle 8 and make additional cuts until you are certain you have

made a 90° cut.

3. Loosen pointer adjustment screw 10 so the pointer 11 points to

the 90° mark on scale 12 and tighten screw 10 (Fig. 16).

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